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Ruby Hotels plan third London Hotel
Ruby Hotels is planning a third hotel in London following the opening of Ruby Lucy in London’s Southbank earlier this year.
Ruby number two is Ruby Stella which is set to open in 2022 in Clerkenwell.
The third addition will be Ruby Zoe, located in the heart of Notting Hill and set to open late 2023.
Ruby Hotels offer a ‘lean luxury philosophy in a top location with high-quality fittings and outstanding design’. Ruby Zoe is set to follow the blueprint.
Ruby Zoe will be a new build hotel with 173 bedrooms. It will feature a street-front public area combining retail and hotel elements.
Ruby Zoe will be within walking distance of Kensington Palace and Hyde Park.
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Hyatt Place coming to London Gatwick
New owners of the former Travelodge London Gatwick Airport located in Lowfield Heath, Crawley next to London Gatwick Airport are planning to relaunch it as a Hyatt Place-branded property.
The 185-bedroom hotel will undergo a major refurbishment, including upgrading all the bedrooms plus a full renovation of the reception, restaurant and bar areas.
The hotel currently has 125 parking spaces and is a five minute drive from London Gatwick Airport.
Restructuring work at the Hyatt Place Hotel is expected to complete in the third quarter of 2021.
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Plans for a new hotel in Rotherham
Plans for a major new mixed-use development to include a new hotel look set to be approved in Rotherham this week.
The new triple-phased development is planned on Forge Island on the edge of Rotherham town centre on a peninsula formed by the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Canal.
Phase one of the scheme would comprise a 69-bedroom hotel and café, four restaurants and an eight-screen cinema with associated car parking. Phases two and three would mainly comprise private apartments.
If planning approval is granted construction is expected begin in autumn 2021.
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Construction starts on new Milton Keynes Hotel
Building contractors are starting work on the new Hotel La Tour in Milton Keynes.
The four-star Hotel La Tour will include 261 bedrooms, a restaurant and a fourteenth-floor sky bar and external terrace accessed by a scenic glass elevator.
Hotel La Tour will also include a gym and a pool plus 12,900 sq-ft of conference and events space.
As well as being the tallest building in Milton Keynes when it is completed, Hotel La Tour will also be illuminated with a projected LED installation at night to become a key focal point in the city, and will feature a large sculpture adjacent to the hotel entrance.
Hotel La Tour Milton Keynes is expected to open in 2022.
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Expansion planned at Ibis Styles in Birmingham
A four-storey rear extension is planned at the Ibis Styles Birmingham Hagley Road hotel.
An additional 35 new bedrooms could be added to the hotel if plans are approved. Ibis Styles Birmingham Hagley Road currently has 62 bedrooms.
Ibis Styles Birmingham Hagley Road has a breakfast restaurant, a bar plus a meeting and banqueting suite to seat up to 400 delegates.
Ibis Styles Birmingham Hagley Road is located two miles west of city centre Birmingham with good access to the Barclaycard Arena, Symphony Hall, O2 Academy and Birmingham Library.
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thestudio reopening 4th July
Many hotel groups are planning to reopen from 4th July. They are all introduced extensive measures to enable meeting organisers to plan a safe and successful event.
We highlight ‘thestudio’, a meeting and events venue based here in Birmingham.
thestudio has just launched its new ten-point ‘Safe, Seamless and Successful’ guide to event planning with a comprehensive plan for delivering events safely and creatively once it re-opens for business on 4th July. Their safety plan covers all aspect from arrival at the venue, through to the meeting room experience. This includes providing each guest with an individual sanitised desk space for the meeting day. Refreshments and food will be prepared freshly on site and delivered as a new “grab and go” offer which will allow guests flexibility to eat safely at their desk or even in the studio’s outdoor space which will also be available for open air meetings at the studio venues in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
thestudio will offer exclusive use of individual floors for sole use at any of their venues
thestudio is also promoting its video conferencing technology to allow delegates to meet virtually where appropriate.
thestudio Birmingham is located in Cannon Street in the centre of Birmingham, a two-minute walk from Birmingham New Street Station.