Industry news for the Hotel and Conference business

Welcome to our website for the savvy hotel and conference professionals. We provide business news, newsletters, extensive reference material, and free to enter competitions. Venuebooking offers insights to the industry from a new perspective to keep you in touch of the world out there.

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow


Plans are about to be lodged for two new hotels in the centre of Leeds.

The plans envisage the conversion, extension and refurbishment of three Grade II-listed buildings in central Leeds – the Leonardo Building, Thoresby Building and Great George Street Building - plus the development of a new building on an existing car park. 

The Great George Street Building would be converted into a premium hotel. The roof would be extended with additional floors and possibly a rooftop restaurant.

The Leonardo and Thoresby buildings would be consolidated, connected and extended at roof level to provide office accommodation.

A lifestyle hotel would feature in the new building.

The scheme has already been discussed by the Leeds Council’s city planners. A public consultation day is planned for the end of May.


Hilton Hotels have published plans to convert and add five new hotels to its Doubletree by Hilton UK portfolio.  

The hotels will be managed by RBH (formerly known as Redefine|BDL Hotels).

The new Doubletree by Hilton hotels will be located in Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Glasgow, Cambridge and Forest Pines in Yorkshire.

The hotels are expected to start welcoming guests later this year. 

DoubleTree by Hilton Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort (pictured) with 188 bedrooms is set in 190 acres of Yorkshire woodland and includes meeting and events space plus a 27-hole golf course, a spa and health club.

DoubleTree by Hilton Oxford Belfry with 154 rooms is set 17 acres of landscaped gardens with good access to the centre of Oxford. The hotel has a range of events space plus a spa and health club.

DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Hotel & Golf Resort has 148 bedrooms, a spa, health club and two restaurants plus an 18-hole golf course and meeting space for up to 400 delegates.

DoubleTree by Hilton Cambridge Belfry with 120 bedrooms is locatedon the outskirts of Cambridge boasting lakeside vistas, a spa and health club and modern meeting space.

DoubleTree by Hilton Stratford-upon-Avon with 102 bedrooms is situated in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. It features a fine dining restaurant and a fully equipped gym.

The five additions will take the number of Doubletree by Hilton hotels in the UK above the 50-mark.

Details: http://newsroom.hilton.com/index.cfm/news/doubletree-by-hilton-adds-five-hotels-to-its-thriving-uk-portfolio1

 


Vintry & Mercer is a new 92-bedroom hotel set to open summer 2018 in the City of London.  

Vintry & Mercer is set in London’s Vintry Ward, among the livery halls and trading guildsin London’s historic trading centre, a stone’s throw from St Paul’s, the City and the Shard.

Vintry & Mercer will feature five bedroom categories ranging from standard doubles to studio suites – all with a decor inspired by the history of the area and furnished with the latest in-room technology and comforts.

The ground floor ‘Vintry Kitchen’ will be an Asian tapas restaurant. The Mercer Roof Terrace (pictured) with views across London will offer the ‘best of British cuisine’.

DND, (Do Not Disturb) will be the hotel’s underground cocktail bar.

Vintry & Mercer will have three meeting and events spaces on the lower ground floor: The Library seating 14 delegates boardroom style; the Music Room seating 10 delegates boardroom style and the Drawing Room seating eight delegates.

All three rooms will include audio and visual equipment, mini-bar fridges, Nespresso machines, television screens and high-speed internet.

A fitness studio will also be located on the lower ground floor.

Vintry & Mercer is situated at 19 – 20 Garlick Hill in London, close to Bank, Mansion House and Cannon Street tube stations.

Details: https://www.vintryandmercer.com/



Wyboston Lakes Resort is to rename its main venues as ‘The Woodlands Event Centre’and ‘The Willows Training Centre’.

The Woodlands Event Centre is currently known as the Wyboston Lakes Executive Centre and The Willows Training Centre is the Wyboston Lakes Training Centre.

Both new names will be supported by the overall Wyboston Lakes Resort brand.

The changes are scheduled to take place this September when the first phase of a £3million investment in a major transformation of The Woodlands Event Centre is due for completion.

All rooms at The Woodlands Event Centre will be re-configured and renamed as part of the redevelopment – with the theme of ‘natural wood’.

Hence The Woodlands Event Centre will feature a new Italian inspired Olive Restaurant along with Cedar Courtyard and Bar. The meeting rooms will all be named after different woods. The newly created Rosewood Suite will accommodate over 300 delegates.

Another new features will be the Yew technology theatre equipped with the latest in-room technology and tiered seating.

Louisa Watson, Director of Marketing at Wyboston Lakes Resort explains: “Re-naming both venues will create a separate distinctive identity for each and enable us to position each venue in its relevant market more effectively.”

The well-established Wyboston Lakes Resort brand name will remain for all marketing and promotional activities across the meeting and events industries.

Wyboston Lakes Resort is located in Wyboston just north of Bedford in Bedfordshire.

Details: http://www.wybostonlakes.co.uk/news-business/the-woodlands-event-centre-and-the-willows-training-centre.aspx


Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond just north of Glasgow, will reopen in late 2019– more than 18 months after a devastating fire forced its closure. 

The 136-bedroom, five-star luxury hotel suffered extensive damage in the fire last December; a fire which is still being investigated and which happened following completion of a £4million redevelopment of the hotel.

In a statement, the hotel owners said: "Cameron House will embark on a careful and sensitive restoration project which will see the hotel and its Leisure Club, The Great Scots Bar and Cameron Grill, remain closed until autumn 2019”.

“The Spa at Cameron House, The Carrick Golf Course, The Marina, Cameron Lodges, The Boat House and Claret Jug restaurants remain open as usual."

Details: http://www.cameronhouse.co.uk/