DoubleTree by Hilton London – Kensington has just opened in west London. The hotel was formerly the Regency Hotel. Its new owners, Crimson Hotels, have invested £10million in refurbishing the property whilst retaining its traditional Regency-style façade.

DoubleTree by Hilton London – Kensington has 203 bedrooms, each featuring the featuring the latest in modern interior decor and technology including complimentary wi-fi. The hotel includes the Regency Restaurant plus the 100 Queen's Gate Bar and Lounge. Leisure facilities include a 24 hour residents’ fitness suite.

DoubleTree by Hilton London – Kensington has eight meeting and events rooms with the Cromwell-Harrington suite the largest seating up to 100 delegates theatre style. All rooms are fully air conditioned and equipped with fibre optic wi-fi access.

DoubleTree by Hilton London – Kensington is located in Queen's Gate in the heart of Kensington. It is a short walk to the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall as well as South Kensington tube station.

Details:   www.doubletree3.hilton.com

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Published: 19 January 2016

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Weston College in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has purchased the Arosfa Hotel which is located opposite the College’s Knightstone Campus.

The College plan to invest £2.8 million to create a Law and Professional Services Academy with space for teaching, conferences, office accommodation and other facilities.

The Arosfa Hotel has 47 bedrooms, two lounges and a conference suite along with a kitchen, lobby and bar area.

The development work will begin in mid-January with completion expected in spring 2016.

Details:  www.weston.ac.uk

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Published: 15 January 2016

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10-11} Carlton House Terrace, overlooking The Mall in central London and home of the British Academy, has opened the Lee Library as events space.

The Lee Library is situated on the ground floor and features high ceilings, large windows and book-lined walls.

The Lee Library accommodate up to 60 delegates for a theatre style meeting, 100 guests for a reception or 60 for a sit-down dinner. It adjoins the Reading Room.

Carlton House Terrace has 11 flexible event spaces in total, all with plenty of natural daylight and with views over the Mall and St James's Park or Waterloo Place.

Carlton House Terrace can accommodate meetings, conferences, board meetings and training sessions from 2 to 135 delegates. Wi-fi is complimentary throughout.

Details:  www.10-11cht.com

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Published: 18 January 2016

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Clue HQ is a new ‘live escape game’ set to open under the Arches in Lionel Street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter later in 2016.

The concept involves groups of between two and six people locked in rooms with names such as ‘Bunker 38’ and ‘The Vault’ and given sixty minutes to solve a series of clues in order to escape.

Clue HQ in Birmingham will accommodate up to 36 guests at any one time.

Clue HQ claim it is a ‘team building exercise, without feeling like a team building exercise’.

The escape games at Clue HQ provide a themed experience and are impossible to complete without working as a team – naturally improving players communication and team interaction skills. After the game, players always discuss how they could have got out (if they didn’t) or might have escaped faster if they did.

The site in Arches 20 and 21 are owned by Network Rail. It is just a short walk from Birmingham’s Snow Hill station.

ClueHQ first launched in Warrington in 2014 and now runs operations in Blackpool, Sunderland and Brentwood.

Details: www.cluehqbirmingham.co.uk

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Published: 15 January 2016

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