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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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One of Plymouth‘s key landmarks is to get a new lease of life as an events venue following a £155,000 upgrading by the city council.

Mount Batten Tower which stands at the entrance to Cattedown Water has been handed to the Mount Batten Watersports and Activity Centre who will run it as a venue.

Mount Batten Tower takes its name from Captain William Batten, a commander in Cromwell’s Parliamentarian navy in the mid-seventeenth century. It was built during the Commonwealth period and held up to 10 guns on the upper floor to protect the eastern side of the Plymouth estuary and defend the entrance to Cattewater and Sutton Harbour. From 1913 the headland was used as an airbase by the Royal Navy and then the Royal Air Force.

As well as offering a range of water-based activities from ‘stand-up paddleboarding’ to ‘dinghy sailing’, Mount Batten Tower now features a range of meeting facilities.

There are four main meeting and events rooms accommodating up to 120 delegates. They are equipped with projectors, flipcharts and free wifi.

Mount Batten Tower also features a decked outdoor terrace with views across Plymouth Sound.

Mount Batten Tower has a fully licensed bar and café serving breakfast through to dinner.

Mount Batten Tower is a short drive from the centre of Plymouth and offers free parking for delegates.

Details: https://www.mount-batten-centre.com/

Details: Published: 28 September 2017; Hits: 573

The QHotels group has just changed hands in a £525million deal. Aprirose are the hotels new owners.

Q hotels are located mainly in the major UK cities with properties including the Queens Hotel in Leeds and The Midland in Manchester (pictured).

The group portfolio comprises 26 hotels in total with 3,680 beds. It is made up of a variety of hotels which also includes spa hotels and golf resorts.

New owners plan to further develop the portfolio and increase the number of beds available. They have appointed Redefine|BDL Hotels to manage the hotels.

Details: Published: 28 September 2017; Hits: 548

Plans have been published for a complete overhaul of Olympia events centre in Kensington, west London creating a hotel, a theatre and suite of new entertainment venues within the Victorian-built exhibition hall.

In addition to the new hotel and theatre, co-working spaces and restaurants will also feature in the new-look Olympia.

The aim of the project is to transform the 130-year-old exhibition hall into a "world-leading arts, entertainment, exhibition and experiential district", whilst retaining the venue’s Victorian features.

Olympia opened in 1886. It was originally called the National Agricultural Hall. It is noted for its vast arching roof and domed windows supported by ironwork.

Olympia currently hosts 220 exhibitions and events annually.

Heatherwick Studio is working with London-based architectural practice SPPARC on the overhaul plans for Olympia. During the first phase they are talking to people, particularly local residents and visitors, to gauge their reaction to the plans.

Details: https://olympia.london/about-us/news/olympia-london-vision-be-realised-heatherwick-studio

Details: Published: 27 September 2017; Hits: 824

Yotel is planning a worldwide expansion of its capsule-style hotels after securing a US$250million investment.

The Yotel brand was launched a decade ago and its current portfolio includes two airport hotels in the UK at Heathrow and Gatwick plus airport hotels in Amsterdam and Paris as well as city hotel in New York and Boston in the USA.

Yotel will focus its growth on Europe, North America and Asia.

It has already secured city centre sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow which are expected to open by 2019. It also has a property in the pipeline in Clerkenwell in central London.

Globally, Yotel is targeting the opening of 50 to 60 new hotels in next five years.

Details:http://www.yotel.com/en