A short summary of the venue news stories you may have missed over the last week include:
Ellenborough Park Hotel, the five-star country house hotel in Gloucestershire is currently upgrading all 61 bedrooms with completion set for March 2023.
Dalata Hotel Group have just opened the Maldron Hotel Merrion Road in the centre of Dublin. The seven-storey hotel has 140 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus a range of meeting and events suites. It is located close to Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Blackrock areas of central Dublin.
Hyatt Regency London Stratford is opening an additional seven meeting rooms on the top floor of the hotel one of which will feature an outside terrace and will seat up to 80 people for a private dinner or social event. Hyatt Regency London Stratford has 225 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, a 24-hour fitness centre plus an existing three meeting rooms on the third floor of the hotel. Hyatt Regency London Stratford is located in the heart of the Westfield Stratford City Shopping Centre within walking distance of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
A reminder that the new Clayton Hotel Glasgow City opens this month with 303 bedrooms, Custom House Bar & Restaurant and a range of meeting and events suites. It is located in Clyde Street on the banks of the River Clyde - a five minute walk from Glasgow Central Station.
The plans have been published to build a new 16-storey block above the concourse at Liverpool Street station in central London. Along with office the development would also include a six floor new Andaz Hotel operated by Hyatt. Public consultation starts in mid-November with a planning application anticipated next year.
Planning approval has been granted for a proposed new luxury events space on the site of a Leicestershire farm. Plans would see a full renovation of the derelict Scraptoft Lodge Farm, converting the farmhouse, rebuilding the outbuildings and adding an extension. The finished complex would facilitate a 350-capacity events space plus a restaurant and bar. Scraptoft Lodge Farm is 15 minutes from Leicester and with good access to Melton Mowbray and Oakham.