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New Hotel opens in Glasgow

An August 2018 opening is scheduled for the new Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse.

Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse will have 154 bedrooms.

The Old Weighing Room will be the hotel restaurant and bar with Pavilion Pantry open 24 hours for snacks and drinks.

Bedrooms, many with panoramic views across the racecourse, will befurnished with a comfy bed, an LCD TV, desk and ergonomic chair plus complimentary wi-fi.

Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse will have a fitness centre and a business centre, both available 24 hours. It will also have some function space for meetings and social events.

The events space will be available for corporate and leisure race-day hospitality as well as for meetings and events on non-race days.

Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse is easily accessible to the motorway network including M1 (j32), M18 (j3/4), A1M (j36) and the M62.

Details: http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hilton-garden-inn-doncaster-racecourse-DSADRGI/event/index.html

Details: Published: 23 May 2018; Hits: 893

Construction work has just started to convert a former office building in the centre of Edinburgh into a new YOTEL.

Erskine House is the former office block and it is located in Edinburgh’s Queen Street. It will become a 280 ‘cabin’ YOTEL.

Each cabin will feature YOTEL’s Technowall with adjustable mood lighting and smart TVs for easy connectivity.

YOTEL will include a refurbished double-height glazed atrium plus a destination bar fronting Queen Street and atwo-storey screening room.

YOTEL will also have a fully equipped gym and spa.

YOTEL’s Club Lounge concept will offer flexible meeting and co-working space.

YOTEL Edinburgh is scheduled to open in early 2019.

Details: https://www.yotel.com/en/development/our-pipeline

Details: Published: 22 May 2018; Hits: 879

Hard Rock Hotel London is preparing for a spring 2019 opening.

Formerly the Cumberland Hotel, the 1,000-bedroom hotel will reopen with a totally new look as the Hard Rock Hotel London.

Designs for Hard Rock Hotel London. have drawn heavily on the rock legends who have stayed at the hotel in the past including Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder.

Hard Rock Hotel London will include two bars and a Hard Rock Cafe. In the lobby, the Rock Shop will stock Hard Rock merchandise.

Hard Rock Hotel London will also feature ‘Rock Royalty’ rooms and suites, which include a personal concierge and access to an exclusive lounge.

Hard Rock Hotel London is located in Oxford Street near Marble Arch in central London.

https://www.hardrockhotels.com/

Details: Published: 20 May 2018; Hits: 1593

Revised plans to convert the former Granada TV studios in the centre of Manchester into a hotel have been approved

Owners of the former television studios had submitted a revised planning application increasing the number of hotel rooms to 210, as well adding a new4,000 sq-ft glazed rooftop extension featuring a bar and restaurant for hotel guests plus a rooftop swimming pool.

An eight-storey office unit which featured in the original plans will also be replaced with a 10-storey residential block.

The former studios at Granada Television will be retained as meeting and events space, totalling 75,000 sq-ft.

The hotel will be operated as a Mollies Motel & Diner. It will be the first opening in the UK of a new hotel brand, part of members’ club operator Soho House. The group then plan to roll out the concept across six cities in England.

Construction work is anticipated to start later in the year with the redevelopment of the former studios expected to last for two years.

Details: Published: 21 May 2018; Hits: 824

Blackpool is continuing its regeneration into a modern conference destination.

A new £25million conference centre is under construction alongside the 140-year-old Winter Gardens complex.

A new Hampton by Hilton Blackpool will be opening 21^stJune 2018 with 130 bedrooms. This is just one ofsix new hotels, including a planned five-star hotel, which will add 700 new bedrooms to the town’s existing stock.

Now the electrified rail link from Blackpool through to Preston on the West Coast Mainline has just been completed and successfully trialed – with passenger services starting next week.

The new upgraded rail link offers the prospect of a direct high-speed rail service between Blackpool and London.

Image: Pendolino sand sculpture created to mark historic occasion of train’s visit to Blackpool

Details: http://www.visitblackpool.com/latest-news/