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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


Puma Hotels the grouping of 21 regional four-star hotels has rebranded as: The Hotel Collection. The group has traded under several names in the recent past, more recently as Barcelo Hotels.
The Hotel Collection combines four-star rated hotels in historic cities and seaside resorts together with country-house properties. The group controls 2,800 en-suite bedrooms in total with over 220 meeting rooms.

Details:   www.thehotelcollection.co.uk

Picture: Imperial Hotel Torquay


Regus are set to open a new Regus Express Lounge later this year at Birmingham International Airport. The Regus Express Lounge will have office and meeting space for anyone arriving at or departing from the airport. Facilities will include secure wi-fi, printers and scanners, free refreshments and professional admin support. It will be accessible to domestic and international passengers.
The new lounge at Birmingham Airport will offer a professional place to work or meet away from home or the office.  It follows the launch of Regus Express facilities at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, as well as motorway service stations, shopping centres and retail parks across the UK.

Details: www.regus.co.uk/express


Crescent Victoria is a new townhouse hotel which has just opened on the seafront in Margate in Kent with 14 individually designed bedrooms, an all-day restaurant, a bar and a courtyard lounge.
Crescent  Victoria comprises two listed buildings opposite the Winter Gardens and is a stone's throw from Margate’s new Turner Gallery.
Crescent Victoria will be joined by a sister hotel this summer - the 18-bedroom Turner Whitstable. Both hotels will be operated by Bespoke Hotels.

Details:  www.bespokehotels.com


American hotelier André Balazs is planning his second hotel in London having just opened the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone. The new hotel will be a Standard Hotel, the first Standard brand to open outside the United States.
The site is a former council office in London’s King’s Cross. He is planning to convert the 150,000 sq-ft Camden Town Hall annexe into a 250 bedroom hotel. The conversion is expected to take around two years to complete.
 

Balazs already has five Standard Hotels located in Los Angeles, Miami, Hollywood, and the East Village and Highline in New York.


Rum Warehouse opens next week as new conference and exhibition space in the centre of Liverpool. When it does it will be one of the largest venues in the region. The ground floor can accommodate up to 1000 people theatre style or an exhibition of 800 sq-mt with three divisible breakout rooms on the mezzanine floor plus a boardroom and lounges on the upper levels. Formerly used to store imported vats of rum, Rum Warehouse is located on the Liverpool waterfront with outside terraces overlooking Stanley Dock.
Rum Warehouse has floor to ceiling windows and a full black-out facility. There is an in-house AV and events team and a full range of catering services plus full wi-fi connectivity. There is vehicle access directly into the exhibition space, coach parking next to the warehouse along with on-site car parking.
Rum Warehouse is five minutes from Liverpool City Centre and eight minutes to Liverpool Lime Street station.

Stanley Dock is also home to the new Titanic Hotel which opens at the beginning of July 2014.

Details: www.titanichotelliverpool.com