The new Barcelo Torre de Madrid holds the best location in the Spanish capital – the hotel is housed within Madrid’s iconic ‘Tower of Madrid’ which is right at the end of the Gran Via, located next to the Spanish Square. The Gran Via is itself the main road within the capital (comparable with London’s Oxford Street) and houses countless restaurants, theatres and the cities best shopping and cultural sites including the Royal Palace.
The hotel itself has been created in an art-deco style with 258 fully equipped bedrooms and 8 meeting rooms which are mainly located on the 1st floor, can host up to 50 theatre in each.
CSR is back in the spotlight. One of the most common ways to make an event more sustainable is to go paperless and use digital replacements like apps, chatbots and emails.
Create a personalised event experiences using an app to gather attendee preferences and patterns in activity, which will give the event maximum impact and engagement for each participant
Use an event app or chatbot to send questions and prompts, giving the audience the power to influence what happens next.
Venues are introducing more interactive items, from the basic photo walls to digital displays that can be influenced by attendee participation. Look forward to more Tweet walls, LED displays, crowd-responsive lighting
Use mixed reality: virtual reality and augmented reality for maximum impact. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage, create virtual meeting places and let virtual attendees participate in discussions.
Host digital hangouts that add a new dimension to networking and interaction.
The New Road Hotel in Whitechapel is opening in March
Three brothers decided to build New Road Hotel on the site of an old textile factory, formerly known as Service House, where their father once worked. Since its closure in 2000, the building has remained empty, until 2011 when building work started to convert it into a hotel.
With exposed brickwork, open lobby spaces flooded with light, and views of London’s skyline, New Road Hotel will be a London hotel with a difference. The focus will be on sleek and efficient design, five-star service, and will have a restaurant by chef Marco Pierre White.
There are two meeting rooms, with industrial styling or if you want to take the meeting outside, there is also a terrace and rooftop studio, which can also be used for a drinks reception or party.
The New Road Hotel has 80 bedrooms, a fitness studio and social zones with live music, pool tables and a library.
The nearest underground station is Whitechapel, 5 minutes walk away.
A new luxury hotel set in a restored Georgian terrace dating back to the early 1800s will open in London in 2020, it will form part of the highly-anticipated One Crown Place mixed-use development in EC2. The name of the hotel will be unveiled later this year, will sit alongside One Crown Place’s striking terracotta-clad residential towers containing 246 luxury apartments and 140,000 sq ft of office space.
The venue will launch in early 2020 and will span five floors across six Georgian townhouses which were designed by one of the most influential and talented architects of the 18th century, George Dance the Younger. Once launched the hotel will feature a 100 cover restaurant and bar, a private members club, a public-facing deli, art gallery in the lobby and a club lounge with a bar and an adjoining library room.
The Melia Madrid Serrano has now opened, the property has been refurbished in line with Meliá Hotels & Resorts’ focus on wellbeing and Spanish hospitality.
The hotel has been updated to feature a multifunctional lobby and covered terrace, decorated in neutral, contemporary tones, also updated is the new Arado restaurant, with cuisine that combines authentic Spanish flavours with contemporary cooking techniques using fresh, local and seasonal produce.
The bedrooms have been redesigned to create a more open space, featuring open wardrobes and large, walk-in showers.
Melia Madrid Serrano also has The Level: an exclusive upgrade option, which offers a personalised service with a separate reception area and private terrace, located on the seventh floor, it has stunning views of the city of Madrid.
The hotel’s meeting facilities, can accommodate up to 300 people, have been updated to include the latest technology, modern furniture and sustainable equipment.
Prize draw for a one-day meeting at Fanhams Hall is up-for-grabs
Venuefinder.com and Trinity Event Solutions have teamed up to exhibit at The BNC Events Shows, taking place in London this year.
The first outing for the Buyers’ Networking Club takes place on 14 February at The Brewery. The second show will be held at Central Hall Westminster on 11 July.
At the first event Venuefinder.com and Trinity Event Solutions will give away a one-day meeting at Fanhams Hall for up to 12 delegates as part of the event prize-draw.
Fanhams Hall is an Exclusive Venue based in Ware. The day delegate rate prize includes a buffet luncheon in the Lakeside Pavilion, unlimited tea and coffee in the Energy Zone, room hire of the main function suite and one-hour private use of the Karaoke Club at the conclusion of the meeting.
BNC, the bi-annual networking exhibitions, are designed for specially invited corporate and agency event planners to meet with suppliers and attend 20-minute seminars and discussions on industry trends.
As well as the prize draws, the exhibition also provides free food and drink throughout each day and a free luxury gift to each registered visitor.
Come meet the team for free and impartial advice on booking your next venue and sourcing suppliers. Register for your invitation by visiting: http://bnceventshows.com
Virgin Hotels have announced its first UK opening will be a 225-room hotel in Edinburgh, which is expected to be launched in 2020. The brand have revealed plans to transform the city’s historic India Buildings in Victoria Street into a hotel with multiple dining and drinking outlets, Virgin Hotels have previously operated soley in the US.
Barcelo Imagine, the newest 5* hotel in Central Madrid, is located just a 3-minute walk from Torres Kio and Plaza Castilla and has a modern art theme which runs throughout.
The hotel is spread across 7 floors and has 156 luxury bedrooms which have been carefully designed to incorporate the theme with each room exploring either rock, jazz, pop or flamenco. The hotel also features a lobby bar and sky lounge, offering a wow factor and contemporary way to enjoy the Madrid stars whilst enjoying cocktails and 200sqm of event space.
Home Grown Hotels have announced a £30 million expansion of the Pig properties with the opening of three properties in Kent, West Sussex and Cornwall.
Each new hotel – like properties in the New Forest (Brockenhurst); near Bath; Studland, Dorset; Combe, Devon and Southampton – will feature a restaurant supplied by an extensive kitchen garden or from within a 25-mile radius of the hotel, as well as the distinct shabby chic interiors designed by Judy Hutson, wife of the chief executive of Home Grown Hotels, Robin Hutson.
The first of the three new hotels, the Pig at Bridge Place, is set to open in the autumn and will be located in the village of Bridge near Canterbury, Kent in a grade II*-listed, 17th-century manor house dating back to 1638.
The two other hotels will be located near Arundel, West Sussex (the South Downs Pig) and near Padstow, Cornwall (the Pig at Harlyn Bay). Both are set to open in 2019.
The Arcotel Donauzentrum has recently opened in Vienna, located directly in the Donau Zentrum shopping centre. The third Vienna Arcotel has a different concept: the focus is on digital services, a cool lounge and an innovative grab & go breakfast. Besides 158 guest rooms the hotel also offers five seminar rooms above the rooftops of Vienna’s 22nd district. With high ceilings and large windows, all five seminar rooms on the 4th floor facing Wagramer Straße are flooded with natural daylight. The rooms are sized up to 132 m², offering enough space for up to 99 people.
