The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, announces two new hotels in Oslo: The Radisson Blu Hotel, Oslo Alna with 135 rooms and the Park Inn by Radisson Oslo Alna with 208 rooms will be located in adjacent towers, with shared facilities and management. Their opening is scheduled for Q3 2013. The new hotels are located in a highly visible location along the E6, which is the main road connecting Oslo with the airport. The site is 10km east of downtown and 40km from the airport, making it a convenient destination for corporate travellers and meetings & events. Radisson Blu is Rezidor’s core upper upscale brand and the most preferred brand for business travellers in the Nordics. Besides 123 respectively 202 modern rooms, the new hotels will offer shared facilities such as a restaurant and bar, 1,200m2 of conference space, a fitness centre and parking.
The Usher Hall, a key venue for the International Edinburgh Festival, has a contemporary new glass wing which embraces the old architecture. It can be configured to stage anything from concerts to conferences and has flexible space outside
Park Plaza Hotels, owner and operator of upscale and lifestyle hotels, announces the completion of a 61-room extension to the existing four-star art’otel Berlin city centre west, increasing the total number of rooms to 152. At the heart of the extension will be the 400 m2 lobby with a reception area, a reading and internet corner with free internet access, two conference rooms offering daylight and a brand new stylish bar with completion set for January 2012.
The Arden Training and Conference Centre has achieved Gold Standard status which means that all three Warwick Conferences properties are now in the elite BDRC Continental grouping at the end of quarter three
The Conrad, Algarve is set to open in Quinta Do Lago in Spring 2012. The hotel will have 154 bedrooms and six meeting rooms and a ballroom with a capacity for 358 delegates. There are also 6 restaurants, a swimming pool and spa.
March 2012 will see the launch of Belfast’s most ambitious project, the £97 million Titanic Belfast. Overlooking the birthplace of the famous liner, the venue will be the cornerstone of the Titanic Quarter, which will include offices, apartments, hotels and retail units, and opens in time or the centenary of RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage in April. The Quarter is expected to attract 400,000 visitors per year. As Northern Ireland’s largest ever tourism project the development will include a 750-seat conference centre, gallery space for temporary exhibitions and event hire, visitor attractions plus community arts and education facilities.
The Molineux Stadium, the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club has begun a £50 million re-development of three of its stands. Its Stan Cullis, Steve Bull and Jack Harris stands will be re-developed to contain better facilities as well as state of the art function rooms with capacities of up to 1,000 people. The whole project will take four years.
