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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

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Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

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Dalata plan new London Hotel

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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September
Indigo coming to Chester
Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel
Dalata plan new London Hotel
New Hotel opens in Glasgow

The Tamburlaine is a new hotel opening in the centre of Cambridge on 1 April. The Tamburlaine will have 155 bedrooms.

The Tamburlaine will have two floors of shared space with a double-height lobby and a feature staircase overlooking a library, with the ground floor also featuring four different food and drink areas.

Bedrooms in The Tamburlaine will have floor-to-ceiling windows, some with views over the city and some with views over the countryside. Suites will have their own private terraces.

All rooms will be equipped with the latest in-room technology and creature comforts.

The Tamburlaine will have five meeting and events spaces. The Master’s Suite will be the largest, seating up to 120 delegates theatre style. It is a suite which will subdivide into four individual rooms.

The Marlowe Suite with floor to ceiling windows will accommodate up to 80 delegates. The Library will also be available for private events and private dining.

The Tamburlaine is part of the Ireland-based O’Callaghan Hotels Group. It is their first hotel venture in the UK.

The Tamburlaine is located in the CB1 development in Cambridge. It is a one minute walk from Cambridge station and a ten minute walk into the city centre. There is no private parking at The Tamburlaine.

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

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Plans have been lodged to create a static floating hotel at the Prince of Wales Dock in Edinburgh’s port of Leith.

Plans tabled by Royal Yacht Enterprises would see the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) ship, MV Fingal, undergo a £3.5million conversion into a 23-bedroom hotel.

The hotel would feature bedroom suites, cabins with private balconies, duplex apartments and a presidential suite.

MV Fingal was acquired by the Royal Yacht Britannia Trust in 2014. The group also own ‘Britannia’ – the Queen’s former floating residence, which is now used as a visitor attraction and banqueting facility at the port of Leith.

The new “boatique” hotel is expected to open in Easter 2018.

Details: http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/the-trust/press/

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An extension to The New Room, John Wesley’s chapel in Bristol, opens summer 2017.

The New Room is 276-year-old, Grade 1-listed building, and is the oldest Methodist Church in the world. It was built and used by John Wesley and the early Methodists as a meeting and preaching place.

The extension is a three–storey building in the Horsefair Courtyard adjacent the New Room.

The ground floor of the new building will feature a shop and a café. On levels 2 and 3 there will be a large multi-media lecture and education room for up to 60 people, as well as a library, archives rooms and offices.

All facilities are available for external hire.

The New Room is located in The Horsefair in the centre of Bristol.

Details: http://www.newroombristol.org.uk/

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Plans to build a lodge-style hotel on land to the rear of a Grade II-listed pub in Lincoln are set to be approved.

Brewery Group, Marstons, is planning to build a 27-bedroom hotel on the car park of The Lincolnshire Poacher pub in Lincoln.

The development has been recommended for approval by Lincoln City Council planning officers.

Approval is subject to a number of conditions, including development beginning within three years.

Details: http://www.marstons.co.uk/inns/

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April 2017 will see the rebranding of the Holiday Inn Plymouth as the Crowne Plaza Plymouth following successful completion of the hotel’s refurbishment programme.

Crowne Plaza Plymouth will have 211 bedrooms over its 11 floors. It will feature a Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill with views across Plymouth Hoe.

Crowne Plaza Plymouth will also feature a leisure club with a pool and fitness centre plus an outdoor terrace.

Six meeting rooms at Crowne Plaza Plymouth will accommodate a maximum of 425 delegates. Wi-fi will be free throughout the hotel

Crowne Plaza Plymouth is located in Armada Way within walking distance of the harbour; a fifteen minute walk from Plymouth station and forty miles from the nearest airport in Exeter.