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New Maldron Hotel planned in Manchester
Plans have been unveiled to build a new four-star hotel on the border of Manchester and Salford. If approved the 15-storey hotel would be operated by Maldron, part of the Dalata Hotel Group.
Proposals outline a 186 bedroom hotel with a reception and lounge on the ground floor plus a mezzanine bar and restaurant. The upper floors would feature a range of hotel rooms and a residents’ gym.
The hotel would be built on Chapel Street in central Manchester on a site which currently operates as a 40-space car park.
Plans are currently open for public consultation prior to their submission to the local councils.
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Willows Training Centre reopens
The new look Willows Training Centre at Wyboston Lakes Resort in Bedfordshire has reopened following an extensive refurbishment.
Under the refurbishment programme, the 12 meeting rooms at Willows Training Centre have been upgraded and an additional meeting room created. Facilities include a new boardroom for up to 24 delegates, as well as a creative space, ‘Willows Parkway’, which has been designed like a London tube station. The refurbishment has focused on creating light open spaces that offer extensive easy to use technology with comfortable social areas with plenty of power points and wireless connectivity.
The public areas, reception, bar, restaurant and many of the venue’s 183 bedrooms have also been upgraded.
The Cricket Kitchen is a self-service buffet restaurant with the added flexibility of a moving wall to provide clients with more options. This is complemented by a newly created alfresco dining area and a self-service ‘Pit Stop’ by Paddy & Scott’s Cafes.
This latest development follows a £3million overhaul of the Woodlands Event Centre, which was completed just over a year ago. It brings Wyboston Lakes Resort’s total spend on capital reinvestment to over £10million in the last few years.
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Plans for a new Pestana in Manchester
Cristiano Ronaldo, former Manchester United footballer, has teamed up with Pestana Hotels to open a 'high end lifestyle hotel' in the centre of Manchester. Subject to planning approval the new hotel is expected to open in 2023.
The project would see the Grade II-listed Halls Building - home to The Piccadilly Tavern pub - redeveloped, with the empty building next door demolished and replaced with a new 11-storey tower.
The Pestana CR7 Manchester Hotel would overlook Piccadilly Gardens in central Manchester.
Pestana CR7 Hotel Manchester would have 151 bedrooms, a ground floor bar and cafe, basement gym plus a roof terrace. The Piccadilly Tavern unit would also be refurbished as part of the plan and would remain a pub. New retail and leisure units would also be created at street level.
Pestana Group currently operate the four-star Chelsea Bridge Hotel and Spa in London as well as a portfolio of hotels including sites in Berlin, Barcelona and Caracas.
Plans for Pestana CR7 Hotel Manchester are expected to go before a planning committee in the near future.
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London hotel converting bedrooms to meeting rooms
Conrad London St. James has converted some of its hotel rooms and suites into offices and meeting rooms.
The private offices are being branded ‘The Perfect Address’. The offices will have natural daylight with air-conditioning. They will include a small lounge area and an en-suite bathroom. The rooms equipped with a large desk and high-speed internet access, a 42inch satellite HD television, an international media hub with the latest sound system plus two desk phones. Each office will also include a Nespresso machine and a hospitality tray.
Guests will also have access to the Conrad London St James business centre as well as printing facilities, use of a private gym and bicycle storage.
Conrad London St. James is located at St James’s Park, Westminster, close to Victoria tube station.
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Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa reopens
Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa has just reopened following its temporary closure for a £5.6million refurbishment; the aim of which was to “modernise and refresh” the 16th century manor hotel.
The majority of Billesley Manor’s 71 bedrooms have been updated both in terms of decor and in-room technology. The refurbishment has included the hotel’s public areas particularly the library which has now been renamed the ‘As You Like It Lounge’ as a nod to William Shakespeare who is understood to have written the play of the same name there.
The grounds of Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa, which include an 11th century church, have also been re-landscaped.
Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa is located in Alcester, three miles from Stratford on Avon in Warwickshire.
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Park Inn Heathrow splits into two
The Radisson Hotel Group has just rebranded its Park Inn hotel at London Heathrow airport. The hotel has been split into two separate hotels under its Radisson and Radisson RED brands.
The new format features the Radisson RED London Heathrow with 258 bedrooms and the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre London Heathrow with over 600 bedrooms.
Both hotels share the same lobby, restaurant, lounge and bar, as well as the extensive leisure facilities which include a gym, swimming pool, sauna and steam room.
Radisson RED London Heathrow is the second Radisson RED hotel to open in the UK following the brands debut in Glasgow.
Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre London Heathrow is the first Radisson Hotel in the UK. It also features major conference and events space with 41 meeting rooms.
The two hotels are located close to London Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3.