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New boutique Hotel opening in London 2021
Chateau Denmark is a new boutique hotel planned to open in London’s Denmark Street next year.
Denmark Street is synonymous with both subversive and popular culture – The Rolling Stones recorded their first album there, the Sex Pistols lived on the street plus Jimi Hendrix was a regular to the area. Chateau Denmark will take its designs and inspiration from this rich musical heritage.
Chateau Denmark will have 55 bedrooms and apartments across 16 buildings, some dating from the 17th century. Room themes will range from vintage gothic to punk and psychedelia. Many of the rooms will include a ‘maxi-bar’.
Chateau Denmark is a new independent brand and is expected to open in summer 2021.
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New Hotel development approved in Liverpool
Liverpool City Council has approved a £15million transformation of Allerton Manor in south Liverpool to create a new golf course and a boutique hotel.
The project will see the restoration and conversion of the Grade II-listed, but dilapidated Allerton Manor house to create a 31-bedroom boutique hotel and spa with function and events space.
On the golf side Allerton Manor’s existing 18 and 9-hole courses will be reconfigured to create a par 72 Championship course with a new driving range and putting area plus a new golf pavilion and club house.
The first phase of development work is expected to start in spring 2021, with completion of the project, including the restoration of Allerton Manor, anticipated before 2024.
Allerton Manor is a ten-minute drive from both Liverpool city centre and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
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Bermonds Locke aparthotel opens this week
The new Bermonds Locke aparthotel is opening this week – the fourth Locke Aparthotel to open in London. Bermonds Locke in Bermondsey has 143 rooms with 99 studios and 44 one-bedroom apartments.
Bermonds Locke aparthotel offers all-day dining, a coffee shop, cocktail bar, co-working facilities, a meeting room and a yoga studio.
Bermonds Locke aparthotel is located is a short distance from The City, the Design Museum, Borough Market, Tate Modern and Tower Bridge.
Bermonds Locke joins Leman Locke Aldgate the first to open plus Kingsland Locke Dalston and Locke at Broken Wharf – all in London.
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Kimpton comes to Manchester in October
The building started life in 1890 as the headquarters of the Refuge Assurance Company in central Manchester. In recent years the prestigious Grade II-listed Victorian building with its famous clock tower became the Palace Hotel and then the Principal Hotel.
From the 1st October it is all change again. The building will be rebranded the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is part of IHG’s Kimpton branding, an American import which launched in 1981 as a boutique hotel brand and which now has over 60 hotels worldwide in its portfolio. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel will be the fourth Kimpton hotel to open in the UK.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel still has the building’s original Victorian features, including its clock tower and carved wooden staircases.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has 270 loft style bedrooms, many with original features as well as incorporating the latest in-room technology. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has a restaurant and bar plus 17 meeting and events spaces including the largest hotel ballroom in the northwest of England.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is located opposite Manchester Oxford Road station in the centre of the city.
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EventCity to close
Covid 19 has ‘claimed the scalp’ of EventCity in Manchester. Trafford Council have taken the decision to close EventCity by 31st March 2021.
The decision has been forced on the Council by the economic contraction, particularly in the events and hospitality sectors, created by the Covid virus.
EventCity is one of the North's largest, blank canvas exhibition and events spaces. It comprises four halls with a combined capacity of about 300,000 sq ft. EvenCity caters for exhibitions, conferences, gala dinners and meetings.
The decision means that plans for a new facility at EventCity, which were approved by Trafford Council in February of this year, will no longer go ahead.
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Cameron House reopening April 2021
Cameron House, the luxury hotel overlooking Loch Lomond which was extensively damaged in a fire three years ago, is now set to reopen in April 2021. This is ahead of a £17.5 million extension which is due to be completed before the end of 2021.
The extension, located next to the hotel’s leisure wing, will see a further 68 bedrooms open on the upper three floors. This will take the total number of bedrooms at Cameron House to 208. The majority of new rooms will have balconies with loch-facing views.
A new ballroom at Cameron House accommodating up to 400 delegates for a theatre style presentation is also part of the planned extension.
A large outdoor terrace on the lower ground floor will create a separate, external space for smaller events with views overlooking Loch Lomond.
Cameron House is located on the banks of Loch Lomond a 5 minute drive from Balloch station and around a 30 minute journey by road from Glasgow.