EDGE Venues

The Montcalm London City is now open on the site of The Brewery. The modern and stylish hotel boasts 232 rooms and suites and 6 meeting rooms accommodating up to 100 delegates.

Renaissance Chancery Court is no longer managed by Marriott Hotels and will operate as luxury independent hotel under the name of Chancery Court Hotel, London.

The brand new roof terrace at the Grand Connaught Rooms opened this month! The Penthouse Roof Terrace can accommodate up to a maximum of 55 guests and offers fabulous views of the BT Tower, Covent Garden and Holborn and has direct access to an art deco style lounge for those wishing to remain indoors (wet weather area).

QHotels has launched its first carbon-offsetting scheme with Carbon Clear, making it one of only a few hotel groups in the UK to give delegates the chance to offset their carbon footprint to benefit Third World carbon reduction projects.

Building work is on schedule for completion of the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s largest ever tourism project (by March 2012), in time to mark the centenary of RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage a month later. Titanic Belfast is expected to attract around 400,000 visitors per year. Overlooking the site where the famous liner was built, the venue will feature visitor attractions, plus community arts and education facilities, a large gallery for temporary exhibitions, performances and meetings, cafes, restaurants and shops and the Astor Suite, a 750-capacity banqueting/conference centre.

The Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) has announced that its new arena will be called The Scottish Hydro Arena as part of a £15m deal. Energy supplier Scottish Hydro will invest £1.5m per year over the next 10 years as the naming rights partner at the venue, which is due to open in spring 2013. The arena – which is being referred to as ‘The Hydro’ – is set to play host to national and international music concerts as well as entertainment and sporting events. With a seating capacity of 12,000, The Hydro will hold around 140 events per year and it is aiming to attract an audience of one million visitors each year – positioning it alongside Madison Square Gardens and The O2 arena. According to an economic study, The Hydro has the potential to inject an additional £131m annually into the local economy.