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Space Hotel planned
It was always going to be a potential future development in the hotel market. News now reaches us that the first space hotel is being planned.
The space hotel named the Voyager Class Space Station will be able to hold up to 400 guests. It is slated to open in 2027.
As well as bedroom accommodation the Voyager Class Space Station will also include bars, restaurants and leisure facilities.
Orbital Assembly Corporation is the company planning the new hotel. They are designing a station to accommodate both national space agencies conducting research as well as for the adventurous tourist who wants to experience life in space but in the comfort of a nice hotel.
Two concentric rings will form the structure of the space station with the inner ring acting as the docking hub. The outer ring will provide a base for mounting habitable modules, solar panels, radiators and even a rail transport system.
Construction on the Voyager Class hotel is expected to begin in 2025.
It will be interesting to see if the new hotel publishes a competitive day delegate rate or a 24 hour delegate rate for meetings and events.
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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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Marriott open second Edinburgh Hotel
Marriott has just opened Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge its second Moxy-branded hotel in Edinburgh.
Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge stands on the site of the former Fountainbridge Brewery which closed in 2004. The building’s history is now reflected in the hotel décor with oversized beer tanks in the lobby and beer lines strategically located throughout the public spaces.
Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge has 262 bedrooms plus a rooftop bar and terrace, with views across to Edinburgh Castle.
Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge also features a small cinema, two fully-equipped high-tech meeting rooms, a communal ‘chillout zone’ and a fitness centre.
Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge joins Moxy Edinburgh Airport which opened in 2019.
Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge is located on Freer Gait in the city centre and a short walk from Edinburgh Haymarket 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.