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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


Another week…and another new hotel is proposed in Manchester.

This time new owners of the building that houses Manchester's Dry Bar in the city’s Northern Quarter have unveiled plans to create a boutique hotel in the currently unused upper floors of the building.

A new LUMA boutique hotel is proposed for the site – the second in the UK.

The first one is the LUMA Concept Hotel located in Hammersmith in London. It describes itself as ‘a hotel, but not as you know it’.

There is an existing planning consent dating from 2015 to convert the upper floors of the Dry Bar building into a hotel. This will involve restoring the property and adding a ‘modest’ extension above the existing roof level.

The Dry Bar building is located in Oldham Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter and only a short walk from Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre.

Details: http://www.lumahotelhammersmith.co.uk/


A 100-bedroom hotel plus 400 luxury lodges are two components in a multi-million pound scheme to create a new adventure resort in Wales.

Afan Valley Adventure Resort will be located on a 480-acre site in Cymmer, Port Talbot in south Wales.

The hotel and spa, plus bars and restaurants will surround a central plaza at the resort which will also feature a wide range of activities. These include water sports, mountain biking, survival training, trampolining, surfing and zorbing, ski slopes, an aqua adventure park, ice skating, gyms, steam rooms and saunas, zip wires and indoor climbing walls.

There will also be a Bear Grylls Survival Academy.

Afan Valley Adventure Resort is being masterminded by Northern Powerhouse Developments who already operate a range of similar centres including three outdoor ski slopes, an ‘Xtreme sport’ centre and an aqua park.


Ireland’s largest hotel group, Dalata Hotels, has announced plans to open a new 300-bedrom Clayton Hotel in Portland Street in the centre of Manchester – subject to planning approval.

It will be the sister hotel of the four-star, 365-bedroom Clayton Manchester Airport Hotel.

The new hotel is expected to be complete by mid-2020.

Dalata’s other development plans include a second hotel in Belfast and a hotel in Newcastle on Tyne:

Maldron Hotel Belfast City: is due to open late April 2018 with 237 bedrooms and two large meeting rooms accommodating up to 100 delegates.

Maldron Hotel Belfast Citywill be located in Brunswick Street, just a few minutes’walk from Belfast City Hall and Belfast’s Great Victoria station.

Maldron Hotel Newcastle: This will be the group’s first Maldron-branded hotel in England and is currently under construction in the centre of Newcastle on Tyne.

Maldron Hotel Newcastle will have 230 bedrooms,grain & grill bar and restaurant and five meeting rooms accommodating up to 150 delegates.

Maldron Hotel Newcastle will be located in Newgate Street within a five-minute walk of Newcastle Central station. It is expected to open late 2018.

Details: https://www.maldronhotels.com/


Plans to build a new hotel in the Peak District have been granted approval.

The new scheme will include a 71-bedroom hotel plus a visitor/heritage centre, a craft shop and a café.

The new hotel will be located on a brownfield site on the edge of Stoney Middleton near Chatsworth House and Bakewell in Derbyshire.

When it opens it will be the first new hotel in the Peak District for over half a century. 

Details: https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/midlands/first-new-build-hotel-in-peak-district-since-1961-approved?utm_source=eastmidlands_newsletter&utm_campaign=eastmidlands_news_tracker&utm_medium=property_article


Work has begun on a major project to transform the Three Mile Inn in Gosforth, Newcastle–on-Tyne, into a 64-bedroom hotel, bar and restaurant.

The £5.6million development will take place in phases, beginning with the construction of a three-storey extension, which will provide accommodation for the hotel.

Further phases will include the conversion of the existing building to create conference and events space, private dining facilities, a residents’ lounge, café, bar and restaurant.

The redevelopment is expected to take eighteen months to complete.

The Three Mile Inn will remain open throughout. It is located on the Great North Road in Gosforth

Details: http://www.threemileinn.co.uk/