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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

Best Western is increasing its portfolio. The group has announced plans to add seven Greene King hotels plus the Maitrise Hotel in London’s Maida Vale to its UK hotel base. The Greene King Hotels include:
Weathervane Lodge Hotel in Stoke on Trent
Wee Waif Hotel in Reading
Mill on the Soar in Broughton Astley, Leicester
The Bridge Inn in Yatton, Bristol
Broughton Hotel in Milton Keynes
Farmhouse Innlodge in Portsmouth
The Titan in Clydebank


The Maitrise Hotel opened under the ‘Quality Hotels’ banner in summer 2009 with 58 bedrooms. It is located in Kilburn High Road in London.

Details: www.bestwestern.co.uk


Tillington Hall Hotel in Stafford has now completed the £1million refurbishment programme instigated by the hotel’s new owners last autumn. All 91 bedrooms have been refurbished and restyled. A new bistro-styled restaurant has also been added. Wi-fi access is complimentary throughout the hotel.
Tillington Hall has twelve refurbished conference and meeting rooms, all with air-conditioning and free wi-fi. The two main conferences facilities are the Garden Suite and the Royal Suite – both on the ground floor, seating 300 and 200 delegates theatre style respectively and both divisible into smaller rooms. Following the refurbishment Tillington Hall has now joined the Best Western hotel consortium.  
Best Western Tillington Hall is located just off the M6 motorway in Staffordshire at junction 14, mid-way between Manchester and Birmingham.

Details:  www.tillingtonhall.co.uk


Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel unveil their refurbished public spaces and restaurant on 6th June 2014. The £300,000 total investment has also created a new meeting room, the Percy Shelley Room. Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel is a Georgian Manor House and was formerly the home of Percy Shelley, the poet. It sits in 16 acres of landscaped gardens in a parkland estate, five miles from the centre of Newbury and within easy reach of the M4.
Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel has 73 bedrooms, a conference centre and banqueting suite plus an orangery bar and restaurant overlooking the Kennet Valley.

Details: www.mercure.com


Plans to add a further 18 bedrooms, a spa facility and a banqueting suite at  Whitley Hall Hotel in Sheffield have been recommended for approval ahead of a city council planning meeting next week.
Whitley Hall Hotel is a Grade II-listed 16th century ivy-clad mansion dating back to 1580. The hotel currently has 32 bedrooms and six meeting rooms with the largest accommodating up to 100 delegates. It is located north of Sheffield city centre, less than two miles from the M1 at junction 35 and will good access to both the M18 and M62.

Details:  www.whitleyhall.com


Dorsett Shepherds Bush Hotel is a new 317 bedroom hotel from Asia-based operator Dorsett Hospitality International. It opens on 24th June 2014 in west London.  Dorsett Shepherds Bush is an 8-storey, modern, stylish hotel located in the former Pavilion cinema, a Grade II-listed building overlooking Shepherds Bush Green. The building's historic facade has been retained.
The bedrooms come in four categories from a standard Dorsett Room to a Suite. Each is equipped with the minimum 37 inch LCD television with cable channels, an i-Pod docking station, a work-desk, an iron and ironing board, tea and coffee facilities and complimentary wi-fi. There is a restaurant and bar plus a 24 hour gym. There are three small meeting rooms / boardrooms seating eight, ten and fourteen delegates with the largest two rooms combining to accommodate greater delegate numbers. Each room is equipped with the latest multimedia technology and wireless internet connectivity.

Dorsett Shepherds Bush is located in the heart of Shepherds Bush close to overground and tube stations; a short journey into central London and 40 minutes by tube from London Heathrow Airport. The Westfield Shopping Centre is on the doorstep.

Dorsett Shepherd Bush is the group's first hotel in London. They will be opening Dorsett City; a 275 bedroom hotel in the City of London in 2016.The group is also looking at additional London sites in Shepherds Bush, as well as Farringdon, Queensway, Bayswater and Earl’s Court for future developments.

Details: www.dorsetthotels.com