Marriott International Hotels group has just opened its first UK ‘double-decker', dual-branded hotel, in Slough.

The 244-bedroom hotel complex forms part of a major redevelopment of Slough’s former central library site.

Moxy , Marriott’s lifestyle brand, occupies the lower four floors with 152 bedrooms, including 28 twin and eight accessible rooms.

Residence Inn by Marriott Slough, the group’s extended stay brand, shares the building with 92 suites each complete with extra living space and a fully-equipped kitchen.

Moxy Slough and Residence Inn by Marriott Slough each has its own entrance, but guests can use the shared facilities which include nine meeting and events suites covering 2,400 sq-ft. The ‘Brains’ and the ‘Virgil’ suites are the largest each seating up to 37 delegates theatre style. Other shared facilities include a fitness studio and a ninth floor Residence Inn outdoor terrace.

The Thunderbirds TV series was filmed on the nearby Slough Trading Estate and the hotel’s décor incorporates the pop-art wall graphics and signage associated with the Gerry & Sylvia Anderson puppet show – which also explains the names of the meeting rooms.

Moxy Slough and Residence Inn by Marriott Slough are located in William Street in the centre of Slough, a short walk from both Slough rail station and Slough bus station.

Gym operator, Gymbox, has signed up with CitizenM hotels to deliver in-room exercise sessions to guests staying at all CitizenM hotels.

Gymbox will deliver pre-recorded classes across five categories: strength, sweat, fight, holistic and rhythm to guests in their rooms at CitizenM hotels. The service is free of charge and can be accessed by guests on their in-room television.

Gymbox currently operate 11 boutique gyms across London.

CitizenM currently has three hotels in London: in Shoreditch, on Bankside and the Tower of London Hotel close to the Tower and Tower Bridge. Glasgow is the only other location with a CitizenM hotel in the UK. It is located in the centre of the city, a short walk from Glasgow Queen Street station.

Back in October we reported on plans for a new Moxy Hotel in Newcastle on Tyne. Now a planning application has been submitted for a new £18million Moxy Hotel at Newcastle Helix on Tyneside, the city’s 24-acre urban Innovation centre. The site is close to St James’ Park and was the former Tyne Brewery site.

The 195-bedroom, eight-floor Moxy by Marriott will feature a ground floor restaurant/cafe and bar.

Moxy by Marriott is targeting the business/corporate market as well as visitors to the centre of Newcastle on Tyne.

Moxy is Marriott International’s ‘millennial-focused boutique hotel’ concept. Other Moxy Hotels typically feature public spaces ranging from libraries and plug-in zones, to lounges and bars, with tech offerings including keyless mo­­bile entry, mobile check in and check out, internet TV featuring the likes of Netflix and YouTube plus free wi-fi.

Moxy by Marriott currently has 13 hotels open and under development in the UK with three in Greater London including Heathrow, two in both Glasgow and Edinburgh plus hotels in Southampton, Slough and York.

The proposed Helix site for the new Moxy is a prominent gateway to Newcastle on Tyne. It features science, tech and healthcare businesses.

Subject to planning approval from Newcastle City Council, the new Moxy Newcastle on Tyne is looking to open its doors in late 2021/early 2022.

We highlighted NoMad London hotel’s anticipated opening at the turn of the year. We now have more details about this new hotel.

NoMad London occupies the former Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police Station, a Grade II-listed building which dates from the 19th century.

NoMad London has 91 bedrooms and suites in a range of sizes and categories. The entry level rooms start from 23 square metres.    

The NoMad Restaurant, the main dining facility, is located in the Atrium area. The Fireplace is a semi-private dining room seating up to 12 guests on one table.

Side Hustle is NoMad’s take on an English Pub - and with a street entrance.

The Magistrates Ballroom is the main banqueting suite at NoMad London. It will accommodate up to 75 guests seated with staging, or 45 guests without staging. It will host a standing reception for 125 guests. The Magistrates Bar is available for reception drinks.

The Fielding Room in NoMad’s events wing has natural daylight and will seat up to 25 delegates boardroom style. The De Veil Room connects, also with natural daylight, and this will seat 12 delegates with one table plus an in-built bar.

The Events Wing at NoMad London will be serviced by an events kitchen. The wing has a street entrance and can be hired as one unit exclusively. 

NoMad London is a short walk from Covent Garden Underground on the Piccadilly Line, and is within walking distance of Soho, the River Thames and Leicester Square.

An opening of NoMad London is scheduled for 13th April – Covid permitting.

Signature Living’s project to convert Preston's former Post Office in the city centre into a second Shankly hotel is "progressing well” despite the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

The former Post Office building dates from early 1900’s. An asbestos problem discovered during its conversion combined with the effects of the pandemic put a stop to the building project last year.

The problems have been overcome and the Shankly Hotel Preston is now expected to open later this year with 65 bedrooms plus a restaurant, bar and events facilities for up to 160 people.

Like its sister property, the Shankly Hotel Liverpool, the hotel is dedicated to the late Liverpool Football Club manager Bill Shankly who turned out for Preston North End during his playing days. The hotel will feature a museum dedicated to the man.

Shankly Hotel Preston is located in the centre of Preston overlooking the city’s Flag Market and rubbing shoulders with the Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library. It is a five-minute walk from Preston station.

Plans have been approved to convert a former department store in the centre of Oxford into a four-star luxury hotel.

Boswells department store in the city centre closed after the first lockdown last year. In its place the building is to be converted into the Store Hotel.

The Store Hotel will have 101 bedrooms and will also include a restaurant and bar on the ground floor, a new rooftop terrace plus a basement gym.

Store Hotel will also feature a co-working area.

Boswells had traded in Oxford since the mid-eighteenth century before shutting last year, blaming "adverse retail conditions".

No anticipated opening dates have been published.

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