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BrewDog to open hotel in Manchester
Brewery and pub chain operator, BrewDog, have been granted planning permission to open a BrewDog hotel in Manchester - it’s first in England.
The Doghouse Manchester will have 18 bedrooms across three floors each furnished with shower beer fridges and draft beer taps. The Doghouse Manchester will feature a bar, a restaurant and a rooftop terrace. Guests will also be offered a welcome beer on arrival.
The Doghouse Manchester will be located in Fountain Street in the centre of Manchester. It will be part of a development which also includes a coffee shop, a cinema, co-working spaces and areas for pop-up events.
The Doghouse Manchester is scheduled to open in June 2021. It will join the Doghouse Aberdeen, the only other BrewDog hotel in the UK.
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New Liverpool Hotel back on track
A new contractor has been appointed to complete the redevelopment of North Western Hall in the centre of Liverpool into a hotel, with a completion date now set for March 2022.
North Western Hall is set to become a 201-bedroom Radisson RED Hotel with restaurant, bar and conference facilities.
North Western Hall is a Grade II-listed building dating from the 1870. It was built as a railway hotel alongside Liverpool Lime Street station. But it closed as a hotel in the 1930s and was left empty for years. In 1996, it was converted into student accommodation.
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Hilton London Metropole renovating
Hilton London Metropole is going ahead with a multimillion-pound refurbishment, which is due to be completed by summer 2021.
The refurbishment will transform every part of the Hilton London Metropole including all 1096 bedrooms and suites, all restaurants and bars plus the hotel’s 35 meeting and events spaces. The refurbishment will also see the opening of a 200sq-mt fitness studio. At the same time the hotel will also upgrade its wi-fi offering.
The refurbishment started last autumn.
The new look Hilton London Metropole will highlight London and its rich history with new designs reflecting the different London boroughs.
The four restaurants in the Hilton London Metropole will feature new drinking and dining concepts. A new all-day British brasserie and a market-style outlet will also be introduced.
Hilton London Metropole is located on Edgware Road in central London, a 2-minute walk from Edgware Road tube station and 650 yards from Paddington Station.
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Two voco hotels to open in Scotland
IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced that it is to open two voco branded hotels in Scotland , one in Glasgow the other in Edinburgh.
Voco Grand Central Glasgow will open at Glasgow Central station. It will have 230 bedrooms plus extensive meeting and events spaces.
The second Scottish opening, voco Edinburgh – Haymarket, will mark IHG’s seventh voco hotel, and it’s first ‘new-build’ to open in the UK. Located in the West End of Edinburgh, the hotel will have 150 bedrooms and suites, an all-day restaurant The Blossom and a destination-led bar: Edinburgh at the Bar.
IHG Hotels & Resorts is seeking to open both hotels in March in-line with the Scottish Government’s exceptions and guidelines and in anticipation of the re-opening of Scottish hospitality in April/May.
IHG Hotels & Resorts currently has ten voco hotels open across Europe, including Cardiff, Oxford and Reading in the UK.
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Aloft Birmingham Eastside opens
Aloft Birmingham Eastside opens today, 22nd February, in Kent Street in Birmingham’s Eastside district. Aloft Birmingham Eastside is a modern, loft inspired hotel in the heart of Birmingham's Eastside district and within easy walking distance of Birmingham’s three main rail hubs in the city centre.
Aloft Birmingham Eastside has 195 bedrooms, all air-conditioned with a flat screen television, desk and free wi-fi. Tempo! is the main restaurant in Aloft Birmingham Eastside. The hotel also features: Re:Fuel a 24-hour snack bar and WXYZ Bar. Leisure facilities include an on-site gym.
Aloft is Marriott Hotel’s boutique brand. Aloft Birmingham Eastside will be operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts.
The adjacent Eastside Rooms is a new purpose-built conference venue which is expected to open in early April. Eastside Rooms will feature an 880 sq-mt Affinity Suite, the largest pillar-free events space in central Birmingham. In addition, the Eastside Rooms will include 14 new and modern meeting rooms accommodating from 10 to 50 delegates plus the Belmont and Ashstead Suites which are flexible spaces accommodating over 200 guests.
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New Management at Sunborn
Sunborn, the Finnish-based property company which pioneered the original floating hotel concept in 1998 will take over the management of its London Sunborn superyacht hotel.
Sunborn has also been granted approval to bring in a new luxury 220-bedroom, 134m-long yacht featuring state of the art ecological technology to replace the company’s existing vessel which is moored at Royal Victoria Square near the ExCeL London exhibition centre.
Sunborn is planning further yacht hotels in American and Europe. The group also has a yacht hotel in Gibraltar and spa hotels in Finland.