Hotels, Venues & Event news
Mercure Birmingham North Barons Court Hotel is the latest addition to the brand.
The property dates back to 1901 and has 94 rooms, meeting and function facilities, with 5 meeting rooms with a capacity up to 200 people, as well as a brasserie restaurant and bar.
This new addition brings our Mercure network in the UK to 80 hotels and it will be a great addition to offer in the Midlands.
Hilton has announced the opening of its first tri-branded property, which includes Hilton Garden Inn Chicago McCormick Place, Hampton Inn by Hilton Chicago McCormick Place and Home2 Suites by Hilton Chicago McCormick Place. The 23-story tri-branded hotel has 184 Hilton Garden Inn rooms, 187 Hampton Inn rooms and 95 suites within the Home2 Suites, as well as a skybridge providing guests with convenient access to McCormick Place, North America’s largest convention centre.
A new five-star property in Thailand has opened its doors with 96 suites and pool villas.
The Mövenpick Asara Resort & Spa Hua Hint resort – previously the Asara Villa & Suite Hua Hin – has been completely rebranded with a head-to-toe refurbishment.
The beachside location is surrounded by tropical gardens and pools. It is 10 minutes from the centre of Hua Hin and a two-hour drive from Bangkok.
The resort has 120sqm suites with large balconies or terraces as well as bathrooms with indoor and outdoor showers and bathtubs.
The one- and two-bedroom villas are between 150-200 sqm including outdoor decks and plunge pools.
Guests have a choice of two restaurants at the resort with Thai cuisine, fresh seafood and international gourmet dishes on the menus.
The property includes its own Asara Spa, as well as a fitness room, private outdoor infinity swimming pool and resort gardens.
Bordeaux has welcomed its first Hilton Garden Inn property. The hotel joins an existing nine Hilton properties in France.
The 166-guestroom hotel located only three tram stops from the iconic Place de la Bourse, along with the Opéra National, Cité du Vin and Bordeaux Métropole Aréna just ten minutes away and Bordeaux-Merignac Airport is also a short 25-minute drive from the hotel.
There is over 250 square meters of banquet space, make it an ideal riverside venue for hosting.
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Yotel is to open a hotel in Glasgow with a rooftop bar and bowling alley as part of its European expansion.
The new 256-bedroom city centre hotel will open in November 2019 and will be the brand’s fifth UK property. The affordable hotel group’s latest property will transform the Westergate building on Argyle Street.
The Mandarin Oriental, Lake Como will open in spring 2019 following a complete refurbishment of the current hotel’s facilities.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is taking over what is currently the CastaDiva Resort & Spa on Lake Como in Italy.
Located on the shores of Lake Como, and surrounded by lush botanic parkland, the resort comprises 76 rooms and suites housed in nine villas, dating from the 19th century. Almost all accommodation has lake views and the resort features four restaurants and bars, including a lakeside terrace for al fresco dining, a large spa with an indoor swimming pool and an outdoor floating pool on the lake.
There will also be meeting facilities in the grounds.
Harbour Hotels has acquired two hotels in the Cornish seaside resorts of Fowey and Padstow.
The addition of the two hotels will take the groups portfolio up up to 13 hotels and two country event venues.
The Fowey Hotel which has 37-bedrooms and the Metropole hotel in Padstow, 58-bedrooms, will now undertake an extensive refurbishment which will see the introduction of its HarSPA and Jetty restaurant brands to the properties. The two hotels will officially joining the Harbour brand once the work is complete during 2019.
The Grade II listed Caer Rhun Hall building will open to the public on 8 August following a multi-million pound refurbishment. With 32 rooms, the hotel plans to add further rooms in the grounds, growing to 76 by the end of 2019.
Nestled in the heart of the Conwy Valley, the hotel is surrounded by countryside, with uninterrupted views of the mountains of North Wales and bordering Snowdonia National Park.
Built close to a protected Roman site, Caer Rhun will add a restaurant and spa in the next 18 months as it develops into a boutique, destination hotel and spa.