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Published: 14 October 2024

The mid-month additions to our regular news feed are as follows – taking our usual route from south to north.

Formerly The Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, it has now relaunched as Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge. Meeting and events facilities remain the same. The rebrand follows the launch of a series of new guest experiences, including a three-hour private river tour down the River Thames.

Hyatt Hotels has opened its first Park Hyatt branded hotel in the UK.  Park Hyatt London River Thames is in Nine Elms close to Battersea Power Station in south-west London - with views of the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament. It has 203 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar with a Cantonese restaurant opening later this year. There is a fitness centre and an indoor pool. The hotel has just over 14.000 sq-ft of meeting space including a ballroom plus a major meeting room which will subdivide into seven smaller spaces.

Dalata Hotel Group has just opened its second Maldron branded hotel in London. Maldron Hotel Shoreditch has 157 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar plus a fitness centre. It is located on Paul Street, around a ten-minute walk from Liverpool Street station.

Village Hotels group have started construction work on a new development in Eastleigh, in Hampshire along with the continued construction of a Basingstoke property.

Estelle Manor in Oxfordshire are to launch Fallow House next February - a 500 sq-mt events space on their estate. It will be a two-storey building with three meeting rooms – the largest seating 70 theatre style plus two bars, a dining room and a 99sq-mt Grand Hall. We will monitor developments.

The PIG Hotel group is opening its ninth property this December. THE PIG-on the farm is a mid-16th century listed stone-built Manor House set in 53 acres of land located five miles from Stratford on Avon. The hotel will include 35 bedrooms and suites in the main house, the outbuildings and garden area. There will be a restaurant in the main barn with a terrace plus two private dining rooms. It will also feature three Shepherd’s Hut treatment rooms, overlooking the grounds.

Aparthotel Native Manchester at Ducie Street Warehouse is increasing the number of its units from 166 to 193. Native Manchester includes an all-day bar & kitchen, events and meeting spaces, a fitness area, a lounge, terrace and a mini cinema.

Moving across to Liverpool, plans to bring a Motto by Hilton hotel to Liverpool, which would be located above the Cavern Club, have secured planning permission. Plans indicate a 283-bedroom hotel, with a restaurant and bar and events space including a cinema room. We will monitor its progress. 

Staying with Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield City has just opened next to Bramall Lane stadium in the city. It has 155 bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and fitness facilities. The hotel has five meeting and events suites with the largest room seating up to 250 delegates theatre style.

More news from Village Hotels. They are planning a major investment which will see upgrades to over 50% of its UK hotels – work incudes upgrades to bedrooms, meeting and events facilities and to the group’s leisure facilities. The first phase is expected to start in Spring 2025 with properties in Manchester and Solihull first to receive the treatment.

Existing Marriott Hotels in Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne are to be converted to a new midscale brand - Four Points Flex by Sheraton. The hotels are due to complete the rebranding exercise in 2025

Finally, congratulations to the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff - part of The Celtic Collection. It has been awarded Hotel of the Year for Wales by the AA, just three years after opening.

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Published: 17 September 2024

The mid-month additions to our regular news feed are as follows.

The latest ‘Pig’ branded hotel has just opened - Pig in the Cotswolds. It sits on the former site of Barnsley House, 4 miles from Cirencester. The hotel occupies a 17th century property within historic arts and crafts style gardens, with a restaurant, bar plus a spa and sauna.

Hyde London City hotel has just opened with 111 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar and with meeting and events space. It is located at 15 Old Bailey, a building originally known as the 'Spiers & Pond Hotel'.

Chelsea Football Club is to sell the Millennium and Copthorne hotels next to its Stamford Bridge stadium to comply with Premier League rules. Ascott Limited will take over management of the 232-bedroom hotel and rebrand the properties as its first Lyf Hotel in the UK by the end of 2025.

Plans have been approved by Bristol City Council for a new 234-bedroom Dalata Maldron hotel adjacent to the Floating Harbour and the Mead Reach 'Cheese Grater' bridge in Bristol’s Temple Quarter. A Room2 aparthotel with 168 rooms is also part of the proposed project. No anticipated opening dates have been published yet.

In Manchester plans have been published to redevelop the site of the former headquarters of Greater Manchester Police in Stretford. The scheme will feature a hotel and new commercial, leisure and community facilities. We await further developments.

Plans to redevelop the Mill House Hotel in the Cotswolds village of Kingham have been approved following a lengthy planning process. Plans envisage a new restaurant, alehouse, bakehouse and demonstration barn at the 38-bedroom hotel, although the developers have to ensure that “protected and priority species and habitats are safeguarded”.

Crewe Hall Hotel in Cheshire has completed its £1million+ refurbishment project. As well as new bars and upgraded bedrooms the meeting and events suites have also been refurbished and facilities enhanced. Crewe Hall Hotel & Spa, part of The QHotels Collection, is a 17th-century Grade I-listed hotel set in extensive grounds in the Cheshire countryside close to the M6J16 and Crewe Station.

Hotel du Vin York, situated on The Mount in York, has completed a £900,000 refurbishment package - designed to blend old-world charm and modern luxury. It is part of the group’s overall £11.5million  plan to revamp all its 19 properties.

Glasgow Training Rooms is not a new venue, but it does offer excellent meeting space, training courses and video conferencing facilities with fully equipped rooms to accommodate up to 40 delegates in Glasgow’s city centre….and they have asked us very kindly to ‘mention them’ in our news updates.

Staying in Glasgow, plans have been approved for a new 142-bedroom hotel to be built at the corner of Eastvale Place and Sandyford Street on Glasgow’s waterfront. The hotel will include two restaurants, two bars, co-working spaces, a gym, a movement studio and a rooftop terrace. Details of meeting and events facilities plus an anticipated opening date await publication.

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Published: 13 August 2024

In London, YOTELPAD London Stratford, the first YOTELPAD property in Europe has just opened with 62 PADS (rooms) and a 24-hour Mission Control (reception) as well as the usual YOTELPAD features including the SmartBed, mood lighting, super-fast WiFi, and a SmartTV. It is located on Stratford High Street. Meanwhile, new openings in London next month include: Hyde London City opening with 111 bedrooms at the 15 Old Bailey building and The Ellen Kensington with 105 bedrooms opening in the former Burns Hotel.

Further south in Hampshire, whilst it is not a new venue the Old Thorns Hotel and Resort is not widely known. It has a range of meeting and events facilities with 14 conference and meeting spaces, 260 bedrooms, grounds for team building activities plus a gym, spa and an 18-hole golf course. It is 20 minutes south of Guildford and an hour by train from London Waterloo. We thought you might like to know about it.

In East Anglia, Thetford Farm Barn is a newly renovated barn venue on Thetford Farm Estate in Baston, south Lincolnshire. They have 10,500 sq-mt of flexible events space for board meetings, sales events, product launches, team presentations and conferences for up to 400 delegates.

In the Midlands, Mallory Court Hotel and Spa in Warwickshire has completed a £1.5million refurbishment. The hotel now has 43 bedrooms, a range of meeting rooms with the largest seating 135 delegates theatre style, private dining facilities plus a range of leisure activities including an indoor pool, a spa, tennis courts all set in 10 acres of countryside, 12 miles from Stratford on Avon.

In Birmingham the Cube Hotel – a ‘landmark’ Birmingham hotel and home to a Marco Pierre White-branded restaurant entered administration last month. It has now been brought to market for offers in the region of £12m.

Further north Mottram Hall Hotel in Cheshire has just opened new Padel Courts. It is the first hotel to offer this sporting facility.

Plans have been published in Manchester for a floating 180-room hotel in Salford Quays, by the Lowry Theatre on North Bay. The hotel will feature a large bar and restaurant which will be open to the public. If all goes to plan a 2026 opening is anticipated.

In the Lake District, Harbour Hotels Group has acquired Rothay Garden hotel in Grasmere in the Lake District with plans to rebranded it as Rothay Garden by Harbour Hotels. The hotel, set in two acres of gardens, has 32 bedrooms, a two AA rosette restaurant, bar, lounge and Riverside Spa.

In Northern Ireland, the former Londonderry Arms in Carnlough, Co Antrim is undergoing a redevelopment into a whiskey-themed hotel – with up to 400 bottles of whiskey available for the thirsty residents. Refurbishments should be completed by Easter 2025.

In Wales, a new 150-bedroom hotel is set to be developed close to the Swansea Arena in Swansea. Construction is expected to start next year with an opening anticipated in 2026. No details have been published except for the fact the hotel would have a rooftop bar with views over Swansea Bay.

In Scotland, The Leddie is a new boutique hotel and restaurant which has just opened in Aberlady, East Lothian. It has 27 bedrooms, an 80-cover restaurant and a selection of top of the range golf courses on the ‘East Lothian golf coast’.

Finally, some European hotel news: Leonardo Hotels Benelux has acquired the Dutch brand Eden Hotels with its 28 hotels in The Netherlands and Belgium which will gradually be integrated into the Leonardo Hotels brand.

Enjoy the rest of the summer and we will be back in September with another update.

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Published: 30 September 2024

We start our latest news round up in London as usual before heading west and further north. The Montcalm Marble Arch in central London is re-opening in Spring 2025, following a two-year closure for a full renovation. It will have 150 bedrooms and suites, a signature restaurant and bar plus meeting and events space including a 400sqm ballroom plus a subterranean spa with a plunge pool, wellness facilities, fitness suite and four treatment rooms.

Irish hotel group, Staycity has secured three new development sites in London - in Stratford, Blackfriars and Vauxhall. They will add 644 bedrooms to the group’s portfolio. Further details to follow in due course.

The Runnymede on Thames hotel, now part of Warner Hotels group, reopens next month following a complete renovation. It will have 205 bedrooms - some with riverside balconies, two restaurants and extensive leisure facilities. It will have eight meeting and events suites with the largest seating 150 delegates theatre style. It is located in Egham, close to the M25/J13 and 10 minutes from London Heathrow airport.

No 124 Brighton opens on Kings Road in Brighton in October. It is a Regency-style hotel with 32 bedrooms and suites, a range of dining options, a meeting room for 12 guests plus informal meeting space throughout the hotel including the Courtyard.

The former Looking Glass pub next to St Nicholas Market in the centre of Bristol is to be developed into a three-storey boutique hotel: The Mary Le Port Hotel. Opening date is awaiting publication but their website promises “nine opulent boutique hotel rooms” in a “beautifully restored building”.

The Feathers Hotel in Woodstock in the Cotswolds has reopened following a multi-million-pound renovation. The hotel now includes 17 individually designed bedrooms plus six feature suites. The hotel also features a new brasserie restaurant with displays of artwork by local artists plus a new courtyard bar.

Our near-neighbour, The Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield, is extending its already extensive and impressive meeting and events facilities. The new Masters Suite with 852sqm of versatile events space is due to open in September 2025. Designed for conferences, product launches, mini expos and banquets, the suite can also be divided into smaller spaces. Further updates to follow.

It is all happening in Manchester: Treehouse Hotels group opens its second UK property in Manchester next month - Treehouse Hotel Manchester located on Deansgate in the city centre. It will include 224 bedrooms and suites, two restaurants, a fitness suite plus seven meeting and events suites with the largest room seating up to 400 delegates theatre style.

It is still at the planning stage, but a new aparthotel is being lined up for a site in central Manchester. The site is located at 12-16 Piccadilly, close to Manchester’s main train station. The site is a Grade II-listed former Union Bank building and plans would see it converted into a room2 providing 251 bedrooms and a range of amenities. Watch this space.

Plans have been published to convert New Century House in central Manchester into a lifestyle hotel. The Grade -II listed building was formerly the headquarters of the Co-Op. Plans outline a 196-bedroom hotel with a rooftop restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities. Further details to follow.

The Dakota Hotels plan to build a new hotel next to Manchester Airport has been approved. The hotel with 154 bedrooms will form part of the Mix Manchester development – a new airport-based science, innovation and manufacturing campus. Further details to follow in due course.

We don’t often have news from Northern Ireland but this month we have two news items:

Yotel hotel group has announced plans for a new hotel in Belfast. It will be a new-build hotel located in Shaftesbury Square in central Belfast with an opening expected in late 2026. The hotel will have 165 bedrooms, restaurant and bars, leisure facilities and a range of meeting and events suites.=

DoubleTree by Hilton Derry-Londonderry is set to open in 2025 marking the brand’s debut in Northern Ireland. It will include 158 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, seven meeting rooms plus a wellness club with a swimming pool. We will advise a precise opening date when it is published.

In Scotland, redevelopment work has begun to convert the Jenners Building, a local landmark in the centre of Edinburgh into a 90-bedroom boutique hotel across its upper floors with cafés, bars, restaurants plus meeting and events spaces below. Work is not expected to complete before 2027.

Plans for a new hotel near the banks of the River Clyde alongside the SWG3 arts and concert venue in the centre of Glasgow have been approved. The hotel will have 142 bedrooms, two restaurants including a rooftop bar and restaurant plus co-working space. Further details and planned opening date await publication.

Finally, congratulations to The Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair. It has been named “Hotel of the Year – London” at the 2024 AA Hospitality Awards.

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Published: 28 August 2024

We start the latest hotel and venue news update as usual in London and the South East before heading north.

Marriott has just opened its first Four Points Express by Sheraton in the UK – at London Euston. The hotel, with 201 bedrooms and a restaurant, is located in Bloomsbury within walking distance of Euston, King's Cross, and St Pancras stations.

London’s first Park Hyatt Hotel is scheduled to open 1^st October. Located at One Nine Elms, the hotel in a 42-storey tower will include a 203-bedroom Park Hyatt hotel as well as 103-room Park Hyatt-branded apartments. It will include restaurants and bars, a luxury spa, ballroom plus meeting and events facilities.

Ellen Kensington is a new 105-bedroom hotel opening in London in September – on the site of the former Burns Hotel. Ellen Kensington will have 105 bedrooms and suites, a pan-Asian restaurant and bar plus a gym and spa. The hotel overlooks Barkston Gardens in Kensington.

Hilton has announced the signing of Hampton by Hilton London Heathrow Bath Road - the brand’s debut at the airport. The hotel will have 157 bedrooms with on-site parking. It is a short drive from Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 and 3, with easy access to central London via the Elizabeth Line.

Plans are afoot to convert a former police station on Streatham High Road into a 57-room boutique hotel. The police station, built in 1921 closed in 2015 because it was no longer meeting the force’s needs. We will monitor developments.

PPHE Hotel Group has received planning permission for a new 15-storey hotel development in London’s South Bank - the fifth PPHE property in the Waterloo area. Plans outline a 186-bedroom hotel, along with two floors designated for office and light industrial space plus a ground floor restaurant and bar. The ground floor will feature a public area with an all-day dining bar and cafe. We will monitor developments.

Radisson Hotel Group has opened The View Hotel Folkestone in Kent. It is a four-star boutique hotel, part of Radisson Individuals hotels. It has 46 bedrooms many with sea views plus The Cliffe Lounge Bar & Kitchen. It has good access to the M20 motorway, close to Folkestone station and is just five miles from the Eurotunnel’s UK terminal.

THE NICI Hotel opened on the West Cliff in Bournemouth in 2022 with 91 bedrooms, a luxury spa and multiple dining options. Operators are now planning a £20million investment in the property which will see the venue expand as a five-star, 100-bedroom hotel with meeting and events facilities.

Also in Bournemouth, Marriott Hotels Group is planning to fully refurbish the Collingwood and Kerley Hotel buildings which lie on the same grounds as the Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel. The two buildings include 41 bedrooms, a gym, meeting rooms and an executive room.

In Birmingham, a new indoor interactive clay shooting experience is opening shortly in Birmingham’s Piccadilly Arcade. Clays Birmingham will include a fully digitised clay shooting game for up to 25 people, alongside a food and cocktail menu. Piccadilly Arcade is located in New Street in central Birmingham, a two-minute walk from Birmingham New Street station. It is expected to open in late 2024.

Several new developments in Liverpool include:  

Liverpool City Council have approved plans to create an 81-bedroom hotel at The Fruit Exchange on Victoria Street in central Liverpool. The Grade II-listed site was originally built as a railway goods depot in the late 1880’s. It was converted into a fruit exchange in 1923 with two historic auction rooms.

Plans have been published to convert The Light Box on Lower Gill Street in Liverpool, currently a student accommodation block, into a 38 bedroom hotel. Liverpool City Council will review the application.

Dalata Hotel Group has opened the Maldron Hotel Liverpool - its first hotel in Liverpool. It has 268 bedrooms, a Grain & Grill restaurant and bar, three first floor meeting and events suites with the largest room seating 90 delegates plus an on-site gym. It is located in Park Lane in central Liverpool.

Countrywide Hotels are the new managers of the Baltic Hotel, located in a former factory on the edge of the Albert Dock in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. The Baltic Hotel has 52 individual and ‘quirky’ bedrooms with each room following a musical theme. The hotel also features the popular Duck and Swagger pub and hosts a variety of events from pub quizzes to drag shows.

Across in Manchester, a net zero Room2 aparthotel with 251 bedrooms is planned in a new 34 storey tower block at 12-16 Piccadilly in central Manchester. The development will also include restaurants plus a café, exhibition hall and net zero museum. The application has been recommended for approval – we will monitor its progress.

We celebrate the start of the football season with news of three new venues closely linked to major football clubs:

In Bolton, The Bolton Stadium Hotel at Bolton Wanderers Football Club has joined Radisson Hotel Group’s ‘Individuals’ sector following a major refurbishment of the 125-bedroom property. 19 rooms have a pitch-side view. There is an all-day restaurant, bar and lounge plus three meeting rooms – a main room to seat up to 100 theatre style plus two boardrooms. It is a ten-minute walk from the centre of Bolton and a short train journey into central Manchester.

Staying with football, a new 400-bedroom hotel is currently under construction at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium. It is one component of the Club’s ambition to build a year-round entertainment destination. An opening is anticipated in late 2026.

Meanwhile, DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield City has just opened alongside Sheffield United Football Club’s Bramall Lane stadium around a mile from the centre of Sheffield. It has155 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and fitness centre. The hotel has six first floor meeting and events suites with the largest seating up to 250 delegates theatre style.

In Leeds - DoubleTree by Hilton Leeds City Centre has unveiled a full refurbishment of all 333 bedrooms – a project which started in October 2023. The new-look bedrooms feature a fresh, contemporary look paying homage to the history of Granary Wharf where the hotel is located.

In York: The Lamington Group has published plans to open its room2 branded hotel in York. room2 York, will include 116 bedrooms, a meeting space, laundry room, gym, plus a cafe and bar specialising in home cooked and locally grown food. It is expected to open in early 2026.

In Scotland - Zedwell Hotels plans to open its first hotel in Edinburgh – to be housed in the nine-storey former Debenhams store in Princes Street in the city centre. Further details to follow.

Resident Edinburgh Hotel opens on 1^st September. It opens in Meldrum House, the former headquarters of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs. The hotel has 164 bedrooms and suites. There is no onsite restaurant, but each room has an in-room mini-kitchen complete with fridge and microwave. The hotel has also linked up with restaurants around the city to offer breakfast. The hotel has one meeting room to seat 12 delegates boardroom style.

Finally some group news: The Hyatt Hotels Corporation is poised to acquire Standard International operator of The Standard and Bunkhouse Hotel brands. It will add 21 existing hotels to Hyatt’s portfolio including the Standard, London.

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Published: 01 August 2024

We start our monthly roundup of hotel news in London and the South-East before moving north and finally into Scotland.

Hyde London City Hotel is a new hotel opening 2^nd September in the Grade II listed 15 Old Bailey Building in central London. It will have 111 bedrooms and suites, a Turkish restaurant, a subterranean cocktail bar plus meeting and events space. Local attractions include St Paul’s Cathedral and the Old Bailey. It is a short walk to St Paul’s tube station on the Central Line.

American-based, Auberge Resorts Collection, is set to manage its first hotel in the UK in central London. They will manage Cambridge House, which was formerly the In and Out Military Club in London’s Mayfair. An opening is planned in late 2025 and will include 102 bedrooms and suites, a private members’ club, a ballroom, a brasserie restaurant plus a spa with two heated swimming pools, seven treatment rooms and a gym.

Virgin Hotels London Shoreditch opens 1^st August in the heart of Shoreditch. The 120-bedroom hotel in Curtain Road will include a Spanish restaurant, a rooftop bar, pool, private members club, gym and treatment rooms. It will have seven meetings and events suites.

Burnham Beeches Hotel, a ‘stone’s-throw’ from Windsor is currently undergoing a major refurbishment of all its suites and bedrooms plus the reception and other public areas – all due to be completed Winter 2024,

Dalata Hotel group has just opened Maldron Hotel Brighton on the waterfront with 226 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, gym and five meeting and events suites. It is a13 minute walk from Brighton station and a 25-minute drive from Gatwick Airport.

The White Horses Rottingdean in East Sussex is the first hotel in the Everly Hotels Collection, the new luxe hotel brand from pub chain Greene King. The hotel has 32 bedrooms and suites, a bar and 290-cover restaurant plus an outside terrace with views across the English Channel.

The Albion Hotel on the Isle of Wight has reopened following the completion of a £6 million refurbishment. The hotel has 40 bedrooms, the majority with sea views, plus a restaurant, a small private dining room and a bar.

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In Birmingham - A new Radisson RED is planned as part of the proposed redevelopment of the Birmingham Edgbaston Stadium, home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. The hotel will feature 146 bedrooms and suites including 85 with pitch-facing balconies, a rooftop restaurant and bar. Spring 2027 is the planned opening date.

The latest Pig Hotel to join the collection will be The Pig in The Cotswolds. It opens on 2^nd September in the former Barnsley House hotel - a building which dates from the 17th century complete with historic arts and crafts style gardens. It also boasts secret gardens, a small spa plus a restaurant. It is located in the Cotswolds’ village of Barnsley, four miles from Cirencester.

The Stroud Hotel in Stroud, Gloucestershire has just emerged from a multi-million-pound refurbishment. The hotel, formally known as The Imperial Hotel, has 24 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, an events suite for up to 60 guests plus its latest addition - a secret garden.

Holiday Inn Oxford has just opened a new £12m extension block including 66 additional bedrooms and a new meeting room seating up to 100 delegates.

Escapade Silverstone, is a new trackside hotel at the home of British motorsport in Northamptonshire. It is planned to open in late August and will include 60 residences with views across the racetrack, a restaurant and bar, leisure facilities including a 15-metre swimming pool and events spaces.

In the North West:

The Queen of Chester hotel has completed its £5m refurbishment including upgrades to all 104 bedrooms, public spaces, meeting rooms and a new central bar. The hotel has 11 conference and meeting rooms with the two largest seating up to 120 delegates theatre style. It is located in City Road, a ten-minute walk from the centre of Chester.

Also in Chester, plans have been approved to convert a former bingo hall in the city centre into a seven-storey, 142-bedroom hotel with a ground floor restaurant. It will be located alongside the Shropshire Union Canal close to Chester station. We will monitor its progress.

Staying in Chester, plans have been submitted to create a 62-bedroom aparthotel above McDonald's in Foregate Street in the centre of Chester. We will monitor developments.

Hotel developments in the north of England:

Plans have been submitted for a new aparthotel in Bradford, West Yorkshire. If approved a five -storey, 100-bedroom unit is envisaged.

A new Radisson Blu Hotel has just opened in Sheffield city centre overlooking the Town Hall and Peace Gardens. It includes 154 bedrooms and suites, a rooftop speakeasy-style Indian restaurant and bar, six conference and events spaces, an outdoor terrace and a fitness centre.

Travelodge Rotherham Central is a new 69-bedroom hotel just opened at Forge Island in Rotherham. The group has also submitted plans to develop a new hotel with 80 bedrooms on the Old Station Yard at Corby railway station in Northamptonshire.

The Hotel Victoria has just reopened at Robin Hood’s Bay overlooking the North Yorkshire coastline. This follows a six-month, multi-million-pound refurbishment. The hotel has 23 bedrooms plus a restaurant and pub. Additional bedrooms are expected to open later in the year.

The Fleece Hotel, is a grade II-listed hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire which closed in 2023. It is set to reopen shortly, under new ownership. The hotel has 13 bedrooms, apartments plus a 100-cover ground floor bar and restaurant.  Reopening date to be advised.

Hotel Gotham Newcastle is a new hotel opening autumn 2025 in a former Fire Station and an adjacent Police Station in the city centre. The Fire Station side will have 60 bedrooms and suites plus a restaurant and bar. The Police Station side of the hotel which is expected to open late 2025 will include 30 bedrooms plus events space in the former Court rooms for up to 120 delegates.

Hotel news from Scotland:

The Resident is a new hotel opening in the centre of Edinburgh on 1^st September. It opens with164 bedrooms and suites in what was Meldrum House, the former headquarters of His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs. It will have 164 bedrooms and suites. There is no restaurant on site although the hotel has arrangements with a range of cafes and restaurants in the vicinity.

Work has begun transforming Osborne House in Edinburgh’s Haymarket, a disused office block, into a new hotel. Once complete, the 1970s building will include 157 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and lounge, a residents’ bar plus an outside terrace. Meininger Hotels will operate the hotel, which is expected to open in spring 2026.

Glasgow Marriott Hotel with 303 bedrooms and suites has just completed a comprehensive renovation project and added new facilities including a Greatroom which encompasses reception, the lobby, a new lounge bar and a signature restaurant.

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OneCoWork is a co-working centre recently opened in Winckley Square in the centre of Preston - the first in the UK.  OneCoWork offers events space and conference facilities as well co-working space, lounges, kitchens and a gym.

French budget hotel chain B&B Hotels currently with just one hotel in the UK at Heathrow Terminal 5 have just acquired five hotels at sites in central Birmingham, Ipswich, Inverness, Warrington and Derby. All are undergoing refurbishment over the coming months before rebranding. We will check developments.