The Rosewood London will open Tuesday 15th October 2013 with Hotel Manager Michael Bonsor at the helm, previously GM at Claridge’s. Michael is joined by Director of Sales and Marketing Julian Haddon who joins from the Savoy and Brad Simmons from Maybourne Group. Located on High Holborn the 5 star Rosewood London combines English heritage with contemporary sophistication and has 262 rooms, 44 suites and signature suites, 11 event spaces and 3 restaurants and bar. Recreational facilities include the Sense Spa, Rosewood’s signature spa brand and a state of the art equipped fitness suite
College Court – new conference centre in Leicester
With a great range of facilities, tranquil setting and excellent transport links, College Court is an exciting new conference and events venue from Leicester University.
There are a wide range of different conference spaces in 18 meeting rooms, perfect from 2 to160 delegates, fine dining in the College Court Restaurant and 123 bedrooms in the hotel which include executive rooms and suites. There is the added bonus of free on-site parking and free WiFi.
Located just minutes from Leicester’s city centre, College Court is surprisingly surrounded by established trees, landscaped gardens and quiet residential streets. Inspired by the surroundings, the conferencing rooms are all named after the many different varieties of tree on the site and the restaurant boasts dishes that echo the iconic sixties design of College Court itself.
Conveniently located within easy reach of the M1 and M69 motorways and only 1.4 miles from Leicester Train station, where guests can travel only 70 minutes from central London. East Midlands Airport is also located less than 30 minutes away and Birmingham International Airport only 45 minutes.
The Royal Institute of British Architects has 26 versatile spaces over 8 floors including 2 terraces. The venue can accommodate from 4 up to 400 delegates for a conference and exhibition and up to 250 for a seated dinner or 400 for a drinks reception. They have also recently doubled their capacity for conferences to 400 by introducing the Florence Hall as an exhibition and refreshment area in conjunction with the Jarvis Auditorium.
The venue are in the process of creating a state of the art exhibition gallery at 66 Portland Place headquarters in London. Opening in spring 2014, the new gallery will showcase their world-class collections to all.
Pullman St Pancras are currently undergoing refurbishment on their largest Nobel Suite. The room can currently seat up to 290 for a banqueting, and can be divided into two separate rooms.
Not only are the hotel refurbishing this, but their Skyline Suite on the fifteenth floor which has panoramic views of London. This is due to be completed by the end of October.
Pullman has received the goahead to build a £26 million hotel as part of an exhibition centre in Liverpool. The four-star property will adjoin the £40 million Exhibition Centre Liverpool with construction begining in late autumn and scheduled to open in spring 2015.
The brand new Conrad Dubai Hotel is now open; within the heart of Dubai it’s within easy reach of Dubai International Airport and is less than 10 minutes away from the Dubai World Trade Centre, The Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall.
The luxury hotel is on Sheikh Zayed Road which is well known throughout Dubai. The hotel itself has many restaurants, one being Marco Pierre Whites Grill which brings a lively and sociable ambience to Dubai’s dining scene.
The hotel also has a luxurious beach area known as ‘the ultimate escape within the city’ it’s surrounded by white lounges, blue waters and private cocoon beds.
The Conrad Hilton hotel will attract leisure and business travelers with its fantastic location and relaxing ambience.
Gleneages has been voted the ‘Best Golf Resort in the World’ for the second year in a row, along side being the host the 40th Ryder Cup Matches in 2014. The club has now finished the first phase of the £5million Club refurbishment with an impressive onsen for an outside soak, the hotel have also completed a new leisure pool. Not only has Gleneagles refurbished The Club, but they have also completed a £1 million renovation of its bedrooms, as part of their rolling programme of refurbishment.
Jacqui Kavanagh, MD of Trinity Event Solutions receiving the John Rees Community Award from Juliet Price, Executive Director of the HBAA and Chris Parnham, Chairman of the HBAA.
The award recognises the contribution made by any member organisation or individual within their local community, and is sponsored by Travel Services, whose founder John Rees passed away in 2011. Trinity Event Solutions was recognised for their impressive efforts for charity, which saw the company raise more than £20,000 for three local charities. Trinity Event Solutions received a trophy, together with a donation of £100 made in John Rees’s memory to their nominated charity.
Georgian Luxury and Outdoor Space at Chandos House
Set in a Grade I-listed Georgian townhouse around the corner from Cavendish Square is Chandos House, which is the second property belonging to the Royal Society of Medicine. The house, which was restored to its former glory in 2004, now caters for conferences, receptions and dinners
Seven opulent event spaces are split over two floors. The Duke Room has a maximum capacity of 80 delegates for a meeting and the newly refurbished Terrace Room, which features a Victorian Waterford crystal chandelier will seat 30 for dinner. It connects to the Terrace Garden, which has been fitted with new furniture and lighting, and best suits small garden parties, drinks receptions and weddings. The venue’s 17 boutique-style bedrooms include a pair of suites.
The outdoor space has a capacity of 90 which is worth remembering for a central London venue.
Brocket Hall, a mansion with a decadent past reopened its doors to the public in February 2013 and despite having roots that date back to the 13th Century, the 543 acre estate is today an internationally acclaimed conference and events destination.
The Hall was built on the site of a much older house by the barrister and politician Sir Matthew Lamb in 1760, the year King George III came to the throne. It remained a private house until the Eighties, when the dashing Lord Brocket – who filled the place with partying celebrities, as the many photographs on the walls attest – built the first of two golf courses and began opening up the 500-acre estate. When, as the house history delicately puts it, he “encountered major problems in his business of trading vintage Ferraris” and was detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, the board of trustees leased the entire estate as a golf club and conference venue. Its brick outbuildings converted perfectly into a clubhouse and guest lodge and the Auberge du Lac restaurant occupies what was a hunting box by the lake.
The stately home offers a variety of conference facilities including the Hall’s Boardroom that can seat up to 150 delegates on the specially commissioned leather chairs and oak tables and boasts modern AV, as well as offering complimentary Wi-Fi. The venue is available for exclusive use and offers 30 luxury en-suite rooms, all of which are serviced by an experienced team of butlers.
Brocket Hall is located in Welwyn, 22 miles from London and a mile off the A1. It is 15 minutes from Luton Airport and has 2 helicopter landing pads.
