It may be the world’s most famous night club and it may have been converted from an old bus station in the 1990’s but Ministry of Sound wants the world to know that it also has some excellent meeting and event space – with a range of rooms equipped with state of the art  sound and lighting systems.

The rooms  include: The Box and the Baby Box accommodating up to 180 and 20 guest banquet style respectively; Room 103 seating up to 160 delegates theatre style or 100 guests for a banquet and The Loft seating 60 delegates theatre style or 40 for a banquet.

Ministry of Sound also has a 400 capacity courtyard for summer parties or for a Christmas food market.

The in-house design team at Ministry of Sound will ‘dress’ any event space and Ministry of Sound will provide various catering options on-site from canapés and bowl food to a three course dinner as well as street food stands.

Ministry of Sound is located in Gaunt Street, a short walk from Elephant and Castle tube station in London.

Details: www.ministryofsound.com

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Published: 24 April 2015

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Roomzzz Chester City is now open and located alongside Chester Racecourse. Roomzzz Chester City includes 64 apartments, including five penthouses each with a balcony overlooking Chester racecourse.

Facilities at Roomzzz Chester City include a complimentary ‘Grab & Go’ breakfast available every day. Toiletries plus ready meals and drinks are available in reception.

Roomzzz Chester City is a few minutes’ walk from the city centre. Limited parking is available on site.

Roomzzz are planning three further developments:
Roomzzz London Stratford with 82 apartments located a short walk from the Olympic Park and Westfield Shopping Centre and Roomzzz Liverpool City in the famous Littlewoods Building. Both scheduled to open in 2015.
Plans for a second Roomzzz hotel in Manchester have also been unveiled. The 114 apartment Roomzzz Manchester Corn Exchange will feature in the £30million redevelopment of Manchester's Grade II-listed Corn Exchange. The hotel is expected to open in early 2016.

Details: www.roomzzz.com

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Published: 23 April 2015

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The Grade I-listed Midland Bank building in Poultry in the City of London was the most expensive banking headquarters of its time when built between 1925 and 1939. However, today it’s the vault that is the best known part of the Lutyens-designed building. It was portrayed as Fort Knox for the climax of the 1964 James Bond film - Goldfinger.

The former bank building is set to open during 2016 as a  five-star hotel with between 184 and 255 luxury suites of varying sizes – final numbers to be confirmed - plus  restaurants, a rooftop bar with landscaped roof terraces, a health spa and gym, a wine bar and a private members’ club.

The banking hall on the ground floor, the keynote area of the building, will be remodelled as the hotel’s reception area, while retaining its period features. There will be a bar in the bank’s former vault – where Goldfinger's henchman Oddjob met his end, electrocuted by Bond.

Poultry Hotel will be located at 27-35 Poultry, London EC2.

Sir Edwin Lutyens also designed the Midland Bank headquarters in King Street in Manchester – an equally splendid art-deco masterpiece which has also been converted into a hotel. It has just reopened as the Hotel Gotham with 60 bedrooms.

Details:   www.newlondondevelopment.com

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Published: 24 April 2015

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The Bulldog Hotel Group has acquired the 25-bedroom Best Western Royal Oak hotel in the centre of Welshpool in Powys. The Grade II-listed, 18th century hotel becomes the eighth property in the Bulldog portfolio.

Best Western Royal Oak will now undergo a major refurbishment, which will include a revamp of all the bedroom plus a new look to the food and beverage area.

Other hotels in the Bulldog Group include: Best Western Three Swans Hotel in Market Harborough, Best Western White Hart Hotel in Boston and the Best Western Admiral Rodney Hotel in Horncastle plus The Talbot Hotel in Oundle, The White Hart Royal Hotel in Moreton in Marsh, The Old Bridge Inn and Coffee House in Holmfirth and the George Hotel in Piercebridge Co. Durham.

Details: www.bulldoghotelgroup.co.uk

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Published: 23 April 2015

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