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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


A September 2018 opening is planned for the new 172-bedroom, purpose-built Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre in Birmingham. 

The hotel forms a key part of the University of Birmingham’s redevelopment and will be the first hotel to be operated by the university.

The four-storey Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre will include a restaurant and bar plus a flexible range of meeting and conference rooms with free parking and free wi-fi throughout.

All the conference and meeting rooms will have plenty of natural daylight. The largest room will accommodate up to 250 delegates for a theatre style meeting or 200 cabaret style.

Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre will sit alongside the recently renovated Arts and Crafts style Horton Grange and Garth House on the Birmingham University main campus.

Garth House has meeting rooms and event spaces plus seven bedrooms.

Hornton Grange has six boutique-style bedrooms, all refurbished with period detail plus new events space.

Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre is two miles from Birmingham city centre. It is a six-minute train journey from Birmingham New Street to University station.

Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre is now a member Preferred Hotels & Resorts. It will join the group’s Connect Collection.

Details: https://www.edgbastonparkhotel.com/

The new Machrie Hotel is set to open on the Isle of Islay in the Scottish Hebrides in June 2018.

The hotel will sit alongside the newly refurbished Machrie Links golf course. 

Machrie Hotel is a convertedand extended 18th-century farmhouse. It will have 47 bedrooms; a bar/restaurant; a private 30 seater cinema; events space; two treatment rooms; a sauna and small gym.

Machrie Hotel will feature an open courtyard in the centre of the complex, which will be used for refreshments and which can be covered to create a large function area.

Machrie Hotelwill be operated by Campbell Gray Hotels.

Details: https://www.campbellgrayhotels.com/machrie-islay-scotland/


Construction is expected to start shortly on the new £20million four-star Merrow Hotel and Spa complex in Portstewart, Northern Ireland. 

The Merrow Hotel and Spa complex will include 118 bedrooms, a luxury spa with sea views, a leisure club with a 20metre pool, a glass sauna and infinity pool, a steam room, a gym and studio, a demonstration restaurant, a bar/bistro restaurant, a signature cocktail bar, conference space, meeting rooms and nine chalets serviced by the hotel.

The Merrow Hotel and Spa will be located in Ballyreagh Road, Portstewart, adjacent to the start and finish line of the world renowned ‘International NW200’ motorcycling event.

The Merrow Hotel has become the latest hotel to join Interstate Europe Hotels & Resorts’ UK portfolio. The hotel will become the official home of the NW200, with the event offices located within the hotel grounds.

The Merrow has two golf courses on its doorstep including the Royal Portrush, which will host the 2019 Open Golf Championship.

Details: http://www.interstatehotels.co.uk/new-northern-irish-addition-for-interstate-with-merrow-hotel-and-spa-signing


Liverpool-based Signature Living are planning to open their second Shankly Hotel – in Preston.

The 65-bedroom boutique Shankly Hotel will be located in the 114-year-old Grade II-listed former central Post Office overlooking the main Flag Market and Harris Museum in the centre of Preston.

The building closed as a Post Office in 2005.

Signature Living already operate the Shankly Hotel which opened in Liverpool in 2015.

Like its Liverpool namesake, Shankly Hotel Preston will celebrate the history of the football legend, Bill Shankly,  who played for Preston North End between 1933-1949 before going on to lead Liverpool Football Club to a series of league title wins in the 1960s and 70’s.

The hotel will showcase unseen memorabilia from Bill Shankly’s football career. It will also include a restaurant and bar.

Shankly Hotel Preston is expected to open in September 2018.

Details: https://shanklyhotel.com/the-shankly-hotel-preston/

 


The new Hampton by Hilton Blackpool is accepting reservations for arrival from July 15 2018 and beyond.

The £20million Hampton-by-Hilton is located on Blackpool’s South Promenade on the site of the once derelict Palm Beach and Bourne hotels in the town.

Hampton by Hilton Blackpool will have 130 bedrooms and will  feature the usual Hampton brand-standards including a hot breakfast inclusive in the room rate. There will be a bar and lounge plus a fitness centre and work-zone.

Bedrooms will be equipped with the latest hi-tech facilities including a 40-inch HD television and complimentary wi-fi.

In short expect Hampton by Hilton Blackpool to ‘embrace the theatrical and individuality at the heart of Blackpool’ as well offering guest great views across the promenade  and seafront.

Hampton By Hilton Blackpool is located on New South Promenade, an approximate ten-minute walk, or a short tram-hop, from Blackpool North station – which will offer a direct rail service to London Euston, planned to start in the near future.

Details: http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hampton-by-hilton-blackpool-BLKPLHX/index.html