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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


New Road Hotel is a stylish 80-bedroom boutique hotel set to open shortly in East London. 

New Road Hotel will be housed in a former textile factory in Whitechapel, so expect the ‘industrial look’ with exposed brickwork and open-plan public areas.

The building is an old textile factory, formerly known as Service House. It was a garments factory up until the turn of the millennium.  

Since its closure in 2000 the building has remained empty.

The bedrooms will also feature exposed brickwork as well as the building’s original large windows.  

Each bedroom will be furnished with a 49” flatscreen television, a hypnos bed, a rainfall shower, a ‘handy’ mobile phone and air conditioning.

The hotel will have two feature bedrooms. The Loft - complete with its own private rooftop hot tub and The Eco Shed - offering ‘sustainability without compromising on comfort’.

Marco Pierre White will launch a Mr White’s English Chophouse restaurant in New Road Hotel.  The Chophouse will also be open for breakfast.

New Road Hotel will have two dedicated meeting rooms both with natural daylight and equipped with latest meeting technology including free wi-fi.

New Road Hotel is located in New Road, a three-minute walk from Whitechapel tube station and close to The Royal London Hospital. The hotel has good access to London City Airport, Canary Wharf, Stratford Olympic Park and ExCeL.

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

 


Plas Hafod Hotel near Mold in Flintshire, north Wales has applied for planning permission to build an extension which would add 30 new bedrooms to its existing 11 rooms.

If the £4million project is approved by Flintshire County Council construction work will last around ten months.

This would be followed by a revamp of the existing dining room, meeting room and reception. 

Plas Hafod Hotel plans to remain fully open during construction..

Details: https://plashafod.co.uk/



Work to expand and refurbish the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester has just completed. 

The expansion has added 79 new bedrooms. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester now has 219 bedrooms.

The design of the new bedrooms has taken inspiration from the hotel’s history which was originally a manor house built in the 18th century.

The hotel entrance and reception plus the lounge and lobby areas at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester have all been revamped. They now feature a new contemporary design.

Meeting and events facilities at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester include eight flexible meeting rooms, all with complimentary wi-fi.

There is plenty of space in the hotel grounds for team building activities.

The spa at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester has 14 treatment rooms as well as an outdoor Watsu Hydra therapy pool.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Spa Chester is located just outside the city of Chester close to the M53 at junction 12.

Details: http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-and-spa-chester-MANDTDI/index.html


City of Manchester Planning Committee have given the green-light for the construction a new aparthotel in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on the edge of Manchester city centre.

The new aparthotel will be located next to the proposed AC by Marriott hotel, which is already under construction.

The site, currently used for parking, is bounded by Mason Street, Cable Street, Cross Keys Street and Adlington Street in New Cross. 

The aparthotel will be a nine-storey building with 224 apartments. There will be a reception, a café, an exercise room and a laundry area on the ground floor with the bedrooms on the upper floors.

The aparthotel will be operated by Staycity.

It will be Staycity’s fourth aparthotel in Manchester.

The group has one at Gateway House on the Piccadilly station approach road and a second in Laystall Street in Ancoats. A third is planned in St Peter’s Square.

Details:https://www.staycity.com/manchester/


A new Crowne Plaza Hotel opens on the Albert Embankment in London’s Battersea in May 2018. 

Bookings are being taken from 27thMay 2018. 

Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment will have 142 bedrooms.

Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment will be close to the new American Embassy which opens at Nine Elms in Battersea on 16th January.

With a nod to its close neighbour, the Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment will feature an American lobby bar and restaurant.

There will be a second restaurant and sky terrace with views across to Westminster on the 14th floor. 

Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment will also include a gym/fitness centre plus meeting and events facilities.

All bedrooms will be air-conditioned and furnished with a Smart television, premium bedding, a rainfall shower and an espresso maker.

Complimentary wireless internet access will be available throughout the hotel.

Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment will be the first luxury hotel to open in the Albert Embankment/Vauxhall area. The hotel is just one component of a wider development of the area which used to house Battersea Power Station.

Crowne Plaza London Albert Embankment is within a fifteen-minute walk of the Houses of Parliament and the London Heliport. It is two miles to the City of London. The nearest tube station is Vauxhall.

Details: https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/gb/en/london/lonae/hoteldetail