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Raffles Hotel coming to London
The Old War Office building on Whitehall in central London is to reopen probably in late 2022 as the first Raffles-branded hotel in the UK.
Raffles London at The OWO will operate as a 120 bedroom and suites flagship hotel along with a collection of 85 branded residences.
Raffles London at The OWO will also feature nine distinct restaurants and bars, an immersive spa with a 20-metre indoor pool and separate vitality pool, plus a 620 seated-capacity grand ballroom.
The Old War Office opened in 1906 since when it has witnessed world-shaping events whilst influential political and military leaders including Winston Churchill, H H Asquith, David Lloyd George and John Profumo held office. It is located opposite Horse Guards on Whitehall, a stone’s throw from St James’s Park and the Mall in central London.
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Brewdog to open second Scottish Hotel
Scottish-based brewers, Brewdog, are planning to open a second hotel in Scotland - in Edinburgh.
Doghouse Edinburgh Hotel will join BrewDog’s Aberdeen Kennels Hotel which opened in 2019.
Doghouse Edinburgh Hotel will occupy the former site of the Canongate Hotel. It will have 20 bedrooms with the standard Brewdog features including shower beers to draft beer taps. The main bar will be located on the ground floor with a Terrace Bar on the first floor. Doghouse Edinburgh Hotel will also be serving tea and coffee as well as offering a 24-hour refreshment package.
Brewdog’s latest hotel opening was the Doghouse Manchester. It opened in April of this year with 18 bedrooms.
The Doghouse Edinburgh will be located on East Market Street, close to Waverley station.
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April opening for new Milton Keynes Hotel
A new Hotel La Tour is set to open in Milton Keynes in April 2022.
Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes will have 261 bedrooms and suites, 14,000 square feet of flexible meeting and events space plus The Skyline restaurant and Sky Bar on the 14th floor with access via a glass fronted lift with views across Milton Keynes. Leisure facilities will include a gym.
The bedrooms and suites at Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes will all feature floor-to-ceiling windows with views over Milton Keynes. They will be equipped with the latest in-room technology such as an Ultra HD television and ultra-fast wi-fi.
Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes will have 14,000 sq-ft of meeting and events space with ten meeting rooms all with natural daylight and equipped with the latest meeting technology. Four of the rooms will convert into a banqueting space which opens onto a private roof terrace.
Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes is located in the heart of Milton Keynes with good transport links. The M1 motorway is a 5-minute drive and London Luton Airport 30 minutes away.
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Moxy Manchester City opens December 2021
Moxy Manchester City is a new hotel set to open at a former hat factory in Spinningfields, Manchester in December 2021.
Moxy Manchester City will have 146 boutique bedrooms, communal areas designed for work and meetings, and a 24/7 food & beverage outlet offering snacks and drinks plus a coffee-shop-by-day-cocktail-bar-by night.
Moxy Manchester City is located in Atkinson Street in the heart of the city’s business district in central Manchester.
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Accor introduce Emblems
Accor Hotels Group has introduced a new branding to its range of hotels – the Emblems Collection.
Emblems Collection is a worldwide collection of boutique hotels in major cities and luxury resorts.
“Emblems Collection adds a fresh and exciting new dimension to Accor’s luxury offerings. A key focus of our growth and development strategy is to add aggressively across our strongest lines and leading business accelerators, which includes luxury as well as collection brands, while ensuring all 40+ brands in our global network continue to grow, evolve and flourish,” said Sébastien Bazin, Chairman & CEO, Accor.
Accor expect the Emblems Collection to grow to around 60 properties worldwide by 2030. The first Emblems Collection hotel will be Guiyang Art Centre Hotel, Emblems Collection which opens in China’s Guizhou province in December 2022.
Hotels in the Emblems Collection will fall into three categories:
Emblems Collection Heritage – hotels that are landmarks of a destination.
Emblems Collection Retreat - resort properties along beaches, in the countryside or in the mountains with major, luxurious leisure and wellbeing facilities.
Emblems Collection Signature – design-led hotels.
Target cities in Europe for potential growth of the Emblems Collection include London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Madrid.
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The Gantry London opens
The Gantry London, Curio Collection by Hilton has just opened in London Stratford.
The Gantry is a new design-led hotel with 291 bedrooms and suites and features an all-day restaurant plus an 18th floor sky bar which is scheduled to open spring 2022. The main dining room at The Gantry is ‘Union Social’ with a cocktail bar and open kitchen plus floor to ceiling windows.
The Gantry hotel sits above The Stratford Grocer & Co, a busy food market, deli and coffee shop on the ground floor which is set to open fully by mid-January 2022. There are currently no meeting and events facilities available at the hotel.
The Gantry London, Curio Collection by Hilton is well located directly in front of Stratford International station. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, home to the Olympic Stadium and Westfield Stratford City shopping mall are both a five minute walk away.