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New hotel in Tin Pan Alley
Chateau Denmark is a new hotel opening 4th April in Denmark Street in London’s Soho – a street otherwise known as London’s Tin Pan Alley.
Chateau Denmark is set across 16 buildings and includes 55 highly distinctive ‘Session Rooms’ and ‘Signature Apartments’. It will include rooms where David Bowie signed his first contract, and where Elton John and Jimi Hendrix rehearsed. Several of the apartments are housed in the building where the Rolling Stones recorded their first album. Expect a room décor with a strong rock ‘n’ roll theme or to use the hotel’s description "punk rock and vintage gothic meet modern psychedelia with a timeless grandeur".
Chateau Denmark will include a restaurant with a lounge bar and basement club. A fitness studio plus meeting and events space will be opening later this year.
Denmark Street is just south of Tottenham Court Road with Tottenham Court Road the nearest tube station.
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Aptel opens in London
Aptel is a new aparthotel brand which has just officially launched its first site – Aptel East - in East London.
Aptel East comprises 33 apartments. All apartments are spacious and include a bedroom, kitchenette, living space and bathroom.
Apartments are air-conditioned with high-speed wi-fi, bespoke furnishings and a 24hour concierge service. Kitchenettes are equipped with a microwave, a fridge, a kettle, a toaster and kitchen essentials such as crockery and utensils.
Aptel East is located in Commercial Road in Whitechapel in East London. It is within walking distance of Spitalfields and Tower Bridge as well as Liverpool Street, Aldgate East and Tower Hill tube stations.
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The Bruntsfield opens in Edinburgh
The Bruntsfield, previously known as the Best Western Bruntsfield Hotel, has just opened as Edinburgh’s latest independent hotel following a £1 million investment.
The hotel was formerly three connected stately homes dating from the mid-nineteenth century.
The Bruntsfield has 72 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus a secret garden at the rear of the restaurant.
The Bruntsfield has two meeting rooms: The Cardoon Suite will accommodate up to 60 delegates and has its own dedicated entrance and direct access to a secluded garden terrace. The Blythswood Room will seat eight delegates boardroom style.
The Bruntsfield is located in central Edinburgh within walking distance of Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile and Princes Street Gardens.
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Yotel opening second London Hotel
Yotel is planning to open another hotel in London this April – this time in Shoreditch. It will join Yotel London City in Clerkenwell Road.
The new Yotel London Shoreditch will be a rebranding and refurbishing of the East London Hotel in Cambridge Heath Road.
Yotel London Shoreditch will have 161 bedrooms including double, twin, family and interconnecting rooms. There will be a restaurant and bar plus co-working space.
Yotel London Shoreditch is a short walk from Bethnal Green tube station.
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Refurbishment planned for Kensington Forum Hotel
New owners of the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Hotel in Cromwell Road near Kensington Garden in London are planning a closure of the hotel in early 2022 for a complete refurbishment.
Singapore-based Fragrance Group are the new owners of this ‘mega-sized’ hotel. The Kensington Forum Hotel has 906 bedrooms and suites set over 27 floors with a selection of dining and refreshment outlets plus a residents’ fitness centre.
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Hotel boasts an unrivalled range of meeting and events facilities in London. The hotel’s 9,000 square-foot Conference Centre contains 12 fully air-conditioned meeting rooms, all with natural light, ranging from a small interview room to a room large enough to seat 330 delegates theatre style.
We will keep you posted on developments at the Kensington Forum as soon as they are published.
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Have Gaia join your meeting
Are you looking for a venue for a last-minute meeting in the Midlands? You could consider Millennium Point.
Luke Jerram’s Gaia artwork will be at Millennium Point in the centre of Birmingham for 8-weeks from Tuesday 1st February until Monday 28th March 2022. Hosting an event at Millennium Point during this period will give guests a ‘wow factor’ at no additional cost.
The Gaia artwork was created by UK artist Luke Jerram. Created from 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface and measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia invites visitors to appreciate the beauty of our planet. The artwork is 1.8 million times smaller than the Earth, with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture depicting 18km of the Earth’s surface. By standing 211m away from the artwork, you will be able to see the Earth as it appears from the Moon. Suspended from above in Millennium Point’s atrium, the artwork will slowly revolve.
Millennium Point is the home of ThinkTank (Birmingham’s science museum) and Birmingham City University. It also has 17 flexible events spaces from purpose-built meeting suites to a giant screen auditorium.
Millennium Point is located in Birmingham’s Eastside, a short walk from all three main city centre stations.