November 2016 - Page 2 of 3

24th November 2016

Sina Hotels Has A New Brand

SINA Hotels Has A New Brand

SINA Hotels has a new brand. The identity of SINA Hotels will be represented by the shell, a symbol that tells a story of true passion for hospitality, family tradition, quintessential Italian style and most of all sense of place. The shell’s design embodies harmoniously the feeling of a home with sixteen windows, which represent the properties (currently twelve) that between now and the near future will make up the SINA’s collection.

SINA’s collection of four and five star hotels, iconic palazzo’s, country houses, conference hotels and charming hideaways was established in Italy over sixty years ago and since 2016 is present also in France with Relais & Châteaux member, Chateau de Mirambeau in the beautiful Bordeaux countryside.

23rd November 2016

Visit To Chateau Du Lac, Brussels

We recently had a meeting Château du Lac which is part of the Belgian hotel group, Martins. It’s a 5-star luxury hotel, by a lake and with lovely grounds about 40 minutes from Brussels airport and 25 minutes from the city centre. It is a lovely, relaxing location and the food and service were excellent, throughout our visit.

The hotel has plenty of meeting space with 21 rooms in the hotel, the largest for 850 people in theatre style. There are 123 bedrooms which are currently being refurbished.

In addition there is a manor house in the grounds which has 5 additional meeting rooms and 12 meeting rooms. This would be great for a really private meeting and it is serviced by the hotel.

Team building activities are available and the hotel has a spa, gym, swimming pool.

We really enjoyed our stay here and had a very productive meeting, it would have been lovely to stay longer!

22nd November 2016

Nh Collection Madrid Suecia

In Madrid the historic Hotel Suecia has been renovated and re-branded as a five star NH Collection hotel. With 123 spacious rooms across 10 floors, the building uses Scandinavian inspired décor. The outdoor terrace has 150sqm of floor space and an elevated private area of 40 metres.

The building is located close to numerous tourist attractions including the “Art Walk”, containing more than a dozen world-class museums and art galleries, including the Prado Museum, the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum of Contemporary Art.

The in-house restaurant Casa Suecia will serve traditional Mediterranean dishes with an international nod alongside signature cocktails and 3 multi-functional spaces suitable for any type of event of up to 148 people.

21st November 2016

Shanghai Hotel Opens

The Hyatt Regency Shanghai, Wujiaochang has just opened in Wujiaochang, (meaning “hub of five avenues,”) is a thriving business, innovation and university district in Shanghai, East China. Hyatt Regency Shanghai, Wujiaochang is located in the Hopson International Plaza, a new tower comprised of Class A-grade offices, a luxury shopping mall and dining and entertainment venues. The hotel is conveniently situated beside Wujiaochang Station on Metro Line 10, providing guests with easy access to and from central Shanghai. Shanghai Pudong International Airport is a 50-minute drive, and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport is less than 15 miles (24 kilometers) by car. The 306-room Hyatt Regency hotel offers 17 spacious suites, a showpiece restaurant with the Market Café, and 2,858 sq m (30,763 sq ft) of meeting and conference space including the expansive, naturally-lit Regency Ballroom, seven multi-function rooms.

18th November 2016

South African Hotel Wins Award

The Maslow Hotel, located in Sandton, Johannesburg, has been voted Best Business Hotel in South Africa at the Business Traveller Africa Awards 2016 for the third consecutive year. The hotel offers accommodation, award-winning conference facilities for up to 350 people split across 22 different function spaces, the Lacuna Bar & Bistro with its glass-enclosed private dining room, the eco-friendly Africology Spa and the complimentary Wayfarer transit lounge. The Maslow is located in Sandton’s financial district, only a few minutes away from the Sandton Gautrain station, Sandton City mall and Nelson Mandela Square.

16th November 2016

Emirates Old Trafford Welcomes Hilton Garden Inn

The crowning glory of Emirates Old Trafford’s redevelopment will be completed in the summer of 2017 when a brand new 150-bedroom four star Hilton Garden Inn opens its doors at the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club.

The hotel, which will be operated by LCCC under a franchise arrangement with Hilton Garden Inn, will replace the Old Trafford Lodge which has served the Club so well since its opening in 1999.

There will be five floors with rooms overlooking the world famous cricket pitch which can be converted to hospitality boxes on match days. There will also be a bar, restaurant, fitness centre and a branded coffee shop.

16th November 2016

Portuguese Hotel Joins Representation Company

The award-winning Vidago Palace Hotel has recently joined the UK-based Mason Rose Collection. In the north of Portugal, approximately one hour away from Porto and 15 minutes from the town of Chaves, the hotel was founded in 1910 during the reign of King Carlos I and the iconic Belle Époque era.

In 2010 the hotel was completely redesigned and re-opened, and boasts 70 individually designed rooms and suites, as well as 6 acclaimed restaurants. The hotel offers meeting space in its Conference Centre, this historic building offers 7 meeting rooms, one multi-purpose room, one reception room, one bar lounge and an auditorium in an amphi-theatre, which can seat up to 264 people.

Superlative catering is a key focus of the hotel; the hotel’s multi award-winning consultant chef Rui Paula is recognised for his participation in Masterchef Portugal since 2014, his four outstanding restaurants in Portugal and two books compiling the best of his eye-catching recipes using tasty and fresh ingredients. In 2015 he won the ‘Best Portuguese Cookbook’ award from the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and this year he was honoured by the Portuguese Gastronomy Academy as the ‘Best in the Art of Cooking’.

16th November 2016

Park Plaza’S New Hotel To Open In Nuremberg

Park Plaza Nuremberg in Bavaria Germany is the newest hotel to open from Park Plaza Hotel and Resorts. The city is situated between Munich and Frankfurt and is closely located to the train station as well as only a 15 minute drive from the closest international airport. The hotel will feature 177 bedrooms, including superior and executive rooms plus 3 suites and all rooms will have complimentary Wi-Fi, 48 inch plasma TVs and Elemis bathing products. For meeting space there are 7 rooms with a maximum capacity of 70 theatre so ideal for small/medium sized meetings.

14th November 2016

Alexandra Palace Came To Visit Us

Alexandra Palace is a completely versatile venue that hosts an eclectic range of events. With 9 indoor spaces available of all different capacities and styles, the venue can hold anything from a meeting of 10 up to a conference of 7,000, and every in between. Ally Pally has 10,000sqm of pillar free space, road level vehicle access straight into the halls, as well as 196 acres of parkland including terraces and outdoor space to hire for away days, overlooking panoramic views of the City. Alexandra Palace also has a range of onsite activities including an ice rink, boating lake, pitch & putt area and onsite pub.The Palace was awarded 18.5million from the Heritage Lottery Fund in March 2015 to transform the most significant historic parts of the venue to their former glory, making the venue one of London’s leading heritage destinations. The regeneration comprises of the Victorian theatre which will be available as a performance space and function room for corporate events, the BBC studios which will become an interactive learning & exhibition space, and the East Court which will be reinvented as a multi-functional arrival space connecting the theatre, ice rink and BBC studios. The project is aiming to be completed by Spring 2018.

11th November 2016

Queen Elizabeth Ii Centre To The House Of Lords?

Government-owned Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London is being lined up as a possible venue to rehouse the House of Lords, as parliament faces up to the need for a £3.9bn restoration plan that could take up to six years to complete.

There is concern that if the QEII Centre is used exclusively for the lords, then central London would lose its major purpose-built conference venue. The centre currently contributes £122m annually to the UK economy. But no decision has been made yet.