October 2015 - Page 3 of 3

6th October 2015

News From Accor Hotels

We had a visit from Accor last month and they told us about their plans for the future and updated us on the latest new from their hotels. They have about 3,500 properties worldwide and are building/acquiring an additional 800 new hotels over the new two years. Most of this growth will be in Asia, but some will bein Europe and roughly 100 of these will be in the UK.

The 4-star Pullman Liverpool Hotel will open in January 2016. The hotel has great transport links and is located at Kings Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront and is connected to ACC Liverpool. It is a new build hotel with 216 bedrooms. The maximum capacity of the meeting space is 130 people theatre-style or 150 for a drinks reception.

The Mercure Sheffield and the Mercure Mercure Cardiff have just been refurbed

The Mercure Hyde Park is due to open in Oct 2015

A new MGallery in Leicester Square is currently being build at will openin 2016

The Novotel Canary Wharf is a new build, opening date to be confirmed

Accor has built The Trocadero in Piccadilly and is going to be made into an Ibis

The Novotel Madrid will be opening in November 2015 with 790 bedrooms and 21 meeting rooms.

We will write full report on the hotels when they open, so come back to The Word, for more information in due course.

5th October 2015

The Crowne Plaza Aberdeen Airport Has Opened

The new 4-star Crowne Plaza Aberdeen Airport, has opened. It is located next to the group’s recently opened 193-bed Holiday Inn Express at the Airport.

There is a dedicated conference centre with its own seperate entrance to the main hotel. It contains 10 meeting and events rooms, all on the ground floor with natural daylight and open our onto a spacious lobby that has bar and tea and coffee facilities. The largest meeting room has capacity for 80 people in theatre style.

2nd October 2015

Radisson Red For Glasgow

Carlson Rezidor is proposing a new build Radisson Red branded hotel on a site near the SECC in Glasgow. Subject to planning consent, the 4-star 176-bed Radisson Red Hotel Glasgow will open in 2017. This is a new brand, which will have flexible meeting space with concrete floors, white magnetic walls, ceiling rings, lots of power and can be adapted for lots of uses. All the hotels are contemporary and will have around 150 bedrooms with a bar, deli and fitness facilities

1st October 2015

Madinat Jumeirah To Launch New Event Space In October 2015

Madinat Jumeirah, the Arabian Resort of Dubai, will offer the largest hotel event space in the United Arab Emirates when the Fort Island expansion is completed in October 2015. Covering more than 1,750 square meters of outdoor space, it is now possible to build large marquees.

The area has tripled in size and will now be able to host banquets, parties, exhibitions, product launches, music concerts, weddings, sports events and festivals for up to 1,400 people. The capacities at Fort Island have increased from 425 people to 1400 people in a cocktail set-up and from 250 people to 1100 people in a banquet style set-up in rounds of 10.

The venue will feature an attractive and sustainable landscape, while preserving the fort’s traditional look and feel. Located in the heart of the resort and surrounded by Madinat Jumeirah’s characteristic waterways, the venue has views of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. The venue was originally commissioned in recognition of the history, culture and character of old Dubai and was inspired by the Al Fahdi fort located in the oldest existing part of the Dubai creek.

Fort Island will be connected to the resort by four bridges and guests can also access the venue by the traditional wooden abra boats when staying in one of Madinat Jumeirah’s three hotels.

An integral part of the existing Madinat Jumeirah’s Conference Centre, the new island will increase the centre’s overall capacity to 9,000 people over 10,000 square meters. The Conference Centre is home to international events such as Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), the World Economic Forum and is the proud sponsor of Art Dubai.