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Plans approved for new Hotel – in Oxford
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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March opening for Qbic Manchester
Qbic Hotels is on schedule to open its second UK hotel in MancheMarch opening for Qbic Manchesterster in March 2021.
Qbic Manchester will be based in a converted office block in John Dalton Street in central Manchester. It will have 261 bedrooms ranging from Smart Rooms with no windows to ‘Fun Rooms’ and ‘Fancy Rooms’ sleeping up to three guests. All rooms will be furnished with the latest in-room comforts and technology.
‘Motley’ will be the restaurant in Qbic Manchester serving breakfast, through brunch, lunch and dinner.
Qbic Manchester will have a range of meeting rooms promising ‘spaces with character, fresh healthy food, great coffee and a superb helpful team’. Four meeting and private dining rooms will accommodate between eight and 30 delegates boardroom style.
The Qbic concept is based on protecting the environment. Its modular construction technique means the hotel room shell can be transformed to a fully functioning room in three hours at the same time making use of primarily recycled materials.
Qbic Manchester will be the group’s second hotel in the UK joining Qbic Hotel London Whitechapel. Two more Qbic Hotels are located in Amsterdam and Brussels.
Qbic Manchester is a short walk from Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Victoria stations.
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Second Harbour Hotel to open in Salcombe
A late spring opening is scheduled for the launch of Harbour Hotels group’s second hotel in Salcombe.
Harbour Beach Club & Spa with 50 bedrooms will join Salcombe Harbour Hotel and Spa in the South Devon resort.
The majority of the bedrooms and suites at Harbour Beach Club & Spa will have balconies overlooking the South Sands beach.
Harbour Beach Club & Spa will include a restaurant, a spa with an indoor pool, sauna and steam room, five treatment rooms plus an outdoor terrace and a beach bar.
Harbour Beach Club & Spa will be operating a shuttle service between the hotel and Salcombe Harbour Hotel and Spa.
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Plans approved for new Hotel - in Northumberland
Plans for a hotel adjacent to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland have just received planning approval,
The new hotel will be created in former school buildings on Bailiffgate.
Numbers 2-8 Bailiffgate will be converted to create 14 hotel suites and apartments. Some buildings to the rear will be demolished and replaced with a new four-storey block with a further 33 bedrooms connected to the existing buildings by a glazed walkway.
The former school gym will be converted into a new fitness studio.
The Bailiffgate buildings have been empty since the school left for their new premises back in 2016.
The new hotel will be located a short walk from both Alnwick Castle and Alnwick town centre.
We will advise proposed opening dates as soon as they are published.
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Aparthotel update
Latest developments in the serviced apartment sector include a new development from Your Apartment in Bristol.
Your Apartment has opened a new aparthotel in Bristol. The company has converted Merchant House, former student accommodation in Clifton, into a 34 studio apartment block with co-working space.
Each apartment is equipped with a kitchenette, a ‘relaxation area’, a king-sized bed and bathroom with a wet room shower.
Apartments have superfast wi-fi, USB charging points, lap-top friendly workspaces and Smart TVs.
Your Apartments Clifton are available for short or long-term stays.
Your Apartments Clifton is located in Clifton Village High Street, around four miles from Bristol Temple Meads station.
Further north, in Preston Lancashire, plans have been approved to convert the Grade II-Listed former Unicorn Hotel pub on North Road in Preston into a front for a new 126-unit aparthotel development.
The Unicorn Hotel is to be converted with five first floor apartments created plus a communal area on the ground floor.
The remaining 121 units will be in a new three-to-five storey block at the rear of the Unicorn Hotel.
The target markets for the Unicorn aparthotel include guest university lecturers working at the University of Central Lancashire, a near neighbour, as well as business guests working in the area.
No planned opening dates have been published yet.
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Spring opening planned for Bodmin Jail Hotel
Spring opening planned for Bodmin Jail Hotel
Bodmin Jail Hotel is scheduled to open late Spring 2021 following completion of a £50million restoration project which has converted the historic 18th century jail into a luxury hotel whilst retaining the buildings features and preserving its heritage.
Previous guests at Bodmin Jail include the who’s who of the Victorian criminal fraternity plus the Crown Jewels which were resident during the First World War.
Bodmin Jail Hotel is a 70-bedroom boutique hotel featuring the Chapel Restaurant and Bar plus the Jolly Hangman Tavern. Bedrooms at Bodmin Jail Hotel have been created by combining three jail cells complete with their original features.
Bodmin Jail Hotel has three meeting spaces, all fully equipped with AV and accommodating up to 14 people.
Bodmin Jail Hotel is located in Scarlett’s Well Road in Bodmin with good access to the M5 motorway at junction 21. Bodmin Parkway is the nearest mainline station with direct rail services to London, Bristol, Birmingham and the North of England