Leicester Racecourse has just opened its new King Richard III Suite which has been refurbished and designed in his honour. The opening comes just ahead of the king's final journey from the University of Leicester to Leicester Cathedral on 22nd March, a mere five hundred years after he died whilst looking for a horse at Bosworth Field on the other side of the County.

The King Richard III Suite comprises two former hospitality boxes which have been refurbished in medieval style with a large portrait of Richard on one of the walls. It will be used by corporate guests on race days, and for conferences and other events on non-race days. It is one of a variety of meeting and banqueting spaces at Leicester Racecourse all of which have complimentary wi-fi throughout.

Last year Leicester Racecourse opened The KUBE, their new event and exhibition space which will seat up to 1000 delegates theatre style.

Next year Leicester Racecourse is planning to reopen the golf course which runs alongside the racecourse. This will include a new floodlit driving range.

Leicester Racecourse is located in Oadby just south of the city of Leicester, one mile from Leicester station and alongside the main A6. There is free parking on site for up to 2000 vehicles.

Details: www.leicester-racecourse.co.uk

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Published: 26 February 2015

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Union Hanover Securities has submitted plans for a £100million hotel scheme at Stratford in east London. The Penny Brook development will be located in Stratford City’s East Village, site of the former Olympic Park. It will consist of a 25-storey tower housing a 137-bedroom Adagio Aparthotel and a 249-bedroom boutique hotel called the Penny Brook.

The hotel complex will include a ground floor cafe and restaurant plus a top floor restaurant and lounge. It will incorporate over 13,000 sq. ft. of conference and meeting space. Adagio Aparthotel will have 95 studio apartments and 42 one bedroom apartments. The Penny Brook Hotel will take rooms between the sixth and 22nd floor of the tower.

Developers are aiming to start work on site before the end of 2015.

Details:www.unionhanover.com

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Published: 25 February 2015

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Owners of Hogarths Hotel and Restaurant in Dorridge, Solihull have just bought Stone Manor Hotel, near Kidderminster in Worcestershire.

Stone Manor Hotel, which has 56 bedrooms, conference suites and the AA rosette ‘Fields Restaurant’ plus 25 acres of landscaped gardens, will be re-named the Hogarths Stone Manor Hotel. Work is expected to start shortly on a refurbishment of the bedrooms and the public areas.

Hogarths Stone Manor Hotel is located in the village of Stone near Kidderminster. It is around a 15 minute drive from the M40/M42 interchange and just over half an hour from the centre of Birmingham.

The four-star Hogarths Hotel and Restaurant has recently been awarded its first AA rosette and the hotel restaurant of the year prize in the Midlands category at the 2014 Food Awards England and Wales.

Details:   www.hogarths.co.uk

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Published: 25 February 2015

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Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, former Manchester United footballers turned hoteliers, have been given the go-ahead to convert Manchester's former stock exchange building into a boutique hotel.

The hotel will have 35 bedrooms, bars, a restaurant, conference and banqueting space and a basement gym and spa. The proposals also involve the creation of a rooftop private members’ terrace, restaurant and bar.
The Stock Exchange is a Grade II-listed building in Norfolk Street in the centre of Manchester. It was built in 1906 as the ‘New Manchester Stock Exchange’; a new home for the organisation which had previously occupied space in Manchester’s Royal Exchange building.

Messrs. Giggs and Neville open their first hotel, Hotel Football, next to Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium on 2nd March 2015.

Details: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Published: 25 February 2015

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