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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 new business centre with meeting rooms has just opened at Birmingham’s Eleven Brindleyplace office block. MSO Workspace  are operating a selection of meeting rooms on the ground floor and mezzanine level  of this 12-storey building which will be available for  external users as well as the resident tenants.

Facilities in Eleven Brindleyplace include a training and seminar room to accommodate up to 60 delegates plus three boardroom style meeting rooms and a ground floor business lounge. All the rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with the latest AV and meetings technology and include free wi-fi. Unlimited refreshments are served during the day. There is a selection of catering options including private dining.

Eleven Brindleyplace is located in Brunswick Square in the Brindleyplace development a short walk from the centre of Birmingham and Birmingham New Street station.

Details:  www.elevenbrindleyplace.co.uk

Etc.venues is planning to extend their St Paul’s Aldersgate site adding another three large multi-purpose, flexible rooms on an adjacent floor of the building.

The main suite - Creative 1 - will accommodate up to 250 delegates theatre style or 150 for a cabaret style meeting. Creative 2 and Creative 3 can be used separately or combined to provide space for up to 75 and 100 delegates theatre-style respectively or for 10 exhibition stands.

The new rooms will be opening in October 2014.They join seventeen existing room formations in the North and South Wings at Etc.venues St Paul's – 200 Aldersgate.

Etc.venues St Paul's - 200 Aldersgate is located directly opposite the Museum of London between Barbican and St Pauls tube stations.

Details: www.etcvenues.co.uk

Accor Hotels are planning two new hotels in central London - in Piccadilly Circus and in Leicester Square.

Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus will open in 2017 with 583 bedrooms within the Trocadero complex at Piccadilly Circus.

Before this Accor will be opening another of their boutique-branded hotels - MGallery. MGallery Leicester Square will have 80 bedrooms and will be located in Victory House, a heritage site overlooking Leicester Square. It is scheduled to open at the end of 2016.

Details: www.accor.com


Halle St Peter’s is new event space which has just opened in Ancoats close to the centre of Manchester.

St Peter's is a former church which has been converted and is now a permanent rehearsal centre for the Hallé Orchestra. The Grade II-listed building has been transformed into a flexible event space whilst maintaining the original architectural features including its high ceilings. Hallé St. Peter’s is a venue for receptions, parties, product launches and exhibitions. It can accommodate up to 230 guests.

Halle St Peter’s is located in Blossom Street, a ten-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station. Accommodation will be available nearby when the boutique Gotham Hotel opens spring 2015.

Details: www.halle.co.uk


The Hoxton Holborn officially opens on 25th September 2014. It claims to be just like its “mothership in Shoreditch, with rooms cleverly designed to maximise comfort, space and style”.  

Hoxton Holborn opens with 174 bedrooms, two restaurants run in partnership with Soho House Group, Hubbard & Bell restaurant set in a conservatory and a Chicken Shop serving rotisserie chicken. Holborn Grind is the coffee lounge. Cheeky salon provides the pampering.

Hoxton Holborn is located at 199-206 High Holborn in central London in a Grade II-listed building which was previously occupied by BT.

Details:  www.thehoxton.com