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New Events Centre opening in London next spring
Woolwich Works is a new restoration project currently underway at former industrial buildings in Woolwich, East London. It will open as a new ‘cultural quarter’ in Spring 2021.
A £31.6million restoration programme will see five historic buildings on the Royal Arsenal site converted into multi-use spaces for concerts, exhibitions, conferences and events.
Woolwich Works will include a performance venue for up to 1200 delegates, a performance courtyard seating up to 600 and 10 studios plus a café, bar and community spaces for conferences and other events.
Woolwich Works is located on the banks of the River Thames in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
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New Hotel planned in Corby
A new hotel plus apartments is being planned on the site of a former further and higher education college in Corby, Northamptonshire.
The hotel would have 70 bedrooms and would be located on the Tresham College site in George Street in the centre of Corby.
Plans are currently under consideration by Corby Borough Council.
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Lake District Hotel planning major expansion
The Swan Hotel and Spa in Newby Bridge is to invest £7million with the aim of transforming the 17th-century coaching inn in the Lake District into a world-class luxury spa resort. Completion is anticipated by summer 2021.
An additional 30 new bedrooms will be housed in a new three-storey extension.
The Swan Hotel and Spa currently has 54 bedrooms and includes a restaurant and bar plus a fitness centre with a 10m pool and gym. Four meeting and events rooms will accommodate up to 100 delegates.
The Swan Hotel and Spa at Newby Bridge is a five-minute drive from the southern end of Lake Windermere and is 15 minutes from the M6 motorway.
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New Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel & Spa opens
The new Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel & Spa has just reopened following a total £3.5million refurbishment of the Queens Hotel. The hotel will be officially rebranded from 31st July.
All 109 bedrooms at the Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel & Spa have been totally refurbished. The bedroom designs now take their inspiration from the ‘roaring twenties’ and they include a 50-inch smart TV and complimentary high-speed wi-fi.
Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel & Spa now features the Green Room Restaurant and the Kraken Bar.
The Studland Suite is the main conference/banqueting suite at the Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel with its own separate entrance. It can accommodate meetings of up to 200 delegates. In addition, the Purbeck Suite will seat up to 100 guests.
Leisure facilities include the Cut Gym and the Pangolin Spa with seven treatment rooms, a swimming pool, sauna, steam room and ice shower.
Mercure Bournemouth Queens Hotel & Spa is located overlooking the Jurassic Coast within easy walking distance of local Bournemouth attractions including the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC).
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YOTEL to open in central London
YOTEL has announced that it is to open its first central London hotel in Clerkenwell on 1st August. YOTEL also claims that YOTEL London will be the first new hotel to open in the city since lockdown.
YOTEL is designed for the “smart, tech-savvy traveller”.
YOTEL London will have 212 modern cabins (YOTEL speak for bedrooms); a mix of solos, doubles, triples and bunks plus VIP Suites with city views. Each will be furnished with signature YOTEL features such as the space-saving adjustable SmartBed, rain showers, Smart TVs, multiple power and USB charging ports and free super-fast wi-fi.
YOTEL London will include Komyuniti, an all-day restaurant and bar serving street food, bar snacks and larger plates. It will be located in a split-level area designed for both work and play.
Additional amenities at YOTEL London will include two meeting spaces equipped with AV technology plus a 24/7 gym.
YOTEL London is located in Clerkenwell within easy walking distance of Farringdon, Barbican and Old Street.
YOTEL currently operate seven airport hotels including London Gatwick and London Heathrow plus seven city centre hotels worldwide including Edinburgh.
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Plans for New Aparthotel in Newcastle approved
Plans by Newcastle-based property company, Malhotra, to create a new aparthotel in Newcastle on Tyne have been approved. The redevelopment of a building at 1 Mosley Street would see a four to five storey extension added to the existing Grade II-listed building.
The new development would comprise 20 aparthotel rooms with a reception area, office space, a restaurant/bar on the ground floor plus a rooftop garden.
1 Mosley Street dates back to the end of the nineteenth century and lies within the Newcastle Conservation Area.
Malhotra already operate the Grey Street Hotel and the New Northumbria Hotel – both in Newcastle on Tyne.