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De Vere Wotton House in Surrey has unveiled its £6 million renovation programme. It is part of a wider £50 million investment project in the De Vere country estate hotels portfolio.

The renovation at De Vere Wotton House has included all the bedrooms with the addition of 16 new junior suites bringing the total number of bedrooms to 127.

The hotel’s restaurant, bar, public areas and reception have been refreshed

The transformation has also included the Evelyn Suite, the principal event space at Wotton House accommodating up to 180 delegates.

The Evelyn Suite, with loads of natural daylight and overlooking the hotel’s Grade II-listed gardens, now has high speed outdoor wi-fi to aid corporate team building activities throughout the estate.

The Wotton Suite and the Old Library have also been refurbished. De Vere Wotton House has twenty meeting and events rooms in total.

Leisure facilities at De Vere Wotton House include a gym, indoor pool, sauna, steam room and tennis courts - as well as the gardens.

De Vere Wotton House is located in the Surrey countryside, ten minutes from junction 9 of the M25.

Details: https://www.phcompany.com/de-vere/our-story/press-and-media/de-vere-wotton-house-unveils-£6m-renovation/

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The 239-bedroom Hilton London Stansted Airport hotel will re-open as the Novotel London Stansted this summer following the signing of a franchise agreement between Arora Group and AccorHotels.

The hotel is currently undergoing a renovation.

Novotel London Stansted will see the introduction of the new Novotel 'N room' concept which features a bespoke bed and a versatile pillow which allows the guest to sleep or to sit upright.

Two other Novotels are set to open in the UK in the coming months, both in London - at Canary Wharf and in Bath Road at London Heathrow Airport.

Novotel currently has 33 hotels in the UK.

Details: http://www.novotel.com/gb/united-kingdom/index.shtml

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Clevedon Hall in North Somerset is opening its 25 bedrooms to the public for the first time to showcase recent refurbishments.

The bedrooms will be available to book for overnight accommodation for a two-week period starting 13th February.

Clevedon Hall is a Grade II-listed Victorian mansion overlooking Clevedon Bay. It has recently completed a six-year-long £4.2million refurbishment, which saw all the bedrooms redesigned in a luxurious country house style.

Clevedon Hall is now an exclusive use venue for conferences, meetings and events plus weddings.

Clevedon Hall has a range meeting rooms. The Grand Library is the largest meeting space seating up to 150 delegates theatre style with state of the art technology providing secure, seamless internet streaming with high-speed broadband connectivity.

Clevedon Hall is a short drive from junction 20 off the M5 southbound, 25 minutes from Bristol Airport and half an hour from Bristol Temple Meads station.

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

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easyHotel group open their next UK hotel in the centre of Birmingham on Thursday 9th February 2017.

The group has converted a four-storey Grade II-listed property and former restaurant in John Bright Street into the 86 bedroom easyHotel Birmingham.

The bedrooms are a mix of doubles, twins, wheelchair accessible and family rooms. All bedrooms are air-conditioned, fully heated and with en-suite showers. Wi-fi internet access and a television are available at an additional cost.

easyHotel Birmingham sits above the Turtle Bay restaurant and is a two minute walk from New Street station and the Bull Ring Centre in the heart of Birmingham.

Details: www.easyhotel.com

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The new 19-storey hotel development in Manchester has just celebrated its ‘topping out’.

The development is set to include a new 212-bedroom Crowne Plaza plus a 116-bedroom Staybridge Suites.

They are both located on Oxford Road in Manchester’s University quarter.

The project forms as part of a wider redevelopment of the Business School for the University of Manchester on Booth Street West. The new hotels will adjoin the two-storey Executive Education Centre, providing a new home for the school's corporate leadership and management programmes.

The scheme is scheduled for overall completion in early 2018.

Details: http://www.mbs.ac.uk/news/school-news/alliance-mbs-hotels-topping-out-at-the-university-of-manchesters-1billion-campus-redevelopment/