Category: Refurbishments

Bury Lodge hotel has transformed its 16th century barn into a venue for meetings and corporate functions.

The barn provides an expansive open space for up to 200 delegates and is suitable for gala dinners and presentations, with a separate break out room available.

The barn overlooks the hotels landscaped gardens. The property also provides 19 individually decorated rooms for overnight stays in historic buildings. Authentic features include exposed beams, rustic barn door ways and aged wooden floors.

Situated in the Essex countryside, Bury Lodge is located only five minutes away from Stansted Mountfitchet Railway Station and 15 minutes away from London Stansted Airport.

Mottram Hall hotel in Cheshire is to undergo a £10m refurbishment following its acquisition by spa resort group Champneys and is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

Built in 1721, Mottram Hall is set within a 270-acre estate and was transformed from a private residence to a hotel in 1940 and owned by the De Vere group from the mid-1970s to 2014.

The acquisition marks Champneys first resort inthe north of the England, adding to its spa resort locations at Forest Mere, Hampshire; Henlow, Bedfordshire; Springs, Leicestershire; and Tring, Hertfordshire. 

The redevelopment of Mottram Hall will include a £5m redesign of the hotel’s spa facilities involving the addition of 18 treatment rooms, a new 20m swimming pool. There will also be the addition of 30 bedrooms to the current 120, new conference facilities and an extension to the club house on the championship golf course.

One of the most historic and luxurious hotels in London, The Rubens at the Palace hotel overlooking the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace in London’s Victoria, has now been classified a five-star hotel by the distinguished AA hotel rating-scheme after the completion of a multi-million-pound refurbishment earlier this year.

The hotel’s advancements, including two elegant new restaurants, The English Grill and the Curry Room, two vibrant bars, The Leopard Bar, offering a choice of over 200 whiskies an 30 Champagnes complete with music from a live jazz and swing band and the vibrant New York Bar. Fully renovated accommodation and public areas, have been recognised via an independent AA assessment resulting in an upgrade to five-star status.

Radisson Hospitality have announced the signing of the Radisson RED Liverpool in the UK.

Set to pop up in one of the UK’s leading cities, the Radisson RED Liverpool will allow guests to walk in the footsteps of legends. Liverpool truly is a vibrant center of music, art and sporting excellence – exactly what you’d expect from the home of The Beatles and many other famous artists.

The 202 bedroom hotel is due to open in 2020, it’s a careful compilation of old and new – bringing modern design and the ageless millennial mindset to an historic building that features Renaissance-style spires and turrets. The hotel will offer a restaurant and bar, a gym and a creative meetings & events space.

Ashton Gate Stadium has today revealed comprehensive plans for a £100m development to extend the stadium footprint to encompass a new sports and entertainment quarter for the city.

The centrepiece of the proposed development is the Ashton Gate Sports & Convention Centre – a 4000-capacity venue which will provide a permanent home for Bristol Flyers basketball team. The proposal includes additional housing, offices, a multi-storey car park along with two hotels.

Speaking of the proposed development, Ashton Gate chairman Martin Griffiths said:

“We are pleased to be able to reveal these plans. It has been more than two years in the planning to ensure that Phase II of Ashton Gate’s redevelopment into a city quarter focused on sport and entertainment was indeed viable, sustainable and most importantly achievable.

Street Feast, the UK’s most innovative social dining concept, has expanded its portfolio with the launch of its newest venue, Hawker Union, just a short walk from Alexandra Palace.

Previously a derelict warehouse, Hawker Union has been transformed into an innovative and contemporary food market concept which blends incredible food and drink excellent customer service, it is also available for corporate and private hire and with 1200 sqm of transformable space and a 700 capacity, Hawker Union is a versatile events space suitable for work functions, screenings, conferences, photoshoots, along with birthdays, engagement parties and weddings.

One Aldwych, the 105-bedroom luxury hotel on the edge of London’s Covent Garden will close for two months next year to complete a major refurbishment.

The hotel will initially remain open when work starts on the multimillion-pound project in October, closing in mid-January and it is expected the hotel will reopen in March. 

The refurb will create a new look for the bedrooms, which will include four new suites, taking the total bedroom count down to 102 and the public spaces including the entrance, reception, Lobby bar, Indigo restaurant and private event spaces will also undergo renovation.

Mercure Birmingham North Barons Court Hotel is the latest addition to the brand.

The property dates back to 1901 and has 94 rooms, meeting and function facilities, with 5 meeting rooms with a capacity up to 200 people, as well as a brasserie restaurant and bar. 

This new addition brings our Mercure network in the UK to 80 hotels and it will be a great addition to offer in the Midlands.