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Tewkesbury Park Hotel will be opening its new events suite – The Cotswolds Suite – from August 2017.

The new £3million Cotswolds Suite will seat up to 200 delegates. It features floor-to-ceiling windows, a private bar and a private terrace with views across undulating parkland and the Gloucestershire countryside.

The Cotswolds Suite will subdivide into three smaller units: The Broadway Suite, The Burford Suite and The Bibury Suite.

The Cotswolds Suite will be equipped with a video wall and a state of the art speaker system. The terrace will include a wood-fired pizza oven and a barbeque as well as infra-red patio heaters.

The Cotswolds Suite will join the existing meeting and events facilities at Tewkesbury Park. These include the Roses Suite also seating up to 200 delegates plus two smaller rooms each seating 20 delegates – all equipped with the latest technology.

Tewkesbury Park Hotel has 94 bedrooms. Leisure facilities include a gym, an indoor swimming pool, a sauna and steam room plus an 18-hole golf course and two tennis courts.

Tewkesbury Park Hotel is a few minutes’ drive from M5 at junction nine.

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

Details: Published: 24 May 2017; Hits: 529

Expansion plans submitted by the Highbullen Hotel & Country Club in north Devon have been approved.

The plans include a 16 bedroom extension to the hotel plus a further 58 holiday lodges.

Highbullen Hotel & Country Club has recently completed a £8.8million total refurbishment which include creating The Palazzo at Highbullen. This is a new purpose built meeting, conference and events centre with six separate meeting spaces and a maximum capacity of 400 delegates.

Highbullen Hotel and Country Club currently has 37 bedrooms, two restaurants, a bar and lounge, an 18-hole golf course and extensive leisure facilities.

Highbullen Hotel and Country Club is located in Chittlehamholt in North Devon – around a 15 minute drive from South Molton and a 25 minute drive from Barnstaple.

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

Details: Published: 24 May 2017; Hits: 658

The Yorkshire Heart Vineyard and Brewery is looking to expand and is planning to create a new purpose-built visitor centre.

Yorkshire Heart Vineyard and Brewery is based in Nun Monkton near York. Founded in 2000, the vineyard now has more than 35,000 vines.

It launched its first wine in 2005.

Yorkshire Heart Vineyard has meeting facilities. The Wine House will accommodate up to 45 delegates seated or 80 for a standing reception.

The Wine House has views across the vineyard and is equipped with a sound system, AV equipment, its own bar and toilets.

For larger numbers a marquee is available in the grounds for delegate numbers up to 120. It is equipped with free wi-fi, a projector and screen.

A full on-site catering package is also available together with an ‘after meeting’ guided tour of the vineyard and a tasting.

The Yorkshire Heart Vineyard and Brewery Is located off the A59 between York and Harrogate.

Details: http://www.yorkshireheart.com/

Details: Published: 23 May 2017; Hits: 714

Warwick Castle has just unveiled its new Hayloft Conference Room located on the top floor of the newly transformed Stables Coach House.

The Hayloft Conference Room is split into three areas.

The largest space in the Hayloft is the main conference room seating up to 80 delegates theatre style. Adjacent to this are two additional spaces which can be used for refreshments or for informal breakout sessions.

The Hayloft Conference Room is fully equipped with the latest meetings technology including a screen, lcd projector and flipcharts.

Wi-fi is available via The Cloud.

Warwick Castle itself is a Grade I-listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument which has dominated the town of Warwick for the past eleven centuries. Perpetrators of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 reportedly stole the fastest ‘get-away vehicles’ of the age, i.e. their horses, from the original Castle stables.

Details: https://www.warwick-castle.com/events/corporate/conferences.aspx

Details: Published: 23 May 2017; Hits: 565

Due for completion in autumn 2017, the new Village Hotel Portsmouth will include 153 bedrooms, a business hub and conference facilities plus a leisure club with a 20 metre swimming pool, gym and fitness studio.

Village Hotel Portsmouth will be the first of a new Village Hotel design which will fit a more ‘compact footprint’ thus enabling the Village group to expand into more central urban areas.

Village Hotel Portsmouth will be located at Lakeside North Harbour in Portsmouth.

Details: https://www.village-hotels.co.uk/