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New Hotel planned on the banks of the Clyde
Plans have been published for a new hotel in Glasgow. A 200-bedroom hotel will be one component on a 2,500 sq-mt site which will include a major housing development together with leisure venues.
The site at Yorkhill Quay is located on the northern banks of the River Clyde in the West End of Glasgow, between the Riverside Museum and the Scottish Event Campus. The site is currently derelict.
The planned development features a new pedestrian bridge connecting to the Scottish Event Campus (SEC).
The SEC is a major conference and events venue with three main auditoria, 34 breakout rooms and 22,500 sq-mt of exhibition space across five halls.
A public consultation will run until November 30 with a planning application expected to be submitted in early 2021.
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Westin opening in London next summer
The Westin London City & Residences is a new build hotel development on Upper Thames Street near St Paul’s Cathedral in central London.
Westin London City is being created on the former Queensbridge House site. It will be the first hotel under Marriott's Westin brand in London.
When complete the five-star, seven-storey Westin London City & Residences will boast river-facing views and will include 222 bedrooms including 10 suites and a Presidential Suite plus a restaurant and a wine bar with views over the River Thames. Westin London City & Residences will feature an indoor swimming pool, a 375m² spa and a WestinWORKOUT fitness studio. In addition, 830m² of modern meeting and event space will be available, including a Junior Ballroom and four meeting rooms, as well as a 24-hour business centre.
Westin London City & Residences is scheduled to open summer 2021.
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Site Visit to: The Grand Hotel Birmingham
We are always delighted when we receive an invitation to view a new hotel prior to the opening. The Grand Hotel, Birmingham was a very special one for me, as I spent 8 happy years there in the 80’s and into the 90’s as Sales and Marketing Manager
The hotel closed its doors 18 years ago and in 2003 was threatened to be bulldozed until the Birmingham History Society came along and stopped it.
The hotel will open softly this Wednesday 4th November (subject to government restrictions)
A lot of the hotel remains as I fondly remember but there are also many changes which have brought the hotel into the 21st century.
First, we went into the Madeleine’s which will be an all-day lounge and bar, with plush soft sofas in lovely warm colours. I can imagine myself having a champagne afternoon tea in the very near future
We then went through to the magnificent Grand Ballroom which has been beautifully restored and bursting with ‘wow factor’. The Ballroom will again open its doors to some of Birmingham’s most glamorous occasions.
There are nine additional meeting and event spaces combining period character with the latest technology, and all having natural daylight – a rarity these days. To complement the meeting rooms there is a break-out space, leading onto a unique terrace area. All meeting rooms, with the exception of the Grand Ballroom, are located on the 1st floor
The hotel now has 185 bedrooms, which have been beautifully restored, to include 9 suites including two grand suites and a duplex Penthouse Suite. Some suites will have access to their own roof top terrace
Isaacs Restaurant will be located on the lower ground floor which has its own entrance in Barwick Street. Although this is virtually finished it is not anticipated to open until early 2021, with the official opening of the hotel being planned for February 2021
Whilst there, we also tried to discover where the offices would have been, and believe that this area will now be a state of the art gym
The Grand Hotel is located in the heart of the business quarter, and is a 5 minute walk from Birmingham New Street Station. I look forward to a return trip in the very near future
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Innside Newcastle opens in December
Innside Newcastle is set for a December 2020 launch - in Newcastle’s Quayside area overlooking the River Tyne.
Innside Newcastle will have 161 bedrooms. Innside Newcastle will have an open Living Lounge offering breakfast, snacks during the day and dinner in the evening.
Innside Newcastle will have five meeting rooms including a 'Big Ideas Space' – all equipped with the latest technology. Leisure facilities include a fully equipped gym.
Innside Newcastle will be the second Innside Hotel to open in the UK joining Innside Manchester with 208 bedrooms which opened in 2015.
Future expansion plans for the group include the scheduled opening of Innside Liverpool in spring 2021.
Innside Newcastle is a short walk from Newcastle Central station and a short drive from Newcastle International Airport.
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New Hotel planned in Poole
Plans have been submitted to develop a new hotel at a quayside location in Poole, Dorset. The site is currently occupied by the Thistle Poole Harbour Hotel which lies adjacent to Poole’s historic Quay.
If plans are approved the site, to be called Fisherman’s Dock, would include a new 118-bedroom hotel with rooftop bar and restaurant.
The hotel would share the proposed new four block site with commercial units and a housing development.
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New hotels planned in Liverpool
Liverpool’s Municipal Building is set to be converted into a boutique hotel as part of a £35million transformation. The Grade II-listed building on Dale Street in the city centre previously housed Liverpool City Council administrative offices.
The makeover will retain the Municipal Building’s grand pillars, decorative vaulted ceilings and marble fireplaces.
Hotel Municipal is due for completion in late 2022. It will have 180 bedrooms and suites and will feature a brasserie with an all-day dining menu, tea-room and cocktail bar, as well as a spa complete with pool, jacuzzi and treatment facilities.
Also in Liverpool there are plans for a new hotel plus 650 apartments in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Plans have been approved by city planners.
The new hotel with 200 bedrooms will sit on a former scrap metal site between Chaloner Street and Flint street in the city centre.