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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


June 2017 is the planned opening of what is claimed to be the first 'modular' hotel in the north-west.

The new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express TraffordCity in Manchester is a hotel constructed entirely from shipping containers currently being pieced together next to EventCity in Manchester.

The purpose-built steel shipping containers come complete with interior fixtures and fittings, full height windows, carpet, wallpaper, ceiling and light fittings - all of which are installed before being delivered to site.

An external finish is applied to the building once the modules are in place to create an attractive appearance.

Holiday Inn Express TraffordCity is set to serve both TraffordCity and Salford Quays. A planned extension to TfGM Metrolink will provide a direct tram service into central Manchester in future.
 


The brand new Park Plaza London Waterloo is now open on London’s Southbank.

Park Plaza London Waterloo has 494 bedrooms over twelve floors ranging from superior doubles to one-bedroom suites - all design-led with free wi-fi, a minibar and a smart LED television.

Park Plaza London Waterloo has a restaurant and bar. Leisure facilities include a heated indoor pool and a fitness centre.

Park Plaza London Waterloo has two main meeting suites accommodating up to 190 and 120 delegates theatre style in each. The suites will subdivide; the larger in four self-contained rooms and the smaller subdividing into two.

The meeting rooms are on the ground and lower ground floors with natural daylight, complimentary wi-fi, individual air-conditioning and the latest audiovisual systems. A foyer is available as a pre-function area.

Park Plaza London Waterloo is located in Hercules Road within a 10-minute walk of London Waterloo and Lambeth North tube stations.

Opening shortly will be Park Plaza London Park Royal - located within easy reach of Wembley Stadium, the SSE Wembley Arena, the Westfield Centre and Olympia. This will bring the total number of Park Plaza hotels in London to eight.

Details: Details: https://www.parkplaza.co.uk/london-hotel-gb-se1-7dp/gbwater/

Dorsett Hospitality International is on target to open its second hotel in London, Dorsett City, in April 2017. 

Dorsett City will open in a 13-storey landmark building formerly known as The Matrix, located next to Aldgate tube station and the 18th century St Botolph Church.

Dorsett City will include 275 bedrooms, two restaurants, a roof-top bar and 1,600 sq-ft of meetings and events space.

The group’s first UK hotel, Dorsett Shepherds Bush, opened in 2014. Future plans include a third London hotel – Dorsett Alpha Square, 231-bedroom hotel in the Isle of Dogs, East London.

Details: http://www.dorsett.com/our-london-hotels.php

Travelodge London Finchley has just opened in the London Borough of Barnet.

Travelodge London Finchley has 128 bedrooms and is located across a two-floor extension on top of an existing four-storey office building near the Brent Cross shopping centre in north London.

Bedrooms at Travelodge London Finchley feature floor-to-ceiling windows and king-sized beds. There is an on-site restaurant and bar serving breakfast and evening meals.

Travelodge London Finchley is two miles from Hampstead Heath and a short walk from Finchley Central station on the tube network (Northern Line).

Details: https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/614/London-Finchley-hotel


Zip wire attraction operator Zip World is planning to develop an "adventure hotel" in Snowdonia to build on its existing investment in the area – reports Wales Business Insider magazine.

The hotel with caverns, slides, virtual reality technology and saunas would be close to its Zip World Fforest site near Betwys-y-Coed in North Wales.

Zip World is also planning to invest £6million developing and upgrading attractions in 2017.

Zip World believe the new hotel would help ease the current accommodation shortage around the Snowdonia site.

Full article: http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/wales/zip-world-considers-hotel-for-its-next-adventure?utm_source=wales_newsletter&utm_campaign=wales_news_tracker&utm_medium=top_story_article