
In 2017 Curio – A Collection by Hilton will take over the famous Astor Hotel Saint-Honoré after a substantial refurbishment. The venue will have 128 rooms and suites over six storeys.

In 2017 Curio – A Collection by Hilton will take over the famous Astor Hotel Saint-Honoré after a substantial refurbishment. The venue will have 128 rooms and suites over six storeys.

Malmaison has announced the launch of its Work and Play meeting and events space at Malmaison Manchester following its success at Malmaison Birmingham earlier this year.
Work and play is designed to offer flexibility to modern businesses, it has reinvented the classic hotel meeting space with unique artwork and glass walls which form a bright and open atmosphere.
The new space features 5 meeting rooms with capacities ranging from 8 to 110 for conferences and training days, there are also 4 pods which offer a more intimate option for smaller meetings all of which are available to rent by the day or by the hour. The rooms provide comfortable seating, facilities for video conferencing and webinars, UHD TV’s and conference calls. There is also the option to have private dining, and team building activities such as wine tasting and cocktail making.


Highly regarded restaurateurs, the Galvin Brothers (Jeff & Chris) opened a new restaurant in September at the Centurion Club in St Albans. The restaurant will have an informal feel and offer seasonal menus, with a capacity of 88, a terrace area and three private dining rooms to seat up to 14 diners.

This is a privately owned group, which has grown over the years:
In 1987 The International Centre, Telford hosted its first exhibition.
1990 – a Holiday Inn was added to the group. In 1992 a third hall and gallery suite were added to TIC.
2002 – 12.5m investment dedicated conferencing facilities expanding the centre to allow bigger events took place.2004 saw the need for more bedrooms and TIC built, the International Hotel.
2011 – the Ludlow suite was added to the centre.
2013 – Gray’s Hotel was rebranded as Ramada.
2014 – saw the introduction of a brand new cosmopolitan events campus.

Fairview Hotels have recently purchased, The Novotel Manchester West, Novotel Wolverhampton, Novotel Coventry & Novotel Ipswich hotels from Accor and will be managed by Fairview Hotels as of the 2nd December.
Fairview Hotels will also be looking to start light refurbishment in the new year to keep up with The Novotel standard similar to their sister properties Novotel Nottingham Derby and Stevenage.
Novotel Nottingham Derby has completed all 8 meeting rooms and restaurant in its refurbishment programme and now on the last stage of the, bar, reception and lobby area. Mercure London Bloomsbury launches Marco’s Italian restaurant.



SINA Hotels has a new brand. The identity of SINA Hotels will be represented by the shell, a symbol that tells a story of true passion for hospitality, family tradition, quintessential Italian style and most of all sense of place. The shell’s design embodies harmoniously the feeling of a home with sixteen windows, which represent the properties (currently twelve) that between now and the near future will make up the SINA’s collection.
SINA’s collection of four and five star hotels, iconic palazzo’s, country houses, conference hotels and charming hideaways was established in Italy over sixty years ago and since 2016 is present also in France with Relais & Châteaux member, Chateau de Mirambeau in the beautiful Bordeaux countryside.

We recently had a meeting Château du Lac which is part of the Belgian hotel group, Martins. It’s a 5-star luxury hotel, by a lake and with lovely grounds about 40 minutes from Brussels airport and 25 minutes from the city centre. It is a lovely, relaxing location and the food and service were excellent, throughout our visit.
The hotel has plenty of meeting space with 21 rooms in the hotel, the largest for 850 people in theatre style. There are 123 bedrooms which are currently being refurbished.
In addition there is a manor house in the grounds which has 5 additional meeting rooms and 12 meeting rooms. This would be great for a really private meeting and it is serviced by the hotel.
Team building activities are available and the hotel has a spa, gym, swimming pool.
We really enjoyed our stay here and had a very productive meeting, it would have been lovely to stay longer!