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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

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

Alexandra Palace in north London has secured the finance to restore the derelict east wing. Alexandra Palace houses the world’s first television studio and its restoration is part of the project.

The east wing was built 1875 and was the site of the BBC’s first public television broadcast in 1936.

The studios will be transformed into an interactive BBC experience.

The east wing’s Victorian theatre, still largely intact, will be restored creating a new 1300-capacity performance space for a range of cultural and commercial events including corporate entertainment.

The £27million project is expected to be complete by 2017. The park, ice rink and music venue at Alexandra Palace will remain open whilst the works are carried out.

Details: www.alexandrapalace.com

Details: Published: 16 December 2015; Hits: 1070

Cranborne Lodge was a Grade II-listed manor house situated on the edge of Cranborne Chase in Dorset, a favourite hunting ground of medieval kings, with links to Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbevilles.

Following a two year refurbishment, the eighteenth century house has been totally remodelled and has reopened as 10 Castle Street - a private members club but with parts of the club open to non-members.

Facilities include a fine-dining restaurant and bar, a tasting room to seat up to 25 guests and an outside terrace; all situated on the ground floor and open to the general public.

The exclusive private members club is situated on the first and second floors and includes a member’s bar, dining room, drawing room, billiard room, a private outside bar and terrace.

10 Castle Street has ten individually designed luxury bedrooms of varying sizes some of which are 'pet-friendly’. Non-members can book bedrooms by becoming a passing member.

This comprises the first phase of the redevelopment.

A new purpose built spa and fitness centre will be the centrepiece of the second development phase at 10 Castle Street. This will include a state-of-the-art gym, a fitness studio, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool plus three treatment rooms.

10 Castle Street is located at 10 Castle Street in Cranborne, just north of Wimborne in Dorset.

Details: www.10castlestreet.com

Details: Published: 16 December 2015; Hits: 891

Beannchor Group, owner of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, look set to get approval for their new £4million 58-bedroom hotel planned in the former Lagan House building between Victoria Street and Ann Street in the centre of Belfast.

The hotel will be named the Bullitt Hotel, possibly inspired by the Steve McQueen film of the same name.

The hotel will be 'technology-led' with work space featuring desk top computers with access for both residents and non-residents, high-speed wi-fi and charging points for mobile devices - plus a restaurant and bar, coffee shop and courtyard garden.

The Bullitt Hotel joins several new hotel developments planned in the centre of Belfast. These include the new £30million Grand Central hotel in the former Windsor House building in Belfast and the new 190-bedrom hotel planned in the City Quays development in the city.

Details: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Details: Published: 15 December 2015; Hits: 820

The Hampton by Hilton Oxford opens on 15th December 2016. It is located next door to the Kassam Football Stadium and the Kassam Conference & Events Centre in Oxford.

Hampton by Hilton Oxford has 103 air-conditioned bedrooms, each furnished with a comfy bed, a 32-inch flat-screen television, an ergonomic desk and free wi-fi. The Hampton by Hilton Oxford Hotel includes the brand-standard complimentary hot breakfast every morning. There is also a fitness room for residents’ use.

The Kassam Stadium Conference and Events Centre alongside the hotel includes 38 flexible meeting and event rooms for up to 700 delegates as well as exhibition space. The nearby Kassam Leisure Park includes a nine-screen cinema, Bowlplex, restaurants and a health club.

Hampton by Hilton Oxford is located in Grenoble Road, 15 minutes from the centre of Oxford and an hour from London Heathrow Airport.

Details: www.hamptoninn3.hilton.com

Details: Published: 15 December 2015; Hits: 982

Construction work starts early next year on the new 117-bedroom Hotel Indigo Bath. The boutique hotel is being created by a refurbishment to a number of Grade I-listed Georgian buildings in the centre of Bath.

Pratt’s Hotel is among those Georgian buildings which will form the new Hotel Indigo Bath. This will close temporarily from 4th January 2016 during the refurbishment. The Halcyon alongside will close from the end of January.

Hotel Indigo Bath is scheduled to open in spring 2017.

Details: www.ihgplc.com