Author: Katharine Jordan

Hastings Hotels are to open Northern Ireland’s largest hotel, located in Belfast which will have 300 bedrooms and stand 23 storeys high. The hotel group are to open the doors of the new £53 million hotel in June 2018. In addition to the bedrooms the hotel will have 2 smaller conference suites, 3 meeting rooms and the Panorama Lounge for private receptions for up to 100 guests. The first floor restaurant and bar will reflect Belfast’s maritime history and will be called the Seahorse Bar & Bistro.

We’ve learned some interesting things about Gleneagles, if you’re considering it for an event:

A Glorious Playground

At Gleneagles, guests can enjoy an extensive range of country pursuits and leisure activities, all of which take place within the estate. Instructors are experts in their fields and take enormous pride in their work, adhering to the very highest of professional standards. From falconry to clay shooting and everything in-between, the venue can invigorate, rejuvenate and bring together even the most diverse teams with a plethora of exciting, engaging activities.

Celebrating Transformation 

Inspired by Gleneagles’ roaring twenties heritage, the quintessentially British hotel is reaffirming its position as a leading luxury destination after a multi-million pound investment project by new owner Ennismore.

Myriad of meeting spaces 

Gleneagles offers a variety of private spaces and all are carefully designed around guests’ needs – from the atmospheric cellar to the state-of-the-art Arena, there’s a room to complement any event. Most have natural daylight and access to outdoor lawns. In addition, an exciting new space will be opening in summer 2018, Ochil House, to create a flexible range of meeting, event and private dining rooms for groups of up to 100.

Experience

Gleneagles is an authentically Scottish experience, a destination for unparalleled fun and adventure in one of the most luxurious and beautiful settings imaginable. There are few places in the UK that offer the same breadth of opportunities and activities as Gleneagles. From its world-class golf courses and range of country pursuits – over 50 outdoor activities to choose from – to its programme of annual social events, award-winning spa, renowned bars and restaurants, rich heritage and breath-taking location, Gleneagles is a destination like no other.

Getting to Gleneagles/Location

Less than an hour’s travel from Glasgow or Edinburgh airports, Gleneagles has its very own railway station, which sits on the daily direct route from London – Inverness. So getting here is easy – but the real beauty of Gleneagles is that, once guests are there, they will feel a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of the outside world.

Park Regis Birmingham have announced that they are remodelling their 16th floor restaurant into conference space. The modern and contemporary space will offer delegates a 360° view of Birmingham with floor to ceiling windows.

The new space which is due to be completed in the summer will be able to accommodate 240 delegates on the 16th floor while the existing meeting space on the 15th floor will undergo a transformation to create new meeting rooms, breakout areas and a bar, taking the total capacity to 450. 

IHG’s Hotel Indigo brand has opened a new property in Durham city centre. The property, is set in a Grade II-listed former university building in the city and has 83 rooms across three different room types and also features the Rotunda bar, Tinderbox Espresso Bar and Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill.

The Hotel Indigo brand plans to open three more UK properties this year: Hotel Indigo London – 1 Leicester Square, Hotel Indigo London – Aldgate, and Hotel Indigo Stratford-upon-Avon.

Malmaison is to open a 72-bedroom hotel in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square in 2018. The grade A listed Buchan House will be renovated before opening next year.

The property will be the brand’s second site in the city, the Malmaison Edinburgh Leith was the first ever Malmaison to open in 1994,  famously occupying the site of a former “house of ill-repute”.

The new hotel is the latest in a series of developments for the brand, which includes plans for sites in Bournemouth and York. All the new developments feature the Chez Mal bar and brasserie and the ‘Work + Play’ meeting and events concept.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

Over the last year, the brewery and surrounding buildings have been transformed into an independent destination with brand-new co-working spaces, artist studios, countless bars and a food & drink market. In the last 12-months, the area has transformed into a thriving working community and night-time destination.

A unique and vibrant location for any event, offering organisers and guests the opportunity to conveniently mix business with leisure. Traversing two main event spaces, Hinterlands is a dynamic, interwoven complex. The  Event Hall, Mezzanine Bar, Eclipse Theatre and Annex are linked by a multitude of corridors and sprawling staircases.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

Less than 200 metres away from its sister venue, Constellations, Hinterlands is a unique proposition for organisers hosting multi-venue events. The venue is situated in the famous Cains Brewery site, which was established in 1859 by Robert Cain and has been producing beers and ales in Liverpool for over 150 years, until its recent closure.

Over the last year, the brewery and surrounding buildings have been transformed into an independent destination with brand-new co-working spaces, artist studios, countless bars and a food & drink market. In the last 12-months, the area has transformed into a thriving working community and night-time destination.

A unique and vibrant location for any event, offering organisers and guests the opportunity to conveniently mix business with leisure. Traversing two main event spaces, Hinterlands is a dynamic, interwoven complex. The  Event Hall, Mezzanine Bar, Eclipse Theatre and Annex are linked by a multitude of corridors and sprawling staircases.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

A new creative space has opened in Liverpool this February. Hinterlands is an independent, multi-purpose event space. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively at creative, digital, cultural and leisure businesses. A space for conferences, festivals, exhibitions, meetings, galas, music events and everything in between.

Less than 200 metres away from its sister venue, Constellations, Hinterlands is a unique proposition for organisers hosting multi-venue events. The venue is situated in the famous Cains Brewery site, which was established in 1859 by Robert Cain and has been producing beers and ales in Liverpool for over 150 years, until its recent closure.

Over the last year, the brewery and surrounding buildings have been transformed into an independent destination with brand-new co-working spaces, artist studios, countless bars and a food & drink market. In the last 12-months, the area has transformed into a thriving working community and night-time destination.

A unique and vibrant location for any event, offering organisers and guests the opportunity to conveniently mix business with leisure. Traversing two main event spaces, Hinterlands is a dynamic, interwoven complex. The  Event Hall, Mezzanine Bar, Eclipse Theatre and Annex are linked by a multitude of corridors and sprawling staircases.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

A new creative space has opened in Liverpool this February. Hinterlands is an independent, multi-purpose event space. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively at creative, digital, cultural and leisure businesses. A space for conferences, festivals, exhibitions, meetings, galas, music events and everything in between.

Less than 200 metres away from its sister venue, Constellations, Hinterlands is a unique proposition for organisers hosting multi-venue events. The venue is situated in the famous Cains Brewery site, which was established in 1859 by Robert Cain and has been producing beers and ales in Liverpool for over 150 years, until its recent closure.

Over the last year, the brewery and surrounding buildings have been transformed into an independent destination with brand-new co-working spaces, artist studios, countless bars and a food & drink market. In the last 12-months, the area has transformed into a thriving working community and night-time destination.

A unique and vibrant location for any event, offering organisers and guests the opportunity to conveniently mix business with leisure. Traversing two main event spaces, Hinterlands is a dynamic, interwoven complex. The  Event Hall, Mezzanine Bar, Eclipse Theatre and Annex are linked by a multitude of corridors and sprawling staircases.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

A new creative space has opened in Liverpool this February. Hinterlands is an independent, multi-purpose event space. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively at creative, digital, cultural and leisure businesses. A space for conferences, festivals, exhibitions, meetings, galas, music events and everything in between.

Less than 200 metres away from its sister venue, Constellations, Hinterlands is a unique proposition for organisers hosting multi-venue events. The venue is situated in the famous Cains Brewery site, which was established in 1859 by Robert Cain and has been producing beers and ales in Liverpool for over 150 years, until its recent closure.

Over the last year, the brewery and surrounding buildings have been transformed into an independent destination with brand-new co-working spaces, artist studios, countless bars and a food & drink market. In the last 12-months, the area has transformed into a thriving working community and night-time destination.

A unique and vibrant location for any event, offering organisers and guests the opportunity to conveniently mix business with leisure. Traversing two main event spaces, Hinterlands is a dynamic, interwoven complex. The  Event Hall, Mezzanine Bar, Eclipse Theatre and Annex are linked by a multitude of corridors and sprawling staircases.

Offering unconventional originality, every aspect of the venue has been carefully constructed to amplify and accentuate the building’s industrial characteristics; from its vaulted ceilings to its exposed steel structure.

Technology plays a big part in the venue’s design, connecting each visitor’s physical and digital experience. The venue will use state-of-the-art PAs, multimedia and beacon technology – with Metronet Wifi accessible to every customer.

A new meeting academy has opened  at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. The facility is a £500,000 investment, and the newly created space is ideal for self-contained small to medium-sized meetings.

Alternatively, the space can be integrated with the wider SEC conference facilities providing a VIP space for larger meetings.

The SEC Meeting Academy features a central 300-400 theatre-style capacity room and links with breakout rooms and networking spaces overlooking the concourse.

Alongside the larger theatre space, the four smaller meeting rooms formerly known as the Seminar Suite are being upgraded in line with the new facility and form part of the SEC Meeting Academy.

he new space acts as both a stand-alone conference offering, and as an additional provision for larger congresses.

The area has its own contemporary colour palette and a fresh new identity, that sits, alongside the growing suite of Scottish Event Campus brands.

For the very first time, Somerset House has announced that its East and West Wings, primarily used as exhibition spaces throughout the year, are now available for private hire during the summer.

Hire of these two spaces will include an outdoor section of the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court, where guests will be able to experience a large-scale light installation by Anglo-Korean artist duo Kimchi and Chips, entitled Halo.

Over 100 mirrors will reflect the sun through the mist of Somerset House’s famous fountains to ‘draw’ a shape of light suspended in the air. The shapes will appear and disappear throughout the day depending on the sun’s position.

The East Wing can accommodate up to 300 for a standing reception and the West Wing 150.