The hotel, formerly the Hotel Russell, overlooks Bloomsbury’s Russell Square and was originally designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll in 1898.

Principal London includes 334 bedrooms and suites. The rooms have been designed combining modern and traditional features - in keeping with the history of the building.

Principal London includes an all-day dining restaurant – Neptune – serving a seafood-focused menu.

Burr & Co. coffee house and bar serves lighter meals and snacks throughout the day.

Afternoon tea will be served in Palm Court when it opens at the end of June 2018.

The central hub of Principal London has a winter garden at one end whilst at the other, an outdoor terrace looks out onto a ‘living wall’ of plants.

The original hotel ballroom has been restored as part of the £85 million refurbishment and has its own private entrance on Bernard Street. The ballroom has a double-height ceiling and original features plus windows the entire length of one wall, with a mezzanine gallery that overlooks the main room.

The room will accommodate up to 450 guests for a reception and up to 370 delegates for a theatre-style presentation.

The lower-ground floor at Principal London includes eight additional meetings and events spaces accommodating up to 100 delegates.

All rooms have natural daylight and superfast, free wi-fi.

Principal London is located alongside Russell Square tube station. It is less than a mile from Euston and Kings Cross St/Pancras mainline and international rail terminals.

Details: https://www.phcompany.com/principal/london-hotel/

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Published: 25 April 2018

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Seven Macdonald hotels can now be explored through 360 degree online tours.

Guests can click on the hotel website then ‘walk through’ the front door of the hotel and check out the lobby, bars and restaurants plus the hotel’s leisure and meeting facilities.

Conference bookers can check the floorplans as well as locating break-out rooms and hospitality areas.

Guests can view the full range of bedrooms and even take a look around the hotel grounds.

The seven hotels which can be ‘explored’ include:

Macdonald Compleat Angler, Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa, Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa, Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Macdonald Holyrood Hotel, Macdonald Manchester Hotel (pictured), Macdonald Windsor Hotel.

By the end of 2018 the number of Macdonald Hotel viewable is expected to have risen to around twenty.

Details: http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/virtual-tours/

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Published: 13 April 2018

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The group is planning a 180-bedroom Hub by Premier Inn on the site.

The site will benefit from the arrival of Crossrail with its close neighbour Farringdon Station scheduled to open in December 2018.

Hub by Premier Inn is the brand’s city centre budget brand.

The compact bedrooms feature a desk that folds into a Hypnos bed, luggage storage under the bed, bathroom with a power shower and a 40in smart screen TV. 

The first Hub by Premier Inn opened in 2014 in St Martin’s Lane in central London. There are now seven properties in London with a further three in Edinburgh.

Hub by Premier Inns in London are located at: Covent Garden, Tower Bridge, Brick Lane Spitalfields, Goodge Street. St James’s Park Westminster, Kings Cross and Westminster Abbey.

The three in Edinburgh are located at: Royal Mile, Rose Street and Haymarket.

Details: https://www.hubhotels.co.uk/london.html

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easyHotel Chester will be a seven-storey building with 109 bedrooms.

easyHotel Chester is earmarked for a 2019 opening.

The site in Forest Street is located the centre of Chester. It has been derelict since the former office block on the site was demolished in 2007.

easyHotels already operate two hotels in England’s north west - in Liverpool and Manchester. A new easyHotel is scheduled to open in Sheffield in September 2018.

Details: https://www.easyhotel.com/#

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Published: 13 April 2018

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