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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

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Indigo coming to Chester

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Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

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New Hotel opens in Glasgow

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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September
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New Hotel opens in Glasgow

The Trafalgar St James London, Curio Collection by Hilton, or simply The Trafalgar St James, was the first hotel in Hilton’s new Curio Collection to open in the UK. It opened last year.

A second - Lincoln Plaza London, Curio Collection by Hilton - is set to open summer 2018 in Canary Wharf in London.

Now plans for a third Curio hotel have now been released – also in London.

The new Curio Collection by Hilton will be an 18-storey hotel in Stratford in East London. It will have 285 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus a sky bar with views across the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Curio Collection by Hilton in Stratford will feature a curved two-storey podium entrance, with the exterior featuring a ‘skin’ of copper-coloured fins.

Curio Collection by Hilton is a grouping of “upper upscale hotels with character” so internally expect ‘luxury’ to be the key feature.

Curio Collection by Hilton in Stratford is anticipated to open in 2020.

Details: http://curiocollection3.hilton.com/en/index.html

Details: Published: 05 January 2018; Hits: 755

Plans to develop a new 224-bedroom hotel at the NEC in Birmingham have been approved

The eight-storey hotel will be operated by Marriott Hotels under its Moxy brand.

The hotel will be located to the south of the NEC’s pedestrian entrance and Hall Five.

Moxy Hotels as a brand seek to cater for younger travellers seeking a more modern and technologically innovative service.

Moxy by Marriott at the Birmingham NEC will also include a small gym and a self-serving dining area.

Other hotels in the immediate vicinity of Birmingham’s NEC include: Hilton Metropole Hotel; Crowne Plaza Birmingham NEC; Genting Hotel at Resorts World; Novotel Birmingham Airport; Arden Hotel and Leisure Club; Ibis Birmingham Airport and Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Airport.

Details: Published: 04 January 2018; Hits: 731

Harbour Hotels has purchased Richmond Gate Hotel in Richmond-upon-Thames.

It is the group’s first property in Greater London and the eleventh hotel to join the Harbour Hotels portfolio.

Richmond Gate Hotel is located in an eighteenth century building at the top of Richmond Hill.

Richmond Gate Hotel has 68 bedrooms. The hotel also has a restaurant and bar, a range of meeting and events spaces plus leisure facilities which include a 20metre indoor pool and gym.

Richmond Hill Hotel will be rebranded as a Harbour Hotel in winter 2018 following completion of an extensive renovation programme.

The renovation will also see the addition of the Harbour Hotels signature ‘Jetty restaurant and spa’.

Harbour Hotels Group has recently opened its latest new property: Southampton Harbour Hotel and Spa located at Southampton’s Ocean Village. Southampton Harbour Hotel and Spa with its super-yacht inspired design has 85 bedrooms, The Jetty restaurant on the ground floor and a rooftop destination bar, kitchen and club: ‘HarBAR on 6th’.

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

Details: Published: 04 January 2018; Hits: 772

Kensington Roof Gardens, one of London’s most unusual venues, is to close.

The venue confirmed its closure in a statement saying: “In the face of unpredictable market conditions and a challenge to remain profitable, sadly we can confirm we have closed our doors.”

Kensington Roof Gardenscover 6000 sq-mt on top of the former Derry & Toms building in Kensington High Street.

The Roof Gardens date back to the 1930’s and have been part of the Virgin Group since 1981.

The Grade II-listed venue had extensive events facilities including its restaurant Babylon.

The Roof Gardens will continue to be one of London’s landmarks whether with or without events and banqueting facilities.

Details: Published: 04 January 2018; Hits: 795

The Arora Hotel Manchester has just been renamed the Princess St Hotel by the hotel’s new owners.

The Princess St Hotel has 140 bedrooms. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with satellite television, a direct dial phone and tea/coffee making facilities.

Wi-fi internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel.

24 Bar & Grill serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Leisure facilities include a fully equipped gym.

A major refurbishment programme has already begun. The hotel reception at the Princess St Hotel has been totally refurbished and a new coffee shop has opened - called ‘Lawn’.

A major revamp of the bedrooms will begin in early January 2018 to be followed by a refurbishment of the restaurant and bar.

The Princess St Hotel is a Grade-II listed building situated in Princess Street, in the centre of Manchester. It is a five-minute walk from both Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road stations.