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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.
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New owners at The Belfry
Goldman Sachs Asset Management have just acquired the Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield on the outskirts of Birmingham.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort is a world-renowned venue principally because of its three world class golf courses including The Brabazon and PGA National and for hosting the Ryder Cup in the past.
The new owners are planning an upgrade to the hotel facilities and well as enhancing the leisure facilities within the hotel’s 550-acre estate.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort currently has over 300 luxurious bedrooms and suites, several restaurants and bars, extensive events and meetings spaces, a leisure club and The Belfry Spa.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort is on ‘our doorstep’ here in Sutton Coldfield. We wait with interest to see what Goldman Sachs Asset Management plan to do at the hotel – and we will report back accordingly.
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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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Boudoir Hotel about to open in Liverpool
Urbanista Hotel Liverpool which first opened in the city centre in November 2019 before closing three months later as a result of the Covid lockdown is now set to reopen. The hotel will relaunch at the end of November with an upgrade and a rebrand.
Now known as the Boudoir Hotel, it will have 17 bedrooms and suites comprising kings, doubles, quads and larger suites that sleep up to eight. All rooms are furnished with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a private bathroom with a shower, tea and coffee making facilities and free wi-fi. Two of the rooms come with their own private courtyard.
Boudoir Hotel is located in Bold Street in the RopeWalks district of Liverpool.
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Leonardo opens in Chester
The new Leonardo Hotel Chester has just opened in the centre of Chester. It is the latest addition to the Jury Inns portfolio of UK hotels.
Leonardo Hotel Chester has 94 bedrooms each equipped with a flat screen LCD TV, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, mini fridge and free wi-fi.
Corvo Bar & Restaurant serves food and drink throughout the day.
Leonardo Hotel Chester is located in Pepper Street within easy walking distance of the city’s sights and station.