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First Curio Collection by Hilton coming to the Square Mile
Lost Property St. Paul’s London, Curio Collection by Hilton will be the first Curio Collection by Hilton hotel to open in London’s Square Mile when it opens next year. It will be Hilton’s third Curio Collection in London joining: The Trafalgar St James London, Curio Collection by Hilton and 100 Queen’s Gate London, Curio Collection by Hilton.
The unusually named Lost Property St Paul’s London, Curio Collection by Hilton hotel will be a six-storey, 145 bedroom and suites hotel located 100 metres west of St. Paul’s Cathedral boasting views across the City of London. The building’s Grade II-listed façade is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment to preserve its architectural heritage.
Lost Property St Paul’s London, Curio Collection by Hilton will feature a ground-floor restaurant and bar, as well as a barista café. We await with interest the publication of the conference and events facilities at Lost Property St Paul’s London, Curio Collection by Hilton.
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Fairmont Windsor Park opens
Fairmont Windsor Park has just had a ‘soft opening’ ahead of an official launch in January 2022.
Fairmont Windsor Park is located on the site of the former Savills Court Hotel and Spa. It has 200 bedrooms and suites plus seven food and beverage outlets including including '1215 at Fairmont Windsor Park’, a farm-to-fork concept serving authentic, high-quality British cuisine.
Leisure facilities include a spa and wellness centre with a 20-metre indoor pool, 18 treatment rooms, a hammam, cryotherapy chamber, Himalayan salt room, courtyard hydrotherapy vitality pool and a Japanese Ashiyu foot ritual bath.
Fairmont Windsor Park has 15 meeting and events rooms including an 800m2 pillar-free ballroom accommodating up to 700 guests plus outdoor space for team building events.
Fairmont Windsor Park is situated adjacent to Windsor Great Park and the Savill Garden and is within an hour of central London.
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Lakeside Hotel & Spa join Classic Lodges
Classic Lodges has just acquired Lakeside Hotel & Spa at Newby Bridge in the Lake District, increasing its nationwide collection of exclusive hotels. Classic Lodges also have plans to invest in the hotel’s services and facilities.
Lakeside Hotel & Spa is located on the westerly shore of Lake Windermere with landscaped gardens that stretch down to the lake.
Lakeside Hotel & Spa has 75 bedrooms and features Lakeview Grill Restaurant & Conservatory plus the John Ruskin Brasserie & Bar. Leisure facilities include a swimming pool and spa.
The main Lakeside Suite at Lakeside Hotel & Spa will accommodate up to 80 delegates and is supported by three meeting rooms each accommodating up to 30 delegates.
Lakeside Hotel & Spa is 15 minutes from the M6 and is 20 minutes from Oxenholme Station on the West Coast Mainline.
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Courtyard opens at London City Airport
Marriott Hotels Group has just opened its first Courtyard branded hotel in central London. Courtyard London City Airport is now open with 184 bedrooms and located within a five-minute walk of London City Airport.
Courtyard London City Airport features a restaurant and bar, a business centre and three meeting spaces for up to 50 delegates plus a ‘grab and go’ outlet for drinks and snacks.
Courtyard London City Airport is conveniently located close to ExCel London, the O2 Arena, and Canary Wharf - with the Docklands Light Railway offering connections to London's key transport hubs.
Courtyard London City Airport joins a Courtyard Hotel close to London Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 as well as properties at London Gatwick and London Luton airports.
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Mollie’s plans expansion
Mollie’s is the UK’s answer to the ‘affordable’ American roadside motel and diner concept. The first Mollie’s diner opened in Buckland in Oxfordshire in 2019 followed by a second at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol.
A third Mollie’s is set to open within the former Granada Studios in central Manchester in 2022.
Mollie’s have now published plans to open a further one hundred sites over the next ten years in roadside and city centre locations. The Mollie’s roadside locations will include around 75 bedrooms plus a restaurant. The new Mollie’s planned in the city centres will be larger with around 100 bedrooms, again with an on-site diner restaurant.
So far ten sites have been earmarked as part of the speedy Mollie’s enlargement plan.
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Retreat at Elcot Park set for a Spring 2022 opening
Following their recent opening of The Mitre Hampton Court, The Signet Collection have unveiled plans to open a second hotel in Spring 2022 - The Retreat Elcot Park.
The Retreat Elcot Park will be housed in a Grade II-listed 18th-century building located between Hungerford and Newbury.
The Retreat Elcot Park will include 55 individually styled bedrooms plus two restaurants - an all-day dining brasserie and a pan-Asian restaurant. The hotel will also have a whisky tasting room and honesty pantries.
The Retreat Elcot Park will feature a Health Club, inclusive of hydrotherapy pools, treatment rooms, steam and sauna, large gym, spin studio and a wellness area.
The Retreat Elcot Park will have meeting and events spaces as well as private dining rooms.
The Retreat Elcot Park is set in 16 acres of grounds with a walled working garden, tennis courts, an outdoor infinity pool, croquet lawns and children's zone.
The Retreat Elcot Park dates back to 1772 and was once the home of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It overlooks the Wessex Downs and boasts excellent transport links to the M4, M3 and A34.