Tewin Bury Farm Hotel, located in Hertfordshire, was originally a family-owned dairy farm dating back to 1931. Still very much in full operation within the farming industry the Williams family has since transformed many of the original building into an independent 4 star hotel with conference rooms to fit up to 500 in a theatre style layout.
Ever improving and growing the business, the William’s brothers have recently invested into the hotel by acquiring the Fairway Tavern at the Panshanger golf club which is a 10 minute walk or 3 minute drive from the main hotel complex. The venue has two meeting spaces; The Fairway Suite to fit up to 120 theatre and The Oak Room to fit 14 in a boardroom.
Refurbishment of this space will be taking place later in 2018.
The hotel also offer a fleet of Executive Cars to provide transfers to and from the main complex.
Nobu Hotel Marbella is excited to announce its opening on March 29th, 2018. The resort is the latest member of SLH, and will transform the celebrated ‘Golden Mile’ that links Marbella’s charming and historic old town to glamorous Puerto Banus. Nobu Hotel Marbella will bring the style and design of one of the world’s best-regarded hotel and restaurant groups to one of the world’s most famous destinations.
Unlike any other hospitality offer in Spain’s most famous year-round resort community, the exclusively for grown-up’s hotel with 81 guest suites, will offer the same vibrant mix of contemporary design, gastronomy and good times that has established the reputation of the avant-garde Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay.
Created with the sophisticated sybarite in mind, Nobu Hotel Marbella curates a unique guest experience that blends the best of Andalusian charm, hospitality and unbeatable weather; with the attention to detail, signature design and contemporary flair for which the Nobu brand is famous.
Guests can enjoy a roving mixology cart, offering the finest in-room cocktails, an exclusive Nobu beach, a secluded swimming pool with bar, sunset DJ sessions, Nobu signature dishes served in the comfort of their suite and in-room signature Nobu wellness treatments. Pre-arrival check-in and priority access to Nobu lounge come as standard. Guests can also enjoy private access to ‘La Suite’, Marbella’s hottest nightclub, located on-site. The hotel’s facilities also include a Six Senses Spa, a world-class tennis club, a Dave Thomas designed golf-course, an equestrian centre, and conference and event venues.
Nobu Hotel Marbella guests can also enjoy priority access to the Nobu restaurant – the first to open in Spain.
The University Arms, Cambridge to reopen after 3 year refurbishment
Cambridge’s oldest and most iconic hotel, the University Arms, is set to reopen following an £80m, three-year refurbishment. The landmark hotel, which overlooks Parker’s Piece will comprise of 192 new bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, Parker’s Tavern, headed by chef Tristan Welch, a library, underground valet car parking and fitness facilities.
Beales Hotel in Hatfield, Hertfordshire is a family owned business which has always been keen to “think green”. They have recently installed a new power point within their car park to allow guests to charge their electric cars which is proving very popular with hotel residents and meeting delegates.
The hotel also focuses on sourcing locally produce for their restaurant, focusing on quality and value for money, this include British vegetables sourced in the region.
Sopwell House is set within 12 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside with 128 bedrooms,2 restaurants and meeting space to fit up to 380 theatre style in their largest room, The St Albans Suite.
We recently caught up with the hotel to see what’s going on in 2018…
In February, the meeting rooms on the ground floor will undergo a soft refurbishment including changing the colour scheme to grey from red and so the carpets, chairs and linen will be updated.
In March, investment is in the form of improving their Wi-Fi connectivity which will run at a 1000mb upload and download speed!
Needham House, a 2 AA Rosette restaurant and 4 star hotel
We recently caught up with the team at Needham House who were very proud to announce that for 2018 they have maintained their 2 AA Rosette in their SG4 Brasserie. The style of their food is seasonal and elegant with a real focus on using local, fresh produce sourced within a 50 mile radius of the property.
The hotel also also maintained their 4 star status for the upcoming year and offers 79 double bedrooms, 20 executive rooms as well as an exclusive woodland lodge. For meeting space the hotel has a maximum capacity 150 theatre within their Needham Suite plus a variety of smaller meeting rooms which work well for training, workshops, assessment centres or interviews.
For larger events, there is also a marquee which can be hired for events up to 250 guests.
Hanbury Manor, located in the Hertfordshire countryside in Ware is currently undergoing a £1.7 million renovation to its meeting and events space. Due to be completed by April 2018, the enhancements to the meetings and events space will bring a contemporary and modern uplift including the hotels three signature event rooms: Poles Hall (formally a chapel during 1923 – 1986 whilst the building ran as a convent school), Thundridge (formally the school’s Assembly Hall) and the Grade II Listed Garden Court Summer House and Conservatory which boasts impressive views over the original Walled Garden.
The contemporary face lift to these meeting rooms will include lighting, innovative technology including write on walls, click share connectivity and Bluetooth sound bars.
The colour-scheme will be rich browns, steel blues, and polished copper.
AccorHotels are set to open Ibis Styles in Kensington. The 85 bedroom property is undergoing a complete refurbishment and we re-open as the Ibis Styles London Gloucester Road in January 2018.
The hotel will bring the number of Ibis branded properties in the UK up to 10, with AccorHotels’ total UK & Ireland portfolio reaching 235 properties.
Trinity Event Solutions raises £100,00 for charities over the last 5 years
Since 2013, Trinity Event Solutions has raised more than £100,000 for local charities through their Triple Challenge initiative. Their Triple Challenge has gone from strength to strength and on Monday, 18th December, the Stamford-based venue finding and event management company celebrated the success of their 2017 fund raising activity by presenting cheques to Hospital at Home, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, Bliss and Animal Helpline. These four charities were chosen by staff earlier in the year as part of Trinity’s on-going CSR programme and in the past they have supported the Air Ambulance Service, the Sue Ryder Hospice, Thorpe Hall and Meeting Industry Meeting Needs.
The Trinity team visited more than 300 hotels and conference venues in July and August 2017, who donated prizes for an online auction, which raised more than £20,000 this year. 263 bidders placed 850 bids on the Trinity Triple Challenge auction website.
Jacqui Kavanagh, MD of Trinity Event Solutions was delighted with the fund-raising and commented: “Trinity’s CSR policy is core to Trinity’s values and way of working. We prefer to call it our ‘Social Responsibility policy’ as it is an instinctive part of the company culture. We are delighted to make a significant contribution to charities that will really make a big difference to their work. This a true partnership with our suppliers and benefits our clients through our team seeing venues first-hand and building up our venue knowledge. This was a huge achievement and I would like to thank all the hotels and venues for supporting us, as well as everyone at Trinity who gave up their time and put a lot of work into making this a success.”
Kellie Charge, Corporate Fundraiser at East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices received the cheque on their behalf and said “Support from our corporate partners is highly valued at EACH and we would not be able to continue to support our children, young people and their families without the generosity of businesses like Trinity Event Solutions. We are delighted that Trinity has chosen East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices as one of their charities to benefit from their amazing Trinity Triple Challenge, and the £5,750 donated will enable us to pay for a whole day’s care at our Milton hospice, which is a truly generous gift for which we are most grateful.”
Bliss Chief Executive, Caroline Lee-Davey said “We are so grateful to Trinity Event Solutions and all the staff who took part in this year’s Trinity Triple Challenge to raise money for Bliss. Their support is invaluable in helping us to achieve our ambition to reach every single baby born needing neonatal care in the UK, and their family. We want every baby to benefit from our work, no matter how long they live or how long they spend on a neonatal unit. It is only through the generosity of supporters like Trinity, and its employees, that we can support these poorly babies.”
Emirates to add third London airport to its network
Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, said on Wednesday that from June next year it would start flying to London Stansted, an airport largely served by European carriers. The Dubai-based airline said it would begin daily flights between its Middle East hub and London’s third busiest airport on June 8, and that it would be the first Middle East airline to fly to Stansted. It will be the third London airport Emirates flies to after London Heathrow and London Gatwick, and its seventh airport in the United Kingdom. Stansted, 35 miles north of London, has traditionally been a base for European airlines flying holiday routes and budget carriers like Ryanair and easyJet, although full-service carrier British Airways started flying there last year. Emirates said it expected some of its demand to come from nearby technology and pharmaceutical hubs in Cambridge and Peterborough.
