ME London came in to see us last week. Here are some key facts about them:
The hotel is designed by the world famous architects Foster and Partners.
ME London (the flagship property for the ME by Melia group) is a luxury lifestyle hotel in the southern tip of Covent Garden offering 157 rooms including 16 suites, the award-winning Penthouse Suite ME – a duplex suite with dining room, private terrace overlooking the city, River Thames, Westminster and a 360° glass dome living room at the top of the building with private access to the acclaimed Radio Rooftop Bar.
The hotel is also home of the world’s famous STK restaurant and Radio Rooftop Bar with views over the London skyline.
The 9-storey Atrium is a breathtaking reception area with geometric graphic projections on the marble walls along with a champagne bar for guests to enjoy a glass while checking-in. Your ME experience will be enriched by the Aura Team who is there to go the extra “smile”.
The meetings and events space consists of 500 m² that can be divided into seven individual contemporary and functional rooms, an independent reception area with direct access to the car park.
Corinthia Hotels are opening up a luxury beachfront resort in Dubai. The Corinthia at Meydan Beach, which includes a hotel and residences, will be up and running in 2019. Meeting spaces will be in a 55-storey tower with views of Palm Island and the Dubai Eye (currently under development) and delegates will have access to the beach via gardens, extensive indoor and outdoor leisure and dining facilities, a luxury Spa, a club and banqueting amenities.
Three Marriott brands opening in one building in Nashville
Come 2018, Nashville, US, will experience a first – Marriott are opening three of their hotel brands under one roof. Their aim is to provide three distinct services through Marriott’s AC Hotels by Marriott, Spring Hill Suites by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott. The building is in SoBro (South of Broadway), a dynamic district with many new and renovated buildings. This particular one has 21 floors and 470 rooms: 209, 125 and 136 respectively. The venture is estimated to cost $102 million.
The Langridge Stand, which enjoys views across the city officially opened on the 20th of July. It was built to accommodate the racing business however it is now open for conference and events, as the race course aims to scale up its non-race day activity.
The main space within the new stand (the Royal Crescent suite) was designed by D5 architects and holds a maximum capacity of 300 in theatre style. The Royal Crescent suite also has a private roof garden which overlooks the racecourse finishing line which could also be used as a breakout space. There are also 9 further meeting spaces available in the Kelston hospitality stand.
The race course are hoping to double the number of non-race day events over the next three years, and has real focus on delivering this.
On Saturday 16th April at noon, bang on time as promised, Hilton Malta re-opened its doors after having been closed for a period of 10 weeks following an intensive programme of refurbishment with an investment of 15 million euro. The project included the overhaul of 293 bedrooms, new food and beverage outlets, extended executive lounge facilities, new elevators, as well as new engineering technology to provide a more energy efficient operation. The hotel have received excellent feedback from clients to date with regards to the fresh, sexy, cool, new look and continued high levels of service.
Dubai is set to hit the 100,000 rooms milestone across its expanding hotel and hotel apartment inventory as the City aims to firmly position itself as a top 10 global destination in terms of available hotel supply.
Over the next three years, Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) expects occupied room nights in hotels and hotel apartments to reach 36.9 million representing an 11-12% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2018 end. As such, the overall room supply is expected to reflect similar growth, reaching 138,000 rooms by the end of 2018.
The increase in rooms will feature a number of new concepts in the 3 and 4 star property segment such as the Hilton Garden Inn, Rove Hotels and Hyatt Place, which will continue Dubai’s drive in diversifying the industry to include both mid-market and luxury hotels. The luxury segment will count 25 new properties, including the Viceroy Dubai Palm Jumeirah, Waldorf Astoria and the Shangri-La Palm Tower in addition to the extension of Madinat Jumeirah, which will include a new hotel – Jumeirah Al Naseem – upon completion by the end of the year.
etc.venues County Hall opens early 2017, offering conference, meeting and event space located on the 4th floor at County Hall. This large multi-purpose interconnecting space which includes two suites with a capacity of up to 900 delegates will boast from stunning views across the Thames, towards Westminster.
Great to have Radisson Blu Hotel Berlin visit us this week, below are five key facts from them;
The Aquadome – world’s largest cylindrical aquarium with one million litres of seawater
427 guestrooms and suites in contemporary design, including Wi-Fi
2 separate meeting areas with a total size of 2740 sqm, a special venue is the DomLounge (1400 sqm) on the two top floors, providing Apple Airplay technology and stunning views of the Berlin skyline
Meeting facilities match the pharmaceutical compliance code
