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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

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Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

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New Hotel opens in Glasgow

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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September
Indigo coming to Chester
Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel
Dalata plan new London Hotel
New Hotel opens in Glasgow

Work is to start on phase two of the redevelopment of the Grade II-listed Corn Exchange building in the centre of Manchester with the creation of a new hotel.

Phase two will see the creation of the new 114 bedroom Roomzzz Manchester Corn Exchange aparthotel - the group’s second hotel in central Manchester.

The period features and bare brick walls of the original Corn Exchange will be retained.

Entrance to Roomzzz Manchester Corn Exchange will be via the original grand main entrance fronting Hanging Ditch/Exchange Square or from old trading floor.

Bedrooms will occupy the second, third, fourth and fifth floors and the hotel will have an atrium presence into Corn Exchange. Apartments will range from the ‘super sleek’ to palatial penthouses.

Phase one of the redevelopment was launched last summer and saw the main trading floor reinvented as a dining destination with seventeen restaurants.

Details: http://www.roomzzz.com/coming-soon/

Details: Published: 22 July 2016; Hits: 615

Harilela Group, the new operators of Belgraves Hotel in London, is planning to rebrand the hotel on 31st August 2016 as: The Hari.

Belgraves is the 85-bedroom hotel in Chesham Place in London’s Belgravia. It will be the first of a number of planned Hari openings around the globe. A second is planned in Hong Kong, the group’s base.

There are unlikely to be many changes at Hari Hotel London although the hotel will be refurbished ahead of the rebranding. The hotel’s existing restaurant will close in October to be replaced by a modern Italian restaurant.

Details: http://www.harilela.com

Details: Published: 22 July 2016; Hits: 584

The new CitySuites serviced apartments development in Manchester has reached its highest point, its ‘topped out’ point.

The 17-storey CitySuites building in Chapel Street is now due to open in January 2017.

CitySuites comprises 244 apartments in a range of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments.

CitySuites is designed as a fusion of a hotel and residential block. It is targeting corporate visitors with options to stay on a short-term basis or remain for up to 12 months. Hence as well as the usual features found in a serviced apartment they will also includes the luxury elements of a hotel, such as leisure facilities, valet and a concierge service.

CitySuites is located in Chapel Street in the new Greengate development on the borders of Manchester and Salford – minutes away from the main business district and transport hubs.

Details: http://www.selectproperty.com/citysuites/citysuites-manchester

Details: Published: 21 July 2016; Hits: 672

Bath Racecourse has just opened its new multi-million-pound conference facility in the Langridge Stand.

The main space within the new stand is the Royal Crescent Suite. This will accommodate up to 300 delegates for a theatre-style meeting and features its own private roof garden overlooking the racecourse finishing line, which can be used as breakout space.

Whilst Bath Racecourse has nine existing suites available for meetings and events in their Kelston Hospitality Stand, the new suites in the Langridge Stand are designed to further target non-race day activity.

Bath Racecourse is located two miles north of Bath city centre and six miles south of the M4 at junction 18.

Details: https://www.bath-racecourse.co.uk/

Details: Published: 22 July 2016; Hits: 658

The QEII Conference Centre in the heart of Westminster is continuing its £12million refurbishment programme. It is set to launch new banqueting space in September.

The QEII Centre is transforming its sixth floor into an open-plan banqueting suite which will come with magnificent views across to the Palace of Westminster as well as the London city skyline.

The renovation of the sixth floor will include a new retractable wall opening up what is now the Mountbatten Room into one large open plan and versatile banqueting and event space.

Its planned opening in September 2016 is set to coincide with the QE II’s 30th birthday.

Details: http://qeiicentre.london/news/qeii-centre-to-create-new-banqueting-floor-with-stunning-city-skyline-views/