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18th May 2018

Hotel Set To Feature In World Class Facility For Women’S Football

A 150-bedroom luxury hotel is set to feature within a £70m world-class facility for women’s football, on a 60-acre site in Northwich, Cheshire, Cheshire County FA have announced. The site will become a leading centre for the provision of women and girls football with a WSL 1 club in talks to become a partner on what will become a “best in class” football environment.

The centre will include two FIFA-quality pitches, one with a 1000-seat stadium and the second to be used for training by visiting national and international teams. There will also be an additional eight pitches.

The proposed hotel will incorporate a spa with swimming pool and gym, fine-dining restaurant, bar, lounge, banqueting facilities for up to 400 covers and meeting rooms. Planning permission is yet to be sought for the project, which is expected to take 18 months to build.

17th May 2018

New Event Spaces Open At The Gherkin

Five rooms with cloud-inspired names are on the 38th floor, offering great views of the capital.

Searcys at The Gherkin has opened several private dining, meeting and events spaces.

The five new spaces are named after clouds: Alto, Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus and Nimbus and offer spectacular views of the capital for 18 delegates or larger parties of up to 100 guests.

Newly open for daytime functions, the cloud-inspired rooms are on the 38th floor. The interconnecting rooms offer multiple screens, lapel mics and docking stations. Booked individually the rooms are ideal for 18 to 50 guests, while double rooms or whole floor booking allow for numbers up to 130 guests.

15th May 2018

The Woodlands And The Willows By Wyboston Lakes

Wyboston Lakes Resort, the conferencing complex on the Cambridgeshire/Bedforshire border, is to rename its main venues as The Woodlands Event Centre and The Willows Training Centre.

The Woodlands Event Centre is currently known as the Wyboston Lakes Executive Centre and The Willows Training Centre is the Wyboston Lakes Training Centre. Both new names will be supported by the overall Wyboston Lakes Resort brand.

The changes will take place in September when the first phase of a £3m investment in a major transformation of The Woodlands Event Centre is due for completion.

All rooms at The Woodlands Event Centre will be re-configured and renamed as part of this redevelopment.

The theme of natural wood will run strongly throughout the whole of the building. There will be a new Italian inspired Olive Restaurant along with Cedar Courtyard and Bar and the meeting rooms will all be named after various woods.

The newly created Rosewood Suite will be capable of accommodating over 300 delegates.

Another feature will be the Yew technology theatre, which will benefit from the latest in in-room tech and provide tiered seating.

9th May 2018

Rubens At The Palace Renovation Almost Complete

The Rubens at The Palace hotel, a member of Red Carnation Hotels, is due to add the finishing touches to a hotel-wide renovation.

Overlooking the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace in London, the property has undergone a multi-million-pound refurbishment, and now features two new restaurants, a bar, an English afternoon tea service, plus new guest rooms and suites. All of the 163 rooms, suites and serviced apartments have been refurbished, with more than 80 new marble bathrooms installed, alongside 163 chandeliers.

In May, the final element to the refurbishment, a new incarnation of the Leopard Bar, will open to guests and visitors, serving more than 200 whiskies, 20 Champagnes and over 50 Champagne cocktails.

8th May 2018

New Hampton By Hilton Belfast City Centre

August 2018 should see the opening of a new Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre. The hotel will be located in central Belfast with easy access to Belfast City Airport, SSE Arena and Titanic centre.

The hotel will have over 178 bedrooms and have a number of small meeting rooms.

Its location in central Belfast will make the hotel ideal for smaller meetings or interviews and is ideally located for those based in Belfast or travelling from further afield.

4th May 2018

Hotel Indigo Opens In Leicester Square

IHG has announced the opening of its newest London hotel, Hotel Indigo London – 1 Leicester Square. The property has 95 bedrooms featuring theatrical touches inspired by the neighbourhood’s heritage and history, and throughout the hotel cultural heritage of the iconic square, which sits in the heart of ‘theatreland’ and the cinema district taking inspiration from its Chinatown locale and 1920s Shanghai is apparent.

The hotel features a panorama of London’s most notable landmarks and guests will be able to watch film premieres on the streets just below.

3rd May 2018

Accor Hotels Acquires Movenpick Hotels And Resorts

AccorHotels have announced their plans to acquire Movenpick Hotels and Resorts. The Movenpick chain has 84 hotels spread across 27 countries and have plans to open an additional 42 hotels before 2021. The hotel group has a strong presence in the Middle East and Europe with the expansion plans strengthening this presence and also adding to it in Africa and Asia-Pacific.

The AccorHotels group already has over 4300 hotels and resorts across the globe incorporating brands such as Fairmont, Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure and Swissotel.

1st May 2018

De Vere Selsdon Estate Reveals Results Of £5M Refurbishment

The De Vere Selsdon Estate in Croydon have revealed the results of its £5m refurbishment.

The estate, part of Principal Hotel Company’s De Vere portfolio of country estate hotels and event spaces, have a new restaurant, 1042, which looks out onto the 18-hole championship golf course which surrounds the property., Burr & Co coffee shop, orangery and reception area, as well as the full refurbishment of the 54 bedrooms and six meeting rooms.

The Victorian mansion house has been renovated to bring it in line with the new De Vere brand standards. The renovation also includes the creation of a new presidential suite and a further 96 bedrooms will be refurbished in the next phase of works.

27th April 2018

Cct Venues Docklands To Open In May

The CCT Venues-Docklands is a central London venue equipped with a large exhibition space, a private lounge, eight meeting rooms, six smaller rooms and a waterfront terrace and restaurant.

The summer launch comes after an extensive refurbishment at 193 Marsh Wall, next to South Quay station and the Canary Wharf business district. Its exhibition space has capacity for 250 guests and a private lounge.

The eight meeting rooms at the venue have large windows, stylish furniture and digital door signage, the smaller rooms can be used for syndicates, breakouts or interviews and the private waterfront terrace can be used for small receptions.

26th April 2018

Hotel Du Vin Stratford Upon Avon To Open In May

Hotel du Vin is soon to open the doors of its 19th hotel located in the historic centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, on 1 May 2018. The new hotel is spread across two converted Grade II-listed townhouses, and features 46 bedrooms and suites.

The hotel also includes its own bistro focused on home-style French cooking accompanied with its own courtyard allowing guests to dine outside, an event space to accommodate up to 70 people suitable for meetings, weddings and celebrations, along with two smaller private dining rooms for 10-12 guests.

This is the latest addition to Hotel du Vin’s portfolio of luxury boutique hotels, which will soon be joined by another – The Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin in Clifton Village, Bristol.