The hotel also offers the fastest high speed WI-FI in the city, a Starbucks coffee station and a fully equipped gym.
Holiday Inn Manchester City Centre Due To Open April 2016
Cameron House Refurbishment
New Four Seasons Hotel
10 Trinity Square London is set to become a new luxury Four Seasons hotel. The former Port of London Authority building will include 98 bedrooms/suites, 2 gourmet restaurants, spa, private member’s club as well as meeting rooms, business centre, screening room and cigar lounge. The hotel will be located within a 35 minute drive to London City Airport and 20 minutes from the West End and Canary Wharf and overlooks the Tower of London.
The hotel is due to open within the last quarter of 2016.
Mpi Economic Insights For 2016
Meeting Professionals International held an event on 18th January 2016 with a mix of agencies, suppliers, consultants and venues to look at trends and predictions for 2016. Speakers included leading economists and Jacqui Kavanagh of Trinity was on the panel of events industry specialists.
Here is a summary of the findings from the session, but if you would like more information, please contact Katharine Jordan for a copy of the report.
The Global Outlook
- Business in Eurozone is looking better in 2016 with Germany in particular showing strong growth
- Cautious actions are required in the emerging economies, particularly China where there is a lack of clarity on the rate of decline
- Oil prices should produce a positive effect on consumer spend but are unlikely to change air fares
Events forecast for 2016
- 3.8% increase predicted in event spend
- USA, Malaysia and UK are the top three destinations for business travel in 2015 – 2017
- Geopolitical concerns are high but this isn’t currently reflected in client choice
- Groups are now seen as collection of individuals with different needs
- We’re seeing more internal meetings for strategizing
- Clients are booking later meaning the best prices aren’t always available
- The incentive sector is growing, with room for new businesses
New Ibis Styles Hotels For Accor
The Ibis Styles Reading Oxford Road has opened following a full refurbishment of what was previously a Travelodge, with 97 bedrooms. The Accor group has signed franchises for three more hotels which are expected to open in 2016-17: a 62-bed Ibis Styles hotel is due to open in Birmingham this Spring; a 120-bed Ibis Budget is under construction at Luton Airport and there will be a new open a 159-bed Novotel at Heathrow Airport.
Forest Works Snapshot
Iet London Savoy Place – Now Open After A 2 Year Refurbishment
IET London: Savoy Place has officially opened its doors for external events, following a two year and £30 million redevelopment.
Transformed from top to bottom, delegates to Savoy Place will be able to enjoy access to two brand new auditoriums with a combined capacity of over 600, a second lecture theatre, enlarged riverside suite, state of the art boardrooms, roof terrace, and a ‘sesame lift’ at the front of the building, which enables the stone steps to retract automatically for easy wheelchair access.
A series of digital exhibits throughout the venue were unveiled earlier in the year and are now on display. Highlighting the IET’s engineering history, the exhibits, including ‘100 engineering ideas that changed the world’ and two stairwell sculptures, celebrate the past, present and future of the IET and can be integrated into events
Digital displays including a futuristic digital chandelier hung in the reception and live video walls on the second floor, can both be personalised for large events and connected to live comment feeds.
Simon Timmis, senior marketing manager at IET Venues & Events commented: “It’s been a busy start since we opened, it has been over two years in the making, and a lot of people have worked incredibly hard to make this possible. We wanted to design a venue with the future in mind, by investing in our technology infrastructure we have the capacity to adapt with the changing requirements of our delegates and event organisers. The redevelopment of Savoy Place has already been well received by past and new clients who have seen the substantial efforts to create a clean, spacious and fully integrated venue.”
Regents University York Lawns
Regent’s Conferences and Events at Regents University are opening their York Lawns for outdoor events from 23rd May through to 10th Sept 2016.
Their four acres of outdoor space and landscaped gardens is situated in the heart of London and can offer a potential venue for outdoor meetings including away days, team-building activities and summer parties.
The gardens can fit up to 1000 guests and BBQ packages start at £100 + VAT for 200 guests (packages can also be personalised for lower numbers of delegates). These packages include: ground hire, lined marquee with lighting, garden furniture, 2 course BBQ menu, 2 hour drinks package of unlimited beers, wines and soft drinks and security.
Changes In The Ownership Of Major Hotels
Following Accor’s acquisition of the FRHI Hotels & Resorts’ Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel brands, in December and Marriott’s purchase of the Starwood group in November, there are now is now another major brand up for sale. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is reported to have appointed advisers to look at the disposal of their portfolio of 1,370 properties.
In addition, the Hong Kong’s owners of the Rosewood London (pictured) have put the hotel up for sale with a guide price of £450M. The hotel underwent an £85M refurbishment in 2013.
Offers are to be invited for around a £700M for the freehold of the 1,059-bed Hilton London Metropole and long leasehold of the 790-bed Hilton Birmingham Metropole, which were acquired in a sale and manageback deal in 2006.
Mary Ward House Conference And Exhibition Centre Update
Mary Ward House Conference and Exhibition Centre, has recently undergone some refurbishments which will be completed this week.
‘’All works undertaking were sympathetic to the era and period of the original building as we wanted enhance on the existing ambience of the venue. The work spanned across our three floors and included flooring, plastering, paint colour schemes and creating a new lighting atmosphere across the venue. The end result is bright and airy, welcoming rooms which have retained all key period features from the original build design. Clients can enjoy a range of soft colour schemes over our 14 rooms complemented by light wood floors and neutral wood works and finishing.’’ Nile Halson, Operations manager at Mary Ward House.
The renovation work has certainly achieved this, the rooms all have a quirky shabby chic feel to them, a great venue if you are looking for something a little different with lots of original features.