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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


Owners of the four-star 26-bedroom Oak Royal Hotel, Golf and Country Club in Withnell near Chorley, Lancashire are planning to add a further six bedrooms to the property.

The Oak Royal Hotel started life as converted farm buildings. In 2007 a nine-hole golf course opened followed by a restaurant and café in the club house plus a coarse- and fly-fishing lake. The Oak Royal Hotel followed, opening in August 2015.

Bedrooms in the Oak Royal Hotel are individually designed in a modern contemporary style equipped with a flat-screen television, air-conditioning and complimentary wi-fi. 

Oak Royal Hotel is home to Lark Hill Restaurant, alongside the Bubbles Lounge Bar and Sportman Bar.

Oak Royal Hotel has two ground floor meeting rooms:  The Jubilee Suite seating 50 delegates theatre style and the Boardroom seating 14 delegates.

Oak Royal Hotel is situated in 25 acres of farmland overlooking the Pendle Hills in central Lancashire. It is a couple of minutes drive from the M61 and M65 motorways.

Details:  www.oakroyalhotel.co.uk

Plans by the Peach Pub Company to launch a new 12-bedroom boutique hotel alongside the High Field gastropub they operate in Edgbaston have been approved by Birmingham City Council.

The hotel will be based at 23 Highfield Road, a Grade II-listed property built in the early 19th century which more recently has been converted into offices.

The proposed hotel is just around the corner from ‘Simpsons’ Michelin-starred restaurant and a short walk from Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens.

The High Field is a five minute drive from the centre of Birmingham.

Details:  www.insidermedia.com


The new-build Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre Hotel opens April 2016 with 298 bedrooms.

The bedroom will feature a modern décor, air conditioning, complimentary high-speed wi-fi and a Smart HD television.

Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre Hotel will feature Holiday Inn's new lobby concept - a relaxed, flowing space combining hotel reception, restaurant, lounge, business centre and a Starbucks.

The hotel will have ten meeting rooms with the largest accommodating up to 140 delegates. There will also be an on-site residents-only gym.

Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre Hotel is located in Aytoun Street, a two minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station on one side and Piccadilly Gardens and central Manchester on the other.

Details: www.dominvshospitality.co.uk


Building work will shortly begin on a new £9.5million extension of the spa at the four-star Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf Club in Harrogate.

The extension will feature a roof top garden with outdoor treatment areas, hot tubs and a hydrotherapy pool with views overlooking the hotel grounds.

Rudding Park Hotel is housed in a Grade I-listed Regency house in surrounding parkland. It has undergone extensive development over the last 20 years. Existing facilities at Rudding Park now include 90 bedrooms, eighteen events rooms including a fourteen-seat private cinema, the 2 AA rosette Clocktower restaurant plus the golf course.

Rudding Park Hotel is two and half miles south of Harrogate with good access to Leeds as well as the M1 and M62 motorways.

Details: www.ruddingpark.co.uk


InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) acquired the American-based Kimpton Hotels group in January 2015. There are currently 59 boutique-style Kimpton hotels throughout the USA, where it sits alongside Hotel Indigo, IHG’s existing boutique brand.

Amsterdam is now set to become home to the first Kimpton hotel outside of the Americas.

The hotel, which is currently operating as Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre, will undergo a complete transformation following a full renovation of the lobby, restaurants, facilities and guest rooms.

It will open as a 270-room luxury Kimpton hotel in 2017. It will include a destination bar and restaurant, a state of the art gym and extensive meeting spaces equipped with the latest technology.

Angela Brav, Chief Executive, Europe, IHG said: “Europe, the home of boutique, is the perfect place for us to open our first Kimpton outside of the Americas and I can’t think of a better city to launch in than Amsterdam. The boutique segment is the fastest growing part of our industry – guests are hungry for the personal service, great design and unique experiences they offer.  Kimpton has an outstanding track record for stylish design and a passion for personal service and we see enormous opportunity for the brand around Europe.”

Details: www.ihgplc.com