Surf Snowdonia is a new surfing and water sports park under construction in the village of Dolgarrog, set in the foothills of the Snowdonia National Park in north Wales. Surf Snowdonia is on course for a July 2015 opening.

Surf Snowdonia features a 300 metre-long ‘Wavegarden’, an artificial surfing lagoon with waves of varying heights up to 6ft and designed for all abilities from beginners to professional surfers. Surf Snowdonia will also host events, competitions and surfing demonstrations.

A hub building will complement the Wavegarden facility. This will include a glass-fronted café, restaurant and bar as well as changing facilities. Other activities around the site will include woodland trails and outdoor events spaces. Accommodation units are pencilled in for future development.

Surf Snowdonia is seven miles from the main A55 North Wales arterial route and  approximately an hour and half from  Liverpool and Manchester city centres.

Details: www.surfsnowdonia.co.uk

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Published: 06 February 2015

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Accor Hotels are planning to open seven new Ibis hotels in the UK over the next two years – one will be an Ibis branded hotel and the other six will be Ibis Styles hotels.

There will be three new hotels in London. These include: Ibis London Canning Town, a 196-bedroom hotel located in the Hallsville Quarter development. A new-build Ibis Styles Greenwich with 47 bedrooms is currently under construction and is expected to open in early 2016. A 140-bedroom Ibis Styles is scheduled to open at London Heathrow Airport summer 2016.

The four Ibis Styles properties planned outside London are all expected to open in 2015. The four hotels will be located in Crewe with 112 bedrooms, Barnsley with 117 bedrooms, Haydock with 102 bedrooms and Birmingham NEC with 166 bedrooms. All four will be operated by Kew Green Hotels.

Ibis now operate 92 hotels throughout the UK.

Details: www.ibishotel.ibis.com

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Published: 05 February 2015

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Hilton Hotels have announced the development of its first modular hotel at Bristol Airport. Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport will include 201-bedrooms, flexible meeting spaces, a 24-hour fitness room, parking for 120 cars and complimentary wi-fi. The hotel will also feature Hampton's ‘On the House’ signature breakfast.

It is a modular hotel  in that the hotel bedrooms and corridors will be manufactured in China before being transported to the UK for assembly on site. This is a format designed to increase the speed of construction as well as keeping construction costs to a minimum.

Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport is expected to open in spring 2016

Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport will be the first hotel to be developed at the airport, which is currently extending its terminal building. Bristol Airport saw record passenger volumes last year when 6.3 million people passed through the terminal. It was also named the world's most punctual airport in a league table measuring on-time performance based on data compiled from over 43 million flight records by aviation data provider, OAG.

 

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Published: 05 February 2015

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Melia Hotels has announced plans to open two further Innside by Melia hotels in the UK - in Birmingham and Glasgow.

The first Innside Hotel in the UK is approaching completion in Manchester's First Street development (pictured) alongside Oxford Road station and two minutes from Manchester Central. Innside Manchester will be an 11-storey, four-star hotel with 208 bedrooms. It will also include a wellness suite, a restaurant and bar as well as conference facilities. It is scheduled to open in May 2015

The proposed Innside Glasgow will have 175 bedrooms and Innside Birmingham will have 180 bedrooms.

Details: www.innside.com

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Published: 05 February 2015

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