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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


easyHotel group is planning to open its first hotel in Northern Ireland. 

The hotel will have 81-bedrooms and will be located in a section of the Howard Building in Howard Street in the centre of Belfast. The building formerly housed offices and a dry cleaners.

easyHotel Belfast will include a ground floor café and will sit above some of Belfast's best-known restaurants including Meat Locker, Love Fish and Eipic all operated by chef Michael Deane.

easyHotel Belfast is expected to open in 2018.

easyHotels currently have 13 hotels in the UK including eight in and around London.

Details: http://www.easyhotel.com/


Montcalm Royal London House - City of London is now fully open with the meeting space and the rooftop Aviary restaurant recently completed.

Montcalm Royal London House - City of London is located in a converted mid-20th century former office building.

The hotel has 273 bedrooms, the rooftop Aviary restaurant, Burdock gastro pub, a cafe and fruit juice bar plus an indoor swimming pool and spa facility.

Five main meeting rooms and two private dining rooms will accommodate boardroom meetings for ten delegates up to private dinners for 300 guests.

Montcalm Royal London House - City of London is located on Finsbury Square close to Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Old Street stations.

Details: http://www.themontcalm.com/


Plans to extend the four-star Hope Street Hotel in Liverpool's Georgian Quarter have been given the go-ahead.

Owners plan to add 12 new bedrooms and 26 aparthotel suites.

They will be constructed on the top of the 1930s extension to the former Royal School for the Blind alongside Hope Street Hotel.

Hope Street Hotel currently has 89 bedrooms offering free wi-fi, iPod docks, an LCD television with satellite channels and a DVD player.

There is a restaurant, bar and lounge plus a fitness centre.

Hope Street Hotel is located in Liverpool city centre within easy reach of the local transport hubs.

Details:  http://www.hopestreethotel.co.uk/the-hotel/


J D Wetherspoon will open the Bell Hotel in Aylesbury later in January. The Bell Hotel is a refurbished Grade II-listed building. The hotel will include 14 twin/double bedrooms.

The pub on the ground floor of the building is also being refurbished.

All bedrooms are en-suite and air-conditioned. They are equipped with tea/coffee-making facilities, a plasma television and hairdryer. There is unlimited free wi-fi throughout the hotel and bar area.

The Bell Hotel has a courtyard and offers a range of food and drinks in the pub.

The Bell Hotel is located in Market Square in the centre of Aylesbury. It is a five minute walk from Aylesbury station and a five minute walk from the nearest multi-storey car park.

Details: https://api.jdwetherspoon.com/hotels/england/buckinghamshire/the-bell


Samlesbury Hotel in Preston is the latest hotel to join the Best Western Plus brand.

Samlesbury Hotel is a modern, four-star hotel, recently refurbished with 80 well-equipped bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and fitness centre.

Samlesbury Hotel has eight meeting and conference rooms, including the Canberra Suite which will accommodate up to 220 delegates.

Free wi-fi is available throughout the hotel.

Samlesbury Hotel is located close to junction 31 on the M6; with easy access to Preston and Blackburn locally and Manchester further afield via the M61.

Samlesbury Hotel is part of Squire Hotels. The  group also operates Etrop Grange, Manchester Airport and The Hydro Hotel, Windermere in the Lake District.

Details: https://www.squirehotels.co.uk/samlesbury/