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Hotel plans unveiled in Birmingham
Plans have been unveiled to transform HSBC's former Birmingham offices into a major hotel and student accommodation development.
If plans go ahead the building in Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston would be converted into a 123-bedroom hotel and 266 student bedroom block alongside. The hotel would include a bar, lounge, restaurant and reception area.
The building, which has been vacant since HSBC relocated in 2018, was originally named Shell Mex House and was constructed in 1962 It was designed by John Madin, the Birmingham born architect who made a significant contribution to Birmingham’s recovery after the Second World War designing buildings including the Birmingham Post and Mail building, the Central Library and BBC Pebble Mill studios.
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Coal Exchange Hotel reopening
The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay is reopening under new management on 16th October.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is housed in a 19th-century building in Mount Stuart Square which formerly housed Cardiff’s Coal Exchange. It was built in the 1880s and became a hub of global trade in Cardiff's docklands before closing in 1958. Since then, it has been used for live music and other events before being refurbished and reopening as a hotel in 2017.
The Coal Exchange Hotel will now be operated by Eden Grove Properties.
The Coal Exchange Hotel has 80-bedroom, a restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is a four-minute walk from Cardiff Bay station.
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Holiday Inn Express Bicester opens
Holiday Inn Express Bicester has just opened on the Bicester Gateway Business Park on the outskirts of Bicester village in Oxfordshire.
Holiday Inn Express Bicester has 149 bedrooms all featuring the Holiday Inn Express Next Generation room design. All rooms feature blackout curtains, high-quality bedding, a power shower and free high-speed wi-fi. They are also equipped with flexible workspace, a flat-screen TV and plenty of USB ports and plug sockets next to the bed.
Hot and continental breakfast options are available. Light meals and pizzas are available in the Great Room lounge. The Express Café & Bar serves teas and coffees as well as wines, craft beers and spirits.
There are seven air-conditioned flexible meeting rooms with the largest seating up to 45 delegates theatre style.
Holiday Inn Express Bicester is a 15 minute walk from the centre of Bicester and 40 minutes from Oxford.
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Plans approved for new hotel in West Yorkshire
Plans have been approved by Bradford Council in West Yorkshire for a new boutique hotel to open in the centre of Ilkley.
The hotel would be housed in a former electronics shop. The front of the building would be retained and refurbished and its upper floors converted into an eight bedroom hotel.
Development details and a proposed opening date await publication.
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Skywalking at Spurs
As an ardent and long-standing Aston Villa fan, it gives my husband no pleasure for me to admit it but Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s new stadium in London is an excellent stadium with a first class range of meeting and events facilities.
The Stadium has been designed with state-of-the art technology throughout. It is the first stadium in the UK to offer full mobile coverage and free wifi from all four major UK network providers.
Facility-wise the Tottenham Hotspur stadium can host all manner of events including meetings, conferences, seminars, product launches, dinners, training and team building activities. They can host theatre style meetings for up to 800 delegates.
Tottenham Hotspur have now introduced ‘The Dare Skywalk’ - the latest visitor attraction and they claim: the ‘perfect team building activity.’. This is an adrenaline-pumped, 90-minute team building experience which will challenge adventure-seekers by scaling the height of the stadium.
Stepping out onto a glass walkway 46.8 metres above the football pitch, delegates will embark on a journey to the stadium’s golden cockerel, at the same time experiencing unrivalled views across London.
Tottenham Hotspur FC claim it brings a unique sense of achievement once the dare is complete.
Next year Tottenham Hotspur Football Club will be introducing the ‘ultimate test of nerve’ – the opportunity to either take a controlled-drop or abseil back to ground level from the peak of the stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is situated in the heart of Tottenham in north London. The Stadium is well connected to central London and within walking distance of London Overground and Underground stations and is around 20 minutes from London King's Cross station.
And …..as my husband reminds me the meeting and events facilities at Villa Park are also excellent.
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The Mitre Hampton Court opens
The Signet Collection, a new boutique luxury hotel branding has just launched its first hotel – The Mitre Hampton Court.
The Mitre is a Grade II-listed property dating back to 1665. It was originally used as accommodation for guests of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace.
Fast forward 300 years plus and the Mitre Hotel now has 36 bedrooms, a riverside restaurant and wine bar, a 70-seater brasserie restaurant and bar, a riverside terrace plus meeting and events space and private dining rooms.
The Mitre Hampton Court is around a 30 minute journey from London Heathrow and 40 minutes from central London.