Hanbury Manor Undergoes £1.7M Renovation

Hanbury Manor undergoes £1.7m renovation
Hanbury Manor undergoes £1.7m renovation
Hanbury Manor, located in the Hertfordshire countryside in Ware is currently undergoing a £1.7 million renovation to its meeting and events space. Due to be completed by April 2018, the enhancements to the meetings and events space will bring a contemporary and modern uplift including the hotels three signature event rooms: Poles Hall (formally a chapel during 1923 – 1986 whilst the building ran as a convent school), Thundridge (formally the school’s Assembly Hall) and the Grade II Listed Garden Court Summer House and Conservatory which boasts impressive views over the original Walled Garden.


The contemporary face lift to these meeting rooms will include lighting, innovative technology including write on walls, click share connectivity and Bluetooth sound bars. 

The colour-scheme will be rich browns, steel blues, and polished copper.


Ibis Styles To Open In Kensington

Ibis Styles to open in Kensington
Ibis Styles to open in Kensington
AccorHotels are set to open Ibis Styles in Kensington. The 85 bedroom property is undergoing a complete refurbishment and we re-open as the Ibis Styles London Gloucester Road in January 2018.

The hotel will bring the number of Ibis branded properties in the UK up to 10, with AccorHotels’ total UK & Ireland portfolio reaching 235 properties.

Trinity Event Solutions Raises £100,00 For Charities Over The Last 5 Years

Trinity Event Solutions raises £100,00 for charities over the last 5 years
Trinity Event Solutions raises £100,00 for charities over the last 5 years

Since 2013, Trinity Event Solutions has raised more than £100,000 for local charities through their Triple Challenge initiative.  Their Triple Challenge has gone from strength to strength and on Monday, 18th December, the Stamford-based venue finding and event management company celebrated the success of their 2017 fund raising activity by presenting cheques to Hospital at Home, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, Bliss and Animal Helpline.  These four charities were chosen by staff earlier in the year as part of Trinity’s on-going CSR programme and in the past they have supported the Air Ambulance Service, the Sue Ryder Hospice, Thorpe Hall and Meeting Industry Meeting Needs.


The Trinity team visited more than 300 hotels and conference venues in July and August 2017, who donated prizes for an online auction, which raised more than £20,000 this year. 263 bidders placed 850 bids on the Trinity Triple Challenge auction website.


Jacqui Kavanagh, MD of Trinity Event Solutions was delighted with the fund-raising and commented: “Trinity’s CSR policy is core to Trinity’s values and way of working.  We prefer to call it our ‘Social Responsibility policy’ as it is an instinctive part of the company culture.  We are delighted to make a significant contribution to charities that will really make a big difference to their work.  This a true partnership with our suppliers and benefits our clients through our team seeing venues first-hand and building up our venue knowledge.  This was a huge achievement and I would like to thank all the hotels and venues for supporting us, as well as everyone at Trinity who gave up their time and put a lot of work into making this a success.” 


Kellie Charge, Corporate Fundraiser at East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices received the cheque on their behalf and said “Support from our corporate partners is highly valued at EACH and we would not be able to continue to support our children, young people and their families without the generosity of businesses like Trinity Event Solutions.  We are delighted that Trinity has chosen East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices as one of their charities to benefit from their amazing Trinity Triple Challenge, and the £5,750 donated will enable us to pay for a whole day’s care at our Milton hospice, which is a truly generous gift for which we are most grateful.”


Bliss Chief Executive, Caroline Lee-Davey said “We are so grateful to Trinity Event Solutions and all the staff who took part in this year’s Trinity Triple Challenge to raise money for Bliss. Their support is invaluable in helping us to achieve our ambition to reach every single baby born needing neonatal care in the UK, and their family. We want every baby to benefit from our work, no matter how long they live or how long they spend on a neonatal unit. It is only through the generosity of supporters like Trinity, and its employees, that we can support these poorly babies.”  


Emirates To Add Third London Airport To Its Network

Emirates to add third London airport to its network
Emirates to add third London airport to its network

Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, said on Wednesday that from June next year it would start flying to London Stansted, an airport largely served by European carriers. The Dubai-based airline said it would begin daily flights between its Middle East hub and London’s third busiest airport on June 8, and that it would be the first Middle East airline to fly to Stansted. It will be the third London airport Emirates flies to after London Heathrow and London Gatwick, and its seventh airport in the United Kingdom. Stansted, 35 miles north of London, has traditionally been a base for European airlines flying holiday routes and budget carriers like Ryanair and easyJet, although full-service carrier British Airways started flying there last year. Emirates said it expected some of its demand to come from nearby technology and pharmaceutical hubs in Cambridge and Peterborough.

First London Hotel For Harbour Hotels

First London hotel for Harbour Hotels
First London hotel for Harbour Hotels

Harbour Hotels has moved into London with the purchase of the 68-bedroom Richmond Gate hotel, taking the groups portfolio up to 11 hotels across the south of England. The hotel is located at the top of Richmond Hill, opposite Richmond Park and will continue to operate as the Richmond Gate Hotel until its rebranding in winter 2018 after an extensive refurbishment which we see the addition of the Jetty restaurant and a spa.

Mandarin Oriental To Launch Second London Hotel

Mandarin Oriental to launch second London hotel
Mandarin Oriental to launch second London hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group have revealed that it will manage a new luxury hotel and branded residences – Mandarin Oriental Mayfair – on Hanover Square in the heart of London’s Mayfair district. The property is set to open in 2021 and will be a boutique hotel featuring 50 bedrooms and suites as well as 80 residences. The venue will also feature a lobby lounge, fine dining restaurant and a private roof terrace bar overlooking Mayfair.

New Hotel And Developments In Berlin For 2018 And Beyond

New hotel and developments in Berlin for 2018 and beyond
New hotel and developments in Berlin for 2018 and beyond

Barcelo is opening a second hotel in Germany.  The Berlin property is located on the corner of Invalidenstraße / Clara-Jaschke-Strasse at Berliner Hauptbahnhof. The four-star hotel will offer 283 rooms and suites to business and private travellers, some equipped with expansive balconies. There will be a conference centre on the first floor and a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.


A further 814 rooms will be added to the existing 1,125 rooms of the Hotel Estrel upon completion of the 46-floor Estrel tower. At 176 metres, the new tower will be around 2.5 times as high as the present Hotel Estrel, making it the highest hotel tower in Germany.  The opening is scheduled for 2020/2021.


The Lindner hotel me and all is due to open in 2018 with 165 bedrooms.  It is situated in the newly built “Volt Berlin” shopping and experience centre at the southern end of Alexanderplatz. Along with this urban-style boutique hotel and shops and restaurants, the Volt will also contain a surfing wave and a wind tunnel. 


The Campus-Hotel, a four-star modern congress and conference hotel will have around 320 bedrooms.  It is due for completion by 2018/2019 in the Adlershof technology park. A large convention area with conference rooms and a hall for up to 1,000 participants is planned, as well as a multi-functional hall for receptions and exhibitions. The highlight will be the sky bar on the top floor of the 54-metre-high hotel tower. 


In August 2016, work began on a hotel at Nollendorfplatz 2 in Schoneberg. It is scheduled to be completed in 2018, offering 85 rooms over ten floors. Some of these are long-stay apartments for long-term visitors. The interior design of the hotel is inspired by Japanese tea rooms. 


Also set to be finished by 2018 is the Schultheiss Quartier on the grounds of the former brewery on Turmstrasse in Moabit. Along with a shopping centre offering a range of leisure activities, there will be a hotel with around 250 bedrooms.

Six Senses Plans New Resort In Austrian Alps

 

An unspecified amount of meeting space also will be available, as will seasonal activities such as skiing in winter and golfing and hiking in summer.

 

Scheduled to open in 2020, Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets available for private sale. Featuring a design that Six Senses calls a “modern interpretation of traditional Austrian design” — with a focus on natural wood and stone finishes, including exposed timber beams — it also will have an all-day restaurant serving international fare prepared with locally sourced ingredients, a spa, and an onsite wellness program through which in-house experts will give lifestyle and nutritional advice to guests, who will have the option of receiving a personalized program of spa treatments, fitness, and wellness activities.

 

An unspecified amount of meeting space also will be available, as will seasonal activities such as skiing in winter and golfing and hiking in summer.

 

Scheduled to open in 2020, Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets available for private sale. Featuring a design that Six Senses calls a “modern interpretation of traditional Austrian design” — with a focus on natural wood and stone finishes, including exposed timber beams — it also will have an all-day restaurant serving international fare prepared with locally sourced ingredients, a spa, and an onsite wellness program through which in-house experts will give lifestyle and nutritional advice to guests, who will have the option of receiving a personalized program of spa treatments, fitness, and wellness activities.

 

An unspecified amount of meeting space also will be available, as will seasonal activities such as skiing in winter and golfing and hiking in summer.

The property will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets. The Austrian Alps are best known as the iconic backdrop to Julie Andrews in the opening scene of the 1965 film The Sound of Music. Soon, however, incentive travellers will be able to appreciate the scenery as much as film buffs do thanks to Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, which yesterday announced plans to open a new resort in Kitzbühel, near Austria’s High Tauern National Park — the largest nature reserve in the Alps.

 

Scheduled to open in 2020, Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets available for private sale. Featuring a design that Six Senses calls a “modern interpretation of traditional Austrian design” — with a focus on natural wood and stone finishes, including exposed timber beams — it also will have an all-day restaurant serving international fare prepared with locally sourced ingredients, a spa, and an onsite wellness program through which in-house experts will give lifestyle and nutritional advice to guests, who will have the option of receiving a personalized program of spa treatments, fitness, and wellness activities.

 

An unspecified amount of meeting space also will be available, as will seasonal activities such as skiing in winter and golfing and hiking in summer.

Six Senses Plans New Resort in Austrian Alps
Six Senses Plans New Resort in Austrian Alps

The property will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets. The Austrian Alps are best known as the iconic backdrop to Julie Andrews in the opening scene of the 1965 film The Sound of Music. Soon, however, incentive travellers will be able to appreciate the scenery as much as film buffs do thanks to Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, which yesterday announced plans to open a new resort in Kitzbühel, near Austria’s High Tauern National Park — the largest nature reserve in the Alps.

 

Scheduled to open in 2020, Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps will include 80 guest rooms, 50 residences, and a small village of chalets available for private sale. Featuring a design that Six Senses calls a “modern interpretation of traditional Austrian design” — with a focus on natural wood and stone finishes, including exposed timber beams — it also will have an all-day restaurant serving international fare prepared with locally sourced ingredients, a spa, and an onsite wellness program through which in-house experts will give lifestyle and nutritional advice to guests, who will have the option of receiving a personalized program of spa treatments, fitness, and wellness activities.

 

An unspecified amount of meeting space also will be available, as will seasonal activities such as skiing in winter and golfing and hiking in summer.

The Rubens At The Palace Completes Refurbishment

The Rubens at the Palace completes refurbishment
The Rubens at the Palace completes refurbishment

This hotel, owned and operated by Red Carnation Hotel Collection has just relaunched following a complete refurbishment.  There are 9 meeting rooms, the largest has capacity for 90 in theatre style.  


All 163 bedrooms have been refurbished, with chandeliers and 80 new marble bathrooms.  The hotel now has two restaurants: a brasserie-style English Grill and the Curry Room.  There are three bars: the Cavalry bar, the Leopard Champagne bar and the Palace lounge, which overlooks the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace.


Me Dubai

Me Dubai
Me Dubai

Me by Meliá has revealed its debut property in the Middle East with the launch of Me Dubai at the end of 2018. Located in the heart of the  Burj Khalifa district in Downtown Dubai, Me Dubai will take residence in the 95 metre-high, Opus building and is set to become a legacy hotel.

The property will have 93 guestrooms and suites over 19 floors, the ultra-luxurious ‘Suite Me’, and 98 serviced apartments


There are currently ME by Meliá hotels in Miami, Milan, London, Ibiza, Mallorca, Madrid and Cabo, with further openings in Sitges in 2018 and Barcelona in 2019.