Hotels, Venues & Event news
Newcastle City Council has approved planning for 46 Sandhill to be transformed into No.46 Boutique Hotel & Bistro, home to 10 bedrooms, a bar, three secret gardens, a café and meeting room. The bar will be on the lower ground floor of the building, with the bistro and kitchen on the ground floor and 10 bedrooms spread across three floors.
The former merchants house built in the 1700s has been empty for two years after the closure of the interior design store Whosit & Whatsit.
The Strand Palace – one of London’s largest hotels with 785 bedrooms – has started a multimillion-pound refurbishment. Work on the ground floor of the property on the Strand, including the reception, restaurant, bar and tea room, has just begun and is expected to be completed in the summer, these spaces will operate as flexible lifestyle areas
The bedrooms will then be decorated, with completion expected by April 2020.
Hilton is to launch its new luxury brand LXR Hotels & Resorts into Europe with the opening of the Biltmore hotel in London, following the signing of an agreement with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.
The 308-bedroom hotel on Grosvenor Square, previously the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair, is currently undergoing a £50m redevelopment and is due to launch in the Spring of this year.
Officially to be known as the Biltmore, Mayfair – LXR Hotels & Resorts, the hotel will feature a year-round alfresco terrace and cocktail bar. There will also be a ballroom for up to 70 guests and a fitness suite.
LXR Hotels & Resorts is intended to be a luxury brand for independent hotels, the first of the new breed of LXR Hotels & Resorts opened last year in Dubai at the 234-bedroom Habtoor Palace
The Grosvenor hotel at London’s Victoria is to be re-branded under GLH Hotels’ Amba brand following its refurbishment, the 345-bedroom property, which is at the moment operating under the Guoman Hotels brand, is currently undergoing a redesign ahead of relaunching under the group’s four-star brand. The project is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2019.
The refurbishment will be phased, with the Grosvenor Arms restaurant and Tea Lounge already complete. The hotel’s bedrooms, meetings and events spaces, and additional food and beverage outlets will be fully refurbished throughout next year.
Amba Victoria will join two other hotels in the brands in Marble Arch and Charing Cross.
Village Hotel Club Bristol officially opened its doors following a significant investment of £22.5 million.
The sleek black box situated in Filton, just North of Bristol’s city centre features 153 stylish rooms, a state-of-the-art gym, the Village Pub and Grill, a Starbucks coffee shop, and the Village Hotels Business Club VWorks – a versatile meeting and events space where guests can enjoy a relaxed co-working space, free super-fast Wi-Fi.
A 196-bedroom Courtyard by Marriott hotel is due to open close to London City Airport in 2020.
The hotel will be a seven-storey property and will feature a ground-floor restaurant and meeting facilities. Its opening will coincide with a £500m redevelopment of the south-east London airport, which is set to quadruple the size of its passenger terminal.
Malmaison Liverpool has completed a multimillion-pound refurbishment of its 130 bedrooms and meeting and events spaces and has also seen the launch of a new cocktail bar at the property.
The brand is due to open three new hotels opening over the next 24 months including in Bournemouth, where the brand is in the early stages of developing a new build hotel; Edinburgh, where renovation work has already begun on the Grade A-listed Buchan House, which will be the brand’s second site in the city; and York, where work is underway to open a new 150-bedroom hotel.
The Grosvenor hotel at London’s Victoria is to be re-branded under GLH Hotels’ Amba brand following its refurbishment, the 345-bedroom property, which is at the moment operating under the Guoman Hotels brand, is currently undergoing a redesign ahead of relaunching under the group’s four-star brand. The project is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2019.
The refurbishment will be phased, with the Grosvenor Arms restaurant and Tea Lounge already complete. The hotel’s bedrooms, meetings and events spaces, and additional food and beverage outlets will be fully refurbished throughout next year.
Amba Victoria will join two other hotels in the brands in Marble Arch and Charing Cross. For more information contact Amba Hotels
The property comprises 5 to 7 Blythswood Square, the entrance to 5 Blythswood Square was remodelled by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the Lady Artists’ Club in 1905. The B-listed properties were built in 1826 as townhouses but were last used as offices.
There is currently one hotel on the square, the Principal Blythswood Square Hotel.
The DoubleTree by Hilton London – Kensington is set to relaunch under Hilton’s Curio brand in early 2019. After a multimillion-pound refurbishment the property will be renamed 100 Queen’s Gate Hotel London, Curio Collection by Hilton.
The brand first launched in the UK with the rebrand of the Trafalgar St. James London last year and the UK’s second Curio, the Lincoln Plaza London, is due to open in January, and the group also are set to launch the London Gantry in Stratford under its Curio Collection in 2020.
The hotel will have two restaurants – a brasserie offering French fusion cuisine, and Botanica, an atrium offering afternoon tea, cocktails and private dining and feature a total of 228 guestrooms and suites.