Representation Company Expands Into South Asia
Martin’S Red, Brussels – A Hotel For The Football Lover
Martin’s Red is a new hotel opening in September 2016, situated south east of Brussels and 35 minutes from the airport. The hotel is located on the site of the Tubize National Football Center and has a Sports Bar & Grill – The Red’s – with giant screens, a fitness and massage area, and a training centre dedicated to football. The perfect meeting place for all sports lovers, amateur and professional.
The hotel will be 4-star with 79 bedrooms and 7 conference and meeting rooms. The auditorium is the largest meeting space for 160 people with 3 translation booth. There are 4 additional meeting rooms, 2 lounges and a banqueting room for 160 people.
Manchester Hotel Completes Refurbishment
Hotel TóTem: A New Icon In The Heart Of Madrid
TŌTEM, a new icon in the heart of Madrid, has opened its doors in June 2016. TŌTEM will become a focal point for the Barrio de Salamanca – home to Madrid’s best boutiques, trendiest restaurants and most buzzing bars. TŌTEM’s restaurant will be the place to eat, the bar a destination in itself, the 64 rooms and suites the most coveted in the capital.
TŌTEM is the newest addition to the Marugal Distinctive Hotel Management portfolio of boutique hotels. It will share Managing Director Pablo Carrington’s concept of simple luxury that made its sister hotels – Urso Hotel & Spa, also in Madrid, Torralbenc in Menorca and Cap Rocat in Mallorca – instant successes.
Set between the stylish Calles of Serrano, Goya and Velazquez TŌTEM will be a new paragon of style in the neighbourhood. The hotel will emerge from a restoration by Barcelona design house Corium with a sleek, elegant aesthetic throughout. Expect bedrooms with big windows and wooden floors, bathrooms with black marble – and public spaces buzzing to the beat of Madrid.
Hotels Being Refurbished In London
I recently spent the day in London to visit some hotels that are undergoing changes at the moment
Corus Hyde Park
The Corus Hyde Park is located in central London. It’s within walking distance of Lancaster gate and Oxford Street. It’s just minutes away from Paddington station and the Heathrow Express. The Hotel has 389 bedrooms with free WI-FI throughout the Hotel. They’re going through a refurbishment at the moment with the bedrooms. I saw a room ‘before’ and ‘after’ the refurb. They certainly are looking a lot more updated. The new rooms are designed by Laura Ashley they are using the space much better in the refurbed rooms.
The Lancaster (pictured)
The Lancaster is within walking distance of Lancaster gate and Oxford Street. It’s just minutes away from Paddington station and the Heathrow Express. The Hotel has of 411 bedrooms and is currently going through a big refurbishment. At the moment half of the bedrooms are off being refurbed and after that the 2nd half will be done. In October the reception/lobby area is going to be refurbed and transformed completely. Everything will be completed by September 2017, so there is some disruption at the moment. The work in the bedrooms is being completed from 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri. So if you want to sleep in a little during the week you may get disrupted by the noise!
Amba Marble Arch
The Amba Marble Arch has just gone through a big refurb. It has been made very bright and airy with lots of white walls. The reception area now consists of individual check in pods. It has a very modern feel throughout. They are hoping to update the conference rooms next year. The Hotel has 692 rooms. Before updating the rooms they made a big effort to ask all their guest’s what they would like in the rooms. They have put the top 10 things that people requested into the rooms including espresso machine, steam iron, USB ports, free mini bar with fresh milk, long mirror with a plug, smart TV, no tray charge for room service, no clutter on the vanity desk, bigger bathroom products, touch screen tablet, and comfortable beds.
WOW! – Asking the guests what they want for the bedrooms, a no brainer!
Spacily – A New Venue In St James’S Square, London
Spacity at The Clubhouse St. James’s Square has opened 6 meeting rooms, close to Piccadilly Circuls. The venue’s meeting rooms, all in boardroom style have capacity for 6-12 people. These can be hired by the hour, half day or full day. There is free tea, coffee and Wi-Fi with every room and there are several lounges for breaks between meetings.
Charlie – An App To Save Time Researching New Contacts
We’ve recently come across this really useful app which saves time when you want to find out about someone you’re meeting for the first time.
Charlie app is a way of finding out someone’s background. Rather than having to search different websites yourself, it searches through hundreds of sources and sends a one page summary, about the person, their social media activity and mentions, their interests as well as their company background. It synchronises with your calendar, so if you’re going to a meeting you can find out all about them beforehand.
Copenhagen – More Hotels, Refurbishments And Take Overs
The Danish capital is increasing hotel capacity with 2,247 new rooms being opened in the near future, resulting in a total capacity of close to 25,000 rooms. Here are some of the bigger developments:
New hotel openings
The Arp-Hansen Hotel Group will open their first hostel in the center of the city in the summer of 2017. The hostel will have 1,000 beds and 280 rooms, all with shower and toilet. This is to fulfil a demand for conferences with large groups of people, who wish to stay cheap and central.
Nimb Hotel, in the amusement park Tivoli Gardens, was recently awarded the prestigious award “Hotel of the year by Small Luxury Hotels of the World”. In late 2017, the hotel is to expand with 20 new luxury suites, plus a roof terrace with heated pool, restaurant and bar.
The meetings and conference venue, Charlottehaven, is constructing a new 16-storey tower, which will contain 37 apartments. Each apartment will be nearly twice the size of a traditional hotel room, and will include both kitchen and bath facilities. The hotel will have its own reception and lounge area. The new concept hotel is expected to be ready in late 2017.
The hotel expansions will continue in 2019, where the Danish low budget hotel chain CABINN will increase its extensive portfolio with a new hotel right next door to the Tivoli Congress Center and around the corner from the Copenhagen main train station. This property will have around 1,250 rooms of which 1,000 will be divided in CABINN’s standard range of hotel rooms, and the remaining 250 rooms will be established as CABINN Apartments with kitchenette, suitable for longer stays.
In the opposite side of the city, CABINN Metro is adding 530 hotel apartments with homely facilities, to its existing 710 rooms, opening late 2017. Hotel CABINN Metro is located a few minutes from Copenhagen airport and Scandinavia’s largest convention center,Bella Center.
Hotel takeovers and refurbishments
In October 2018, Scandic Hotels is to take over one of the city’s most popular hotels and conference centers – the Radisson Blu Falconer hotel. The hotel is located in the district of Frederiksberg in central Copenhagen, and the conference centre accommodates events for up to 3,000 people. In connection with the takeover, the hotel will go through an extensive renovation and extend to offer 300 rooms, and change name to Scandic Falconer.
Scandic Front Hotel, located right on the inner harbour has just modernized all its 132 rooms, where Scandinavian design tradition blending luxury with comfort is creating an even cosier, quieter and more homely experience.
Hotel Skt. Annae is a newly renovated 4-star hotel, previously known as Hotel Neptun, recently experienced a total makeover. However, the atmosphere of the hotel is affectionate preserved, so guests still can sense the hotels inherent history, in the heart of Copenhagen.
Aberdeen Exhibition And Conference Centre (Aecc)
The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) has plans for a brand new exhibition and conference centre which is due to open in 2019. The current centre will remain open during the building works however by 2019 the space will have transformed.
Included in this redevelopment will be 3 hotels offering over 500 bedrooms on-site. The meeting/conference and exhibition space will be both flexible in size and functionality. There will be a 9000 square metre arena with a maximum capacity of 10,000 seated. Plus over 48,000 metre squared exhibition space as well as 21 other meeting rooms to be used for smaller/medium sized meetings or as syndicate spaces.
What’S New In Stockholm This Year
Three new hotels have opened in the Swedish capital giving an even greater choice of venues for conferences and meetings, as well as a Mamma Mia restaurant and entertainment.
The Haymarket by Scandic is art deco in style and hotel was developed from an old department store – the same store where Greta Garbo manned a counter before she went on to star in movies. It is close to the station which has a direct link to the airport.
The Grand Terrace Suite is an event area with 6 meeting rooms, a private roof top terrace and views over the rooftops. This can either be used as an open area for 600 people or divided into six in which case the largest room holds 90 people in theatre style. There is a cinema with 24 seats and perfect for a private film opening, pre screening or product launch. The hotel has 405 bedrooms.
The Scandic Continental is situated across from Stockholm Central station. Close to shopping areas, entertainment and restaurants. This hotel also has a roof terrace with views of Stockholm. There are
25 meeting rooms, the largest for 312 theatre-style. The space is flexible, so meeting rooms can be divided or combined for different size groups.
The Winery Hotel is a combined urban winery and boutique hotel a combination of accommodation, meeting and dining – with a love of fine wine at its heart. The hotel is located near Arenastaden, between Stockholm city centre and Arlanda Airport.
There are 3 meeting rooms, flexible space which when combined holds 228 people in theatre style or 2 rooms for 70 and 1 room for 84 people. There is a gym and rooftop pool, but the winery is the heart of the hotel, which is reflected in both its architecture and its interiors. Inspired by restored factory buildings in Brooklyn, the brick walls, concrete ceilings and large windows result in an industrial atmosphere. In contrast, the grape-green walls and golden-brown cork floors of the hotel rooms create a warm ambience. All of the rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of either Brunnsviken or Arenastaden. There is a guided tour of the winery every Monday – Saturday at 5pm and every Thursday, Friday and Saturday there is a wine tasting.
How about a Mamma Mia party?
The Nikos Taverna from the Mediterranean has been moved to Tyrol at Gröna Lund, Stockholm! You’ll discover the Ouzo and the Zorba, the food and the wine, the stars and the moon, the sound of the crickets in the heat of the night, and people singing and dancing to the music of ABBA. Just like the movie, but for real. There’s a Mediterranean buffet which is placed on your table. Everything happens on a magical evening in several acts filled with singing and dancing, daredevil stunts, Greek Gods.