Our latest news round-up starts in London: The BoTree Hotel in London’s Marylebone opened last Friday with 199 bedrooms and suites ‘with their own vibrant contemporary feel’ plus a restaurant and bar.
Camm & Hooper Collection have added two new venues to their collection of unique London-based venues: Jeru Mayfair has three fully equipped events spaces and 26 Leake Street features three renovated railway arches underneath Waterloo station, each one equipped with the latest av technology and accommodating up to 1200 delegates.
Point A Hotels have reopened their newly refurbished 251-bedroom Point A Kings Cross Hotel - located on Grays Inn Rd in central London, it is a five minute walk to Kings Cross/St Pancras International and Euston stations.
Iconic Luxury Hotels has just opened its third London hotel – The Chelsea Townhouse. The hotel, formerly the Draycott hotel, has 36 bedrooms and suites set across three Victorian townhouses plus a restaurant, bar and a library/events space.
Out of town, Starboard Hotels has just added The Bridge Hotel in Greenford, West London to its 21-hotel portfolio. The Bridge Hotel has 68 bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and three meeting and events suites. It is the group’s second London-based hotel joining Hampton by Hilton London Park Royal.
A hotel specially for oyster-lovers - The Duke of Cumberland - has reopened in Whitstable following a £1.8million refurbishment. There are now eight bedrooms each named after an historic oyster fishing vessel, known as a ‘yawl’ or ‘smack’, built in the town.
The Experimental Group has just opened Cowley Manor Experimental Hotel in the village of Cowley in the Cotswolds - its first hotel outside London. It is set in 55 acres of countryside with 36 bedrooms, a bar, restaurant and spa plus meeting and events space for small groups.
A new ibis Styles hotel is under construction in Burton-Upon-Trent. It will have 81 bedrooms and will be located around two miles from Burton-on-Trent station. Expected opening date mid-2024. Accor group is also rebranding a former Premier inn as an Ibis Hotel in Coleraine following a refurbishment of all 49 bedrooms. Expect an early 2024 opening.
A new Hampton by Hilton Hotel has just opened in the centre of Rochdale. The new-build hotel has 146 bedrooms, a breakfast room and a fitness-centre.
Plans for a major upgrade to the facilities at Rudding Park House in Harrogate have been approved. These include a new golf and country club and swimming pool plus a new tennis pavilion and outdoor tennis courts. The hotel has 90 bedrooms and suites, a destination spa, two restaurants, a kitchen garden, private cinema, two golf courses plus conference and events space - all set in 300 acres of gardens and woodland.
Meanwhile in Scotland, Marriott Group are opening their new AC by Marriott Glasgow hotel this coming October. Located on the edge of George Square, the hotel will feature 245 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and fitness facility plus meeting and events facilities - with further details to follow.
Staying in Glasgow – the Thailand-based S Hotels and Resorts Group has acquired Mercure Glasgow City Hotel. Located on Ingram Street the hotel has 91 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities.
Red Carnation Group is planning to open what will be the group’s first hotel in Scotland - Red Carnation Princes Street. It will be opening in the former Royal Overseas League building on Princes Street Edinburgh on November 1. The former private members club is now a 30-bedroom luxury hotel with a restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities and boasting prime views of Edinburgh Castle.
Finally, The Breckfield is a new ‘matchday aparthotel’ located close to Liverpool FC's Anfield Stadium which has just opened above the area's Turpins Pub - a ‘refreshment port of call’ on the way to and from matches. The first floor has four LFC-themed bedrooms sleeping between six and ten guests. The second floor has three bedrooms sleeping between four and six – all fully soundproofed.