A new multi-million-pound event space named Magazine London is set to open in Greenwich, London, from summer 2019.
The venue will host live events, conferences and exhibitions, with views of Canary Wharf and 5,400sqm of venue space over two main rooms. One is a sleek, modern blank canvas with two large mezzanines, ideal for seminars and VIP areas.
Magazine London – set to open 2019
The venue is conceived by Venue Lab, a Vibration Group company which created Printworks London and Landing Forty Two. The brand was created in conjunction with London’s Carter Studio, which has worked with Unilever, Norton and F1. The building was designed by architect of the V&A Lecture Theatre and Seoul Opera House, Nissen Richards.
In addition to the contemporary indoor space, Magazine London’s USP is the adjoining Showground – a landscaped environment on the banks of the Thames boasting 13,985sqm and a capacity of 7,000.
It can deliver a combined space of 19,379sqm and a capacity of 10,000, opening up the potential for events, brand activations and festivals that require an outdoor element.
“London is still very much at the forefront of the global conferencing and exhibition market and Magazine, with its incredible flexibility both indoor and out, is ground breaking.
“It provides the perfect space for boutique and incubating B2B and B2C shows, offering excellent branding opportunities and a high-impact solus venue that provides a better home than sharing larger exhibition venues with other established shows.”
Simon Tracey, CEO – Vibration Group
Greenwich Peninsula
Construction of the venue is due to start in December and is located in the heart of Greenwich Peninsula on the riverbank with views of Canary Wharf and have capacity for 3,000 people. The venue is easily accessible by the Underground (within a three minute walk), road and river.
Best Western have agreed a deal with Peel Hotels Plc
Over the next 12 months the 9 Peel Hotels properties will be activated into Best Western’s soft brands. Eight hotels within the Peel Hotels PLC brand are joining the Sure Hotel Collection soft brand including The Bull Hotel Peterborough, The Midland Hotel Bradford, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Leeds, The Caledonian Hotel, Newcastle, The Crown & Mitre Carlisle, The Strathdon Hotel Nottingham, The George Hotel Wallingford and The King Malcolm Hotel Dunfermline.
The Norfolk Royale Hotel will be joining the BW Signature Collection Soft Brand.
Robert Peel, chief executive of Peel Hotels Plc, said: “I was looking for a brand that would allow the hotels flexibility to maximise their independence but at the same time support us with distribution, access a global loyalty scheme and benefit from new sales, marketing and revenue technologies. Best Western Great Britain’s range of soft brands and strategy for the future made it the perfect fit for a profitable partnership.”
The Trump Turnberry has an agreement with Marriott International Brands and sits under the Luxury Collection. The resort based in Scotland has lots to offer clients.
The hotel and the Ballroom went under a full refurbishment in 2016. The main Donald J Trump Ballroom which can hold up to 700 delegates was designed by Eric Trump and General Manager Ralph Porciani and the large chandeliers are names after Mr Trumps daughter, Ivanka.
The world famous and iconic lighthouse, The Half Way House on the golf course can host 200 for a drinks reception. Guests will be treated to stunning views across the ocean. The venue offers guests the opportunity to experience a 90 minute horse ride along the beach using the 16 horses available from the newly refurbished Trump Stables.
The venue also likes to support local charities and at a recent Ladies Who Lunch event they raised £56,000 for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity and St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital.
Jumeirah Beach Hotel is to re-open on October 19th following a five-month transformation programme.
Guests will return to discover a reimagined luxury experience created for the modern family and discerning traveller.
The tasteful yet bold refurbishment was skilfully crafted to ensure no interference with the heart of the hotel, and mindful not to erase any of the warmth or personal touches synonymous with the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
The new Jumeirah Beach Hotel returns with a more contemporary ambiance and a host of new dining experiences, retaining its family friendly focus and redesigned rooms and suites for a more engaging, comfortable and yet pampering stay, all underpinned by Jumeirah’s award winning, thoughtful and generous service.
The Jumeirah Beach Hotel has welcomed more than one million guests since it opened in 1997.
The hotel, which has evolved from a classic beach resort to a contemporary five-star family destination, retains its spirit of timeless fun, yet offers an elevated experience of relaxed luxury.
One of Madrid's oldest hotels has undergone a modern makeover
Some 130 years after first opening its doors, the Madrid’s Gran Hotel Inglés has undergone a modern transformation and is now being reimagined as a sophisticated boutique hotel. Gran Hotel Inglés opened in 1886 and was Madrid’s first luxury hotel. This year the Gran Hotel Inglés reopened as a new member of Leading Hotels of the World, following a US$20 million makeover by the Rockwell Group, whose portfolio includes the New York Edition, the Ritz-Carlton in Boston and the W in Paris and Singapore. Rockwell drew inspiration from the hotel’s golden years of the 1920s with his remodelling process and the hotel is an ode to Art Deco style in shades of burnt orange, teal and silver. The lobby’s 20 foot-high ceiling glows with chandeliers, and vintage postcards of Madrid, which were discovered during the renovation, are on display in glass cases. To allow for more spacious accommodation, the number of rooms has been reduced from 72 to 48 (43 rooms and five suites). The hotel stakes a prime spot on Echegaray Street in Barrio de las Letras (Madrid’s literary quarter). It’s just across the street from La Venencia, reportedly Hemingway’s favourite sherry bar in the city, and is just a five-minute walk from Puerta del Sol – one of Madrid’s liveliest public squares.
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) recently kicked off its campaign encouraging the business meetings and events industry to use less single-use plastic, with a roundtable discussion.
Key discussions from the debate, which is being championed by mia chair Kay England, included engaging government, metrics and benchmarking, addressing cost issues, sharing best practice and working collaboratively with other sustainability leaders.
The roundtable was the industry’s first debate focusing on the issues and opportunities facing the sector. It aims to reach caterers, hotels, venues and suppliers in the business meetings and events industry across the UK.
Industry panellists shared ways they were operating more sustainably. Ivor Turner, general manager at The Lensbury, described how sales dropped by 50 per cent when they initially removed plastic bottles from their vending machines – until they educated guests.
He said: “People aren’t as green as they make out to be. People have habits and having the tin didn’t register. As soon as we put the reason up, the sales went back up.”
The discussion turned to the importance of agreed and set metrics for measuring sustainability, as well as introducing official accreditation for venues and suppliers.
Jane Longhurst, chief executive of the mia, commented: “Demonstrating the impact and your savings is what I think the mia needs to take responsibility for. Helping people with a template or something that says ’this is how you measure it, this is how you take it to your client and this is your saving’ will be key, because you’ve got to sell it to the accountant as well.”
After the debate, mia chair Kay England, said: “It was fantastic to have some of the leading minds in the industry and sustainability sharing their passion, expertise and ideas on turning the tide on single-use plastic during our initial roundtable.
“Their commitment and enthusiasm has helped further fuel the mia’s desire to effect positive change. We are now finalising the framework of the campaign and compiling a whitepaper.”
Can Brooklands Hotel add something unique to your meeting?
Named after the world’s first purpose build race track where the hotel is based, the Brooklands hotel takes great inspiration from its racetrack history. There are 131 bedrooms and suites, some of which have views over the Mercedes Benz race track.
The hotel offers 9 meeting spaces which can be accessed via a private entrance complete with a dedicated kitchen and bar. The meeting rooms are all kitted out with state-of-the-art AV equipment and have plenty of natural daylight. Many of the spaces offer views over the race track.
For those looking for a dining experience the 1907 restaurant (named after the year the Brooklands racetrack opened) offers contemporary service with a 1920s and 30s inspired setting.
Being next door to Mercedes-Benz world, there are plenty of options for team building activities, from off-road 4×4 driving to racing simulators. The Brooklands hotel itself can also offer plenty of team building options on site including wine tasting and murder mystery nights.
Istanbul New Airport, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. At its completion in 10 years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million travellers a year with six runways. That’s almost double the traffic at world’s biggest airport currently, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson. The airport’s interiors nod to Turkish and Islamic designs, and its tulip-shaped air traffic control tower won the 2016 International Architecture Award. It also uses mobile applications and artificial intelligence for customers, is energy efficient and boasts a high-tech security system.
All aviation operations will move there at the end of December when Istanbul’s main international airport, named after Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is closed down. Ataturk Airport now handles 64 million people a year. On the Asian side of the city, Sabiha Gokcen Airport handled 31 million passengers last year. It will remain open.
Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Erdogan’s Oct. 29 deadline. Protests in September over poor working conditions and dozens of construction deaths have highlighted the human cost of the project.
Istanbul New Airport, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. At its completion in 10 years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million travellers a year with six runways. That’s almost double the traffic at world’s biggest airport currently, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson. The airport’s interiors nod to Turkish and Islamic designs, and its tulip-shaped air traffic control tower won the 2016 International Architecture Award. It also uses mobile applications and artificial intelligence for customers, is energy efficient and boasts a high-tech security system.
All aviation operations will move there at the end of December when Istanbul’s main international airport, named after Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is closed down. Ataturk Airport now handles 64 million people a year. On the Asian side of the city, Sabiha Gokcen Airport handled 31 million passengers last year. It will remain open.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unveiled Istanbul New Airport, a mega project that may eventually become the world’s largest air-transport hub on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. It’s a symbolic launch, as only limited flights will begin days later and a full schedule of service won’t take place until the end of the year.
Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Erdogan’s Oct. 29 deadline. Protests in September over poor working conditions and dozens of construction deaths have highlighted the human cost of the project.
Istanbul New Airport, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. At its completion in 10 years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million travellers a year with six runways. That’s almost double the traffic at world’s biggest airport currently, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson. The airport’s interiors nod to Turkish and Islamic designs, and its tulip-shaped air traffic control tower won the 2016 International Architecture Award. It also uses mobile applications and artificial intelligence for customers, is energy efficient and boasts a high-tech security system.
All aviation operations will move there at the end of December when Istanbul’s main international airport, named after Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is closed down. Ataturk Airport now handles 64 million people a year. On the Asian side of the city, Sabiha Gokcen Airport handled 31 million passengers last year. It will remain open.
Istanbul opens huge new airport
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unveiled Istanbul New Airport, a mega project that may eventually become the world’s largest air-transport hub on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. It’s a symbolic launch, as only limited flights will begin days later and a full schedule of service won’t take place until the end of the year.
Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Erdogan’s Oct. 29 deadline. Protests in September over poor working conditions and dozens of construction deaths have highlighted the human cost of the project.
Istanbul New Airport, on shores of the Black Sea, will serve 90 million passengers annually in its first phase. At its completion in 10 years, it will occupy nearly 19,000 acres and serve up to 200 million travellers a year with six runways. That’s almost double the traffic at world’s biggest airport currently, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson. The airport’s interiors nod to Turkish and Islamic designs, and its tulip-shaped air traffic control tower won the 2016 International Architecture Award. It also uses mobile applications and artificial intelligence for customers, is energy efficient and boasts a high-tech security system.
All aviation operations will move there at the end of December when Istanbul’s main international airport, named after Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is closed down. Ataturk Airport now handles 64 million people a year. On the Asian side of the city, Sabiha Gokcen Airport handled 31 million passengers last year. It will remain open.
The Sofia joins other recent additions to the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, including the newly opened Nish Palas in Istanbul and the iconic Hotel Martinez in Cannes, France. Additional properties expected to open and join the collection in the near future include the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London, the Párisi Udvar Hotel in Budapest and the Hôtel du Louvre, signalling significant growth for the brand across the region.
The Hotel Sofia in Barcelona, Spain, will join the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, a global portfolio of independent properties. Owned and managed by the Selenta Group, the 465-room hotel became Barcelona’s first five-star property upon opening in 1975. As announced on Monday, a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with Selenta to allow the Sofia to become a member of the collection. The hotel was named for Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark, wife to Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I, and served as her home when she visited Barcelona. It is in an upscale neighbourhood on Avenida Diagonal, one of the main thoroughfares in the heart of town, near Camp Nou stadium. On-site are five restaurants, an elegant Mediterranean-inspired spa, a tropical garden pool and a state-of-the-art fitness centre.
The Sofia joins other recent additions to the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, including the newly opened Nish Palas in Istanbul and the iconic Hotel Martinez in Cannes, France. Additional properties expected to open and join the collection in the near future include the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London, the Párisi Udvar Hotel in Budapest and the Hôtel du Louvre, signalling significant growth for the brand across the region.
Unbound Collection by Hyatt grows with Barcelona’s Hotel Sofia
The Hotel Sofia in Barcelona, Spain, will join the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, a global portfolio of independent properties. Owned and managed by the Selenta Group, the 465-room hotel became Barcelona’s first five-star property upon opening in 1975. As announced on Monday, a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with Selenta to allow the Sofia to become a member of the collection. The hotel was named for Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark, wife to Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I, and served as her home when she visited Barcelona. It is in an upscale neighbourhood on Avenida Diagonal, one of the main thoroughfares in the heart of town, near Camp Nou stadium. On-site are five restaurants, an elegant Mediterranean-inspired spa, a tropical garden pool and a state-of-the-art fitness centre.
The Sofia joins other recent additions to the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, including the newly opened Nish Palas in Istanbul and the iconic Hotel Martinez in Cannes, France. Additional properties expected to open and join the collection in the near future include the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London, the Párisi Udvar Hotel in Budapest and the Hôtel du Louvre, signalling significant growth for the brand across the region.
A new multi-million pound event space called Magazine London is set to open in summer 2019.
Construction of the venue is due to start in December and is located in the heart of Greenwich Peninsula on the riverbank with views of Canary Wharf and have capacity for 3,000 people.
The venue’s indoor space, will have an adjoining ‘Showground’ – a landscaped environment on the banks of the Thames with a capacity of 7,000 and catering will be supplied by the award-winning Moving Venue. Due to its location Magazine London, will benefit from excellent transport links and is only eight minutes travel time from central London.
