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'New-look’ rooms coming to Travelodge
Travelodge hotels are set to get a major revamp with new 'luxe' hotel rooms being rolled out this year, as well as updates to hotels' receptions and restaurants.
The budget hotel chain is giving 60 of its UK hotels a makeover this year.
Rooms are going to be given a completely "new budget-luxe premium look". The rooms will feature king-sized beds with bedside reading lights and USB charging points. Rooms will also include a large desk and chair, a separate armchair, a TV with Freeview, and complimentary tea and coffee facilities.
The Bar Cafés at Travelodge will include dedicated zones for both business guests and holidaymakers, including counter seating, booths and dining benches for larger groups.
Five hotels are currently undergoing the makeover including London's Southwark, Vauxhall and Wembley hotels plus Southampton hotel and Thame hotel.
It's anticipated that their revamp will be finished by the end of the April.
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Holiday Inn completes refurbishment
Holiday Inn Bolton Centre has just undergone a £1.5m facelift, with the finishing touches currently being applied on-site.
Holiday Inn Bolton Centre opened in November 1991. It has 132 bedrooms plus a lounge bar and restaurant and a residents fitness centre.
Holiday Inn Bolton Centre is built on the site of St Mary’s RC Primary School and incorporates the former St Mary’s Church. It features The Cloisters with its stained-glass windows and original arches – now a meeting and events space seating up to 300 delegates theatre style. Holiday Inn Bolton Centre also has a conference centre with eight meeting rooms of varying capacities, and free wi-fi throughout.
Holiday Inn Bolton Centre is located in Higher Bridge Street, less than a mile from Bolton Station and with limited parking facilities on-site.
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Summer 2022 opening planned for Lost Property
Hilton Hotels are set to launch a new concept called Lost Property this summer. The first hotel under the new branding will be: Lost Property, Curio Collection by Hilton, St Paul’s London. The building’s Grade II-listed façade is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment to preserve its architectural heritage
Lost Property, Curio Collection by Hilton, St Paul’s will have 145 contemporary designed bedrooms over six floors. The hotel will feature ‘Found’ - a ground-floor restaurant and bar and ‘Tattle’, a barista café. The hotel will also include meeting and events facilities.
Lost Property, Curio Collection by Hilton, St Paul’s is located in sight of St Paul's Cathedral in the heart of the City of London.
Lost Property is set to join a growing collection of Curio Collection hotels in London. These include: The Gantry hotel in Stratford, The Hart Hotel in Shoreditch and The Trafalgar St James in London.
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Bespoke Hotels add The Glenburn Hotel to their portfolio
Bespoke Hotels have just added The Glenburn Hotel which overlooks Rothesay Bay on the Isle of Bute to its growing portfolio of hotels. It brings their portfolio strength to 90 hotels in the UK, including 23 in Scotland.
The Glenburn Hotel has 134 bedrooms, a ballroom, restaurants, bars and a terrace. It was extensively refurbished in 2016 but has been shut since November 2020.
The Glenburn Hotel has a range of meeting and events facilities. Pattersons Grill is available for small private functions. There is a modern ballroom on the first floor seating up to 200 guests. In addition, two small conference rooms at the hotel will accommodate 24-26 delegates boardroom style.
Outdoor activities at The Glenburn Hotel include corporate golf days and various team building possibilities.
The Isle of Bute is serviced by two ferry crossings, the main one being the Wemyss Bay -Rothesay crossing, which is around an hour’s journey from Glasgow city centre. The second is the short crossing from Colintraive on the Cowal Peninsula- Rhubardoch on the island.
The Glenburn Hotel is scheduled to re-open in May 2022
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Plans afoot to convert Wool Exchange into a hotel
Plans are currently being drawn up to turn Bradford’s Wool Exchange into boutique hotel as part of the city’s regeneration plans.
The Grade-I listed property was the centre of the city’s wool trade and is currently home to a branch of Waterstones bookshop and a cafe. The building’s empty spaces on the upper floors could be transformed into a boutique “art hotel” if plans go ahead.
The new hotel proposals could become particularly relevant if Bradford is successful in its bid to be crowned City of Culture for 2025.
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Construction starts on new Radisson Blu
Construction has just started on a new flagship Radisson Blu hotel in the centre of Sheffield - in the city’s ‘Heart of the City’ programme in Pinstone Street.
Radisson Blu hotel will have 154 bedrooms and suites. It will also feature a rooftop bar and terrace with views over Sheffield’s Peace Gardens.
Completion of the new Radisson Blu is expected towards the end of 2023.