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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

Construction work has started on the new £13million Bedford Hotel project in Belfast. The hotel will be located in the former Scottish Mutual building on Donegall Square South. The six-storey building will include 70-bedrooms, two restaurants and a banqueting suite. The owners of the Galgorm Resort & Spa in Ballymena are the hotel operators.

The Bedford Hotel will compete with several new hotel developments in Belfast. Hastings Hotels have acquired Windsor House in the centre of Belfast and plan to convert the former office block into a new 200-bedroom hotel.
Beannchor, owner of the Merchant Hotel in central Belfast, has submitted plans to renovate Lagan House and convert that into a 55-bedroom hotel with a planned opening in 2016.

Details: Published: 01 October 2015; Hits: 1079

Best Western Hotels has just unveiled a comprehensive brand ‘refresh’. Best Western International is to be renamed Best Western Hotels & Resorts. This will be supported by a new group logo.

Best Western plan to add five-star rated hotels to its portfolio in future. The group is in talks with a number of hotels located in key destinations to join its BW Premier Collection. It is thought the move will also help change the common perception that Best Western is just a mid-market hotel group.

Best Western is also planning a new midscale brand - ‘GLo’- which is described as a suburban mid-market boutique hotel brand.

The new Best Western family will now include: Best Western Plus, Best Western Premier, BW Premier Collection, Best Western Plus Executive Residency, ViB and Glo.

The new logos will be adopted across the group by Spring 2016.

Details: www.bestwestern.com

Details: Published: 01 October 2015; Hits: 1366

Construction work is set to start in the near future on a new £9million, 100-bedroom, four-star hotel in the Eastover district of Bridgwater in Somerset.

The site, at the junction of St John Street and Broadway, was formerly occupied by retail outlets which are now empty. These will be demolished to make way for the hotel which will include a restaurant, bar and car parking.

No anticipated opening dates have been published yet.

Details: Published: 30 September 2015; Hits: 1110

Castleford Tigers Rugby Football Club has just received final approval to build their new stadium in Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire.

The project – named the Five Towns Park project - include a new 10,000-capacity community stadium for Castleford Tigers, along with a 50-acre country park and a 53,000 sq-mt retail and entertainment complex. Meeting and banqueting facilities await publication.

Details: www.castigers.com

Details: Published: 30 September 2015; Hits: 1049

Building contractors are in place to start work on the new 13-storey hotel for the German chain Motel One in Glasgow.

The £18million project will become Scotland’s third Motel One when it opens as well as the largest hotel in Glasgow with 374 bedrooms.

Motel One Glasgow will also include a bar and restaurant. It will be built on the corner of Oswald Street and Argyle Street, next to Central Station in the international finance services district.

Details: www.constructionenquirer.com