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Qbic opening in Manchester
Qbic Hotels is planning to open its second UK hotel in Manchester 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’.
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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Conference Centres for vaccination
The government is currently making plans to administer the hopefully successful anti-Covid vaccine.
The NHS is the aiming to inoculate up to 5,000 people each day. To do that it needs suitable facilities and it is reportedly planning to use conference and exhibition centres as well as other public buildings such as Town Halls, sports stadium and other large scale buildings to administer the vaccine.
A good news story for a change on the Covid virus front.
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Travelodge open latest hotel in London
Travelodge have just opened their latest hotel in London – Travelodge Plus London Mile End. It joins a group of over 80 Travelodges across London.
Travelodge Plus London Mile End has 88 bedrooms. All rooms are furnished with a king size Travelodge Dreamer bed, blackout curtains, a 32" Samsung LED slimline Freeview TV, tea and coffee making facilities, showers in all bathrooms and 30 minutes free wi-fi.
Travelodge Plus London Mile End has a Bar Café serving breakfast through to dinner.
Travelodge London Mile End is located in Mile End Road in east London within one mile of Bethnal Green and Stepney Green tube stations and five miles from London City Airport.
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Amano Hotel opening in London
Amano Covent Garden hotel is a new hotel currently under development in central London. The hotel will result from the redevelopment of Drury House, a former office building in Covent Garden.
Amano Covent Garden hotel will have 141 bedrooms and is expected to launch in 2022.
Amano Covent Garden hotel will be operated by Germany-based Amano Group – a hotelier with 15 hotels across Germany.
Amano Covent Garden hotel is the first of multiple hotel projects planned in the UK.
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Go-ahead for Gateshead Arena
Plans have been approved to develop the new £260million Gateshead Arena. Construction is expected to start in the early New Year with an opening pencilled-in for late 2023.
Gateshead Arena will sit on the NewcastleGateshead waterfront at Gateshead Quays and will includes a world class arena for up to 12,500 people, a purpose built conference and exhibition centre with over 7,000 sqm of flexible event space plus restaurants, a dual branded hotel and large areas of outdoor realm and performance space.
An announcement on who will be the hotel operator is expected to be made in the coming weeks.
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Harbour Hotels to open a second hotel in Salcombe
Harbour Hotels have announced plans to open a second hotel in Salcombe in Devon, due to open in spring 2021.
The new hotel - Harbour Beach Club - will be the redevelopment of the former Tides Reach Hotel. It will be a sister hotel to the group’s Salcombe Hotel & Spa.
Harbour Beach Club will include 50 bedrooms, a casual restaurant and a beach bar plus a luxury spa featuring an indoor pool, sauna and steam room with five treatment rooms. Harbour Beach Club will major on watersport activities as befitting its waterfront location.
Harbour Hotels group now operate 15 properties across the south of England.