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9th February 2017

News From The Minor Group’S Portuguese Hotels

Here’s a roundup of news from the Minor group’s hotels in Portugal. Some properties were upgraded in 2016 and others are being done now: Firstly let’s take a look at the Lisbon area:

The Tivoli Lisboa

Renovation of this hotel is due to be completed by the end of March 2017. The hotel is right in the centre of Lisbon and there will be a new lobby, restaurants, health club and spa as well as 286 renovated bedrooms. As you can see from the picture, this hotel has a lovely rooftop bar and terrace.

Avani Lisboa

The public areas are being renovated, including landscaping, the façade, verandas, entrance and reception area. The bedrooms will have a contemporary feel with new technology.

Tivoli Oriente

The bedrooms, meeting rooms and public areas were renovated during 2016.

Tivoli Palacio de Seteais

This 18th century palace is located in the Sintra hills, surrounded by stunning views and beautiful mountains. It has 30 bedrooms and is classical in style.

Moving on the Algarve …

Anantara Vilamoura

This hotel will be rebranded as Anantara on the 1st April and it will be the first Anantara hotel in Europe. Anantara is a luxury hospitality brand for modern travellers.

Tivoli Carvoeiro

This hotel will open on 1st April having been fully refurbished and it will now be a 5* property, not 4* as it was previously.

Tivoli Marina Vilamoura

The Congress Centre, which holds 3,500 people will be completed in May this year. It has views of the beach and marina and a new pool area which can be used for private functions. There will be 3 floors, with convertible meeting rooms, and adjacent foyers and terraces to serve coffee breaks and other F&B functions. The meeting space will be flexible. Bedrooms in this hotel were refurbished in 2016.

The Minor group has 149 hotels in 22 countries across the world.

8th February 2017

Doubletree Opens In Greenwich

Once a police ‘section house, the new Doubletree is in a 1940’s building which has been restored with a contemporary flare while preserving its historic charm. It is close to the Royal Observatory, The Royal Navy College and the Cutty Sark.

The hotel has two meeting rooms capable which can hold 70 people in theatre style, as well as a boardroom. There is also a viewing deck on the 8th floor which has views over the city of London.

7th February 2017

Hotel Pullman Barcelona Skipper Update

Situated overlooking the sea and close to the beach, the Hotel Pullman Barcelona Skipper is in an ideal location for both business and leisure, ‘Bleisure’ as the hotel like to refer to it! The key and main objective at the hotel is to offer a very personalised service, recognising each client as unique.

The hotel boasts of 241 comfortable bedrooms, two swimming pools, a gym and a spa. The Pullman is able to cater for large numbers in the meetings and events space, allowing exclusive treatment for clients.

Accorhotels have a program called Planet 21, clients can discover information of this project at the hotel or at Accorhotels website and see the actions taken by Accorhotels and each particular hotel.

6th February 2017

New Yotel Being Built In Central London

This is the first of the Yotel branded hotels to open in a city centre location and building work has started on the site in Clerkenwell Road. It will be about six minutes’ walk from Farringdon station and 15 minutes’ walk from the Barbican Centre and will benefit when crossrail has been completed.

This brand offers budget accommodation in cabins which have space-saving adjustable beds, rain showers and smart TVs. The hotel will have a gym, bar, an dining outlet, club lounge, but no meeting facilities.

Yotels already operate at airport locations such as London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schipol and Paris Charles de Gaulle, and there’s a city centre hotel in New York. Last year, the group announced plans to have 16 hotels open in total by 2018. Seven hotels are in development, including sites in Singapore and Boston which are both due to open this summer.

3rd February 2017

W Barcelona Revamping Their Bedrooms

The iconic W Hotel in Barcelona is transforming its 473 guest bedrooms this year. All rooms will have a new design which will highlight the stunning sea views from all of the rooms, plus the brand’s passion for fashion, design, music and entertainment. Each room will now include Nespresso coffee machines, 49-inch televisions, Bose Bluetooth sound systems and a new innovate lighting system.

The refurbishment will be completed floor-by-floor and as it is a soft refurbishment there will be minimal disruption. The rest of the hotel will be operating as usual.

All of the rooms are set to be completed by the end of April 2017.

2nd February 2017

Watch For Some New Restaurants Opening In London This Year

There’s lots going on in London this year and we’ve a round up of some new restaurants coming on to the scene:

La Dame de Pic at Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square (pictured)

The chef is from the only current French female chef with three Michelin stars, Anne-Sophie Pic. The food will be French in a classic English environment. It’s her first restaurant in the UK and is due top open on 26th January.

Hai Cenato an Italian restaurant from Jason Atherton

Due to open in February, this restaurant is located in the NOVA complex located next to Victoria station. The menu will be made up of small plates, pasta and risotto, grills and pizzas made in the restaurant’s own custom-built pizza ovens. The bar will be called the Drunken Oyster.

D&D are opening Aster in Victoria and an Italian in Islington

Aster will open on the 1st February 2017 and is also in the NOVA complex located next to Victoria station. The food will be a mix of Nordic cuisine with the classic French techniques. The 10,000-square foot space will be on two floors comprising a café and deli on the ground floor and an upstairs restaurant and bar.

After 15 years in Islington, D&D London, Almeida (just off Upper Street) has closed and will be relaunched as an Italian restaurant in March 2017

The Game Bird at The Stafford

The Stafford London in St James’s will relaunch its restaurant as The Game Bird. The food will be the best of British cooking, including game, but with modern touches. The chef, James Durrant, has more than 20 years’ experience in Michelin-starred restaurants.

Mexican cuisine at the InterContinental London Park Lane

Chef Martha Ortiz is Chef Patron of Mexico City’s award-winning Dulce Patria, one of Latin America’s most exciting restaurants, with Mexican food and traditions. The restaurant will introduce Mexican design and culture and this is in addition to Theo Randall’s restaurant which is already established.