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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

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Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September
Indigo coming to Chester
Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel
Dalata plan new London Hotel
New Hotel opens in Glasgow

Holborn Venues is the new and more descriptive name of St Andrew Holborn Trading Ltd.

Holborn Venues is based in St Andrew Church in Holborn in the centre of London.

The name has been changed to Holborn Venues to raise its profile for the meeting and events organizer. The change is prior to a refurbishment programme which is getting underway this year.

A church has stood on the site of St Andrew since the early Middle Ages.

The ‘latest’ St Andrew church however was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London.

Holborn Venues still operates as a church but it does have eight individual meeting rooms plus a courtyard garden for outdoor events.

The Court Room at Holborn Venues is the largest conference room. It features a hammer beam ceiling and large windows overlooking the church.

The Court Room is suitable for dinners, receptions and meetings. It will accommodate up to 70 delegates for a theatre style meeting and is equipped with an 80" monitor, wi-fi and basic AV.

There is a range of smaller meeting, training and boardrooms – each with their own style and character.

Holborn Venues is located in St Andrew Street a short walk from three central London tube stations: Chancery Lane, Farringdon and Blackfriars.

Details: https://www.holbornvenues.co.uk/

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Moxy, the Marriott group’s budget-lifestyle brand, opened its first hotel in Milan in 2014.

Since then the group has grown. It now has 50 hotels in the pipeline which are expected to open before 2020.

Currently there are three Moxy Hotels in the UK: two in London at ExCel and Stratford plus one at Aberdeen Airport (pictured).

A further five Moxy Hotels are scheduled to open by the end of 2018. They will be located at London Heathrow Airport and in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Southampton and York.

Further ahead, Moxy hotels are planned in Bristol, Milton Keynes and Manchester.

Moxy’s latest plans for the UK were revealed as part of a wider announcement of the brand’s European expansion, with 50 hotels expected to open between now and 2020.

Moxy Hotels are designed for the next generation of budget-conscious travelers. They feature a vibrant lobby space with a 24/7 self-service ‘grab and go’. The lobby is designed as an open area where guests can work, play and connect. Moxy Hotels also feature well equipped stylish bedrooms with ample plug-ins and free wi-fi.

Details: http://moxy-hotels.marriott.com/en

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SACO, the serviced apartment company, is planning to add almost 1,000 new units to its Locke lifestyle aparthotel concept.

The Locke brand currently has two aparthotels in the UK: Leman Locke in London and Eden Locke in Edinburgh.

Whitworth Locke in Manchester is scheduled to open summer 2018 with a second London property opening at Moorgate later in the year.

SACO’s development team will be targeting major European capitals for future new openings with the aim of increasing its key count to 4,500 by the year 2020.

Details: http://www.lockeliving.com/

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Searcys St Pancras will mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Pancras Station in London by opening its first Champagne School at the station.

Searcys Champagne School will be located in what was formerly a dining room.

The room will feature high ceilings and mounted displays of Champagne and sparkling wines.

The room will seat up to 12 delegates and is available for events and team-building exercises.

Two-hour masterclasses are planned for groups of six or more delegates The classes will include a selection of champagne with food pairings.

Other options include a pre-dinner Champagne tasting experience as well as a five-course dinner with matching English sparkling wines and champagnes.

Searcys are also planning a new kitchen bar overlooking an open kitchen. This can be used for chef demonstration events, as well as offering an all-day menu.

St Pancras Station originally opened in 1868.

Details: http://searcys.co.uk/

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JW Lees, the Greater-Manchester based brewer and pub operator, has just added two north-west hotels to its portfolio.

They are The Stanneylands Hotel in Wilmslow, Cheshire with 52 bedrooms and The Boddington Arms with 20 bedrooms in Samlesbury, Lancashire.

The acquisitions bring the group’s total number of bedrooms to 287.

The Stanneylands Hotel has been integrated into the JW Lees hotel business.

The Boddington Arms, on the other hand, has closed for a £1million+ refurbishment.

The Boddington Arms is scheduled to re-open in April as ‘The Bluebird Inn at Samlesbury’. It will be named after Donald Campbell’s world-record breaking Bluebird K7 boat whose turbo-jet engine was built by British Aerospace, the hotel’s near neighbour in Samlesbury.

Other hotels in the JW Lees group include: The Alderley Edge Hotel, Anglesey Arms Hotel Menai Bridge, Groes Inn Conway, Huntsman Inn Holmfirth and Trearddur Bay Hotel.

Details: https://www.jwlees.co.uk/