Katharine Jordan, Author at EDGE Venues

14th March 2018

Expansion At The Grand York

The five-AA-star Grand Hotel & Spa in York has doubled in size with the opening of 100 additional bedrooms. The expansion which cost £15m, takes the property’s total bedroom count up to 207.

The bedrooms inspired by the Grande’s Edwardian heritage as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, are the latest element of the property’s refurbishment which has included the opening of the Rise restaurant, terrace and bar and the relaunch of Hudsons by Craig Atchinson.

The Grand has also recently opened the White Rose Lounge serving complimentary food and drinks to the hotel’s guests, while work will soon begin on an Arrival Lounge.

14th March 2018

Bulgari Paris

Bulgari Hotels & Resorts has signed a new hotel in Paris and is scheduled to open in 2020.

The new opening follows the hotels in Beijing and Dubai in 2017, Shanghai in 2018 and Moscow in 2020, bringing the Bulgari Hotels & Resorts collection to eight properties, including Milan, London and Bali.

The hotel will be located at 30 Avenue George V, the avenue forms with the Champs Elysees and the Avenue Montaigne the famous “Triangle d’Or”, one of Paris’ most exclusive and distinctive areas.

The property will offer 76 rooms, the majority of them suites, and a full range of luxury facilities including a spa with a 25 meter pool and a Bulgari restaurant and bar opening to a charming courtyard garden.

13th March 2018

Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya Barcelona To Become Nobu Hotel

The Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya is currently a superior 4 star hotel offering 272 rooms and suites with good access to the historic centre of Barcelona and near the city’s business district. Its large rooms, with striking views and the only top-floor restaurant with 360° views of the city, make it the perfect place for an event in Barcelona. It has a 100-seat auditorium and various modular rooms for meetings and presentations.

The Gran Hotel is being refurbished this year floor by floor and will be a 5 star Nobu Hotel by 2019!

12th March 2018

New Event Space – The Postal Museum

The Postal Museum is based in Farringdon, Central London and has two event spaces. Guests can have exclusive access to the museum galleries and a private courtyard and is suitable for all sorts of corporate events such as dinners, drinks receptions and parties through to award ceremonies, product launches and presentations.

The industrial event space has vaulted arches and original exposed brick work and has a capacity of 275 standing and 150 seated.

The Postal Museum is new to hire in 2018, including the contemporary Welcome space, the museum Galleries and a private courtyard. This area has a capacity of 140 standing and 50 seated.

The package can include a ride on Mail Rail which is a 15 minute underground exploration of 100 year old Mail Rail tunnels on miniature trains under the streets of London.

12th March 2018

Eccleston Square Hotel Expands With Two-Bedroom Town House

The 39-bedroom Eccleston Square hotel near London’s Victoria Station has expanded with the launch of a two-bedroom house that will appeal to guests who prefer to stay in a residential property.

Dating back to 1835, the Grade II-listed, three-storey Town House is located on Ebury Bridge Road on the edge of Belgravia, close to the hotel. The house features an open plan kitchen, dining room and living room and Apple TV alongside original antique furniture, there is also a courtyard garden.

9th March 2018

5 Key Facts About Kings Venues!

This week Kings Venues visited us at the Trinity offices, they shared some key facts with us about their venues!

Bush House is the former home of the BBC World Services.
The Queen opened SHEW (Somerset House East Wing) in 2012.
On the 8th floor of Bush house they have 2 private event spaces with outdoor rooftop terraces with stunning views of London and the River Thames, London Eye, Big Ben, The Shard and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Science Gallery London an exciting new venue opening in the London Bridge area in Sept 2018. The venue offers a place to meet, connect, participate and be inspired, giving guests access to the latest though-provoking exhibitions.
Kings Venue chef’s work with local suppliers to create and deliver best quality, flavour and presented menus

9th March 2018

Five New Moxy Hotels Set For The Uk This Year

Moxy, Marriott International’s budget-lifestyle brand, are set to open five hotels across the UK this year. The properties are located in London Heathrow Airport and will benefit from 437 bedrooms, Glasgow will have 181 rooms, Edinburgh 230 bedrooms, Southampton will feature 209 rooms and York 119 bedrooms. They will join the three existing Moxy UK hotels at Aberdeen Airport, London at Excel and Stratford.

There is set to be further expansion of Moxy in the future with hotels planned for Bristol, Milton Keynes and Manchester.

Moxy is one of 30 brands owned by Marriott International which operate across 6,500 hotels worldwide.

8th March 2018

New ‘Point’ Of Interest At Titanic Belfast

A new shipyard hospitality space at Titanic Belfast, Hickson’s Point is set to open this month. Hickson’s Point, inspired by one of the first ship builders in the city, will offer an authentic 1900’s public house setting, combining traditional music, entertainment, heritage décor and locally produced food, and can cater for a range of private & corporate events for up to 80 people. The events space honours the name of Robert Hickson, credited as being the founder in 1853 of what was to become the shipyard which built the ill-fated Titanic

7th March 2018

Great Scotland Yard To Be Uk’S First Hyatt Unbound Hotel

The Great Scotland Yard hotel in London is set to be the first UK hotel to join Hyatt’s Unbound Collection. The venue is located in the St James’s area of Westminster, the Grade II-listed building is being developed into a 153-bedroom luxury lifestyle hotel and is due to open at the end of this year.

Hyatt’s Unbound Collection was created in 2016 and is a collection of upper-upscale and luxury, individual hotel properties. The brand currently operates in the USA, Canada and Uruguay. Hyatt Hotels Corporation is headquartered in Chicago and has a portfolio of over 700 properties in more than 50 countries across 14 brands.

6th March 2018

Carlson Rezidor Rebrands As Radisson Hotel Group

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group have announced they are rebranding to Radisson Hotel Group, effective immediately. The announcement was made at the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin.

Currently, the 11th largest hotel group in the world, Radisson Hotel Group is made up of eight hotel brands with more than 1,400 hotels in operation and under development. The group also announced the launch of a new premium lifestyle hotel brand, the Radisson Collection, made up of “the finest hotels” and most individual properties in the group’s portfolio.

The brands new identity leverages the international brand equity of the Radisson name to drive awareness in the marketplace, increase marketing efficiency across the global portfolio.

Every Moment Matters will be the new signature service philosophy of the company and all its hotel brands.