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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


On 4th December the Rougemont Hotel Exeter joined the Mercure portfolio. It has now been rebranded Mercure Rougemont Exeter Hotel.

Mercure Rougemont Exeter Hotel has 98 bedrooms, Drakes restaurant and two bars. There are six meeting rooms of which the Devonshire Suite is the largest seating up to 250 delegates theatre style. All rooms have natural daylight, air-conditioning and complimentary wi-fi.

Mercure Rougemont Exeter Hotel is located in Queen Street opposite Exeter Central station and 15 minutes’ walk from Exeter St. David’s Station.

Details:  www.mercure.com


On 3rd December Daventry Court Hotel in Northamptonshire joined the Mercure portfolio. It has now been rebranded Mercure Hotel Daventry Court.

Mercure Hotel Daventry Court has 155 bedrooms, Fuel restaurant and three bars. It also features beauty rooms, a health club and an indoor swimming pool.

Mercure Hotel Daventry Court is located in Sedgemoor Way in Daventry - under 20 miles from Silverstone with good access to the M1 junction 18 and the M40.

Details:  www.mercure.com


Chelsea Football Club may be planning an entirely new stadium at Stamford Bridge complex. In the meantime the club has made the Directors Lounge available to hire for private dinners and drinks receptions.

The Directors Lounge was previously reserved exclusively for senior club guests on a matchday.

The Directors Lounge will seat up to 48 guests for a dinner or 150 for a drinks reception.

The Directors Lounge features a velvet banquette-seated reception area, six mirror-topped dinner tables with Chelsea FC’s trophy collection alongside and with access to the Directors Box terrace in the stadium.

Details:  events.chelseafc.com


Rush UK will open their first trampoline park in High Wycombe on 11th December 2015.

Rush UK High Wycombe will have over 30,000 square feet of trampolining challenges including over 17,000 square feet of trampolines, a climbing challenge, two dodgeball courts, two basketball hoop lanes, a foam pit, three tumble lanes, a free-fall stunt jump air bag and a battle beam.

Their main market is aimed at the younger age group. For adults and corporate team building events Rush UK will be offering open jumping, freestyle performance trampolines, dodgeball and cageball. On the non-activity side there will be an on-site cafe with free wi-fi.

Rush UK High Wycombe is located on the Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe an approximate ten minute drive from High Wycombe station. There is free parking on site.

Rush UK have also lodged plans to revamp a former go-kart manufacturing, testing and racing facility in Birmingham into a trampoline park at the Avery Dell Industrial Estate in Kings Norton, in the south west suburbs of Birmingham.

Details:  www.rushuk.com


The former Walton Hall Hotel officially joined the Mercure portfolio on the 1st December 2015. It is now the Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall & Spa.

Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall & Spa has 197 bedrooms and two restaurants: The Orangery, a two-AA rosette restaurant overlooking the Victorian gardens and the Moncreiffe, a one-AA rosette brasserie restaurant for informal dining.

Leisure facilities include a pool, gym, sauna and steam room plus eight treatment rooms.

Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall & Spa has twenty meeting rooms, all with natural daylight and free wi-fi. The largest room, the Courtyard Suite, will accommodate up to 180 delegates theatre style.

Mercure Warwickshire Walton Hall Hotel & Spa is located in the Warwickshire village of Wellesbourne, seven miles from Warwick and Stratford upon Avon and with good access to the M40J13 from the north and M40J15 from the south.

Details:  www.mercure.com