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Volume and Value of the UK Conference Market
With the UK hospitality industry now in lockdown with hotels up and down the land closed for all but essential travel, it is sobering to read the important contribution the industry makes to the UK economy. Figures published by Conference News Magazine show:
In 2018, there were an estimated 1.48million conferences and meetings in the UK. These events were attended by 95.3million delegates accounting for approximately 152.8million delegate days. There was an average of 428 conferences and meetings per venue in 2018 - up from 373 events the year before.
In 2018 exhibitions in the UK generated £11bn in spending and contributed £5.4bn in value-added to the UK economy. UK exhibitions attracted over 9.1million visitors in 2018 to almost 1,100 major events across a range of sectors - and this activity supported 114,000 jobs in the UK.
In 2018, there were 141.5million visits to outdoor events in the UK, with a total on-site and off-site spend of £39.5bn.
Full breakdown: https://www.conference-news.co.uk/coronavirus-updates-business-news/uk-events-report-executive-summary
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Oberoi to open in London
Real estate investment company, Cain International, has signed an agreement with luxury hotel operator, the Oberoi Group, to operate 23 serviced residences in Mayfair, west London.
Oberoi currently operate 32 hotels around the world. The serviced residences in Mayfair will be the hotel group’s first European venture.
The site is a 48,000 sq-ft Grade II-listed property in South Audley Street dating from 1845. The residences will also feature retail space and a small restaurant. They are due for completion in 2022.
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New Aparthotel planned in the centre of Birmingham
A new aparthotel is set to be built above the O2 Academy in Birmingham, one of city's most popular concert venues.
New plans have been published which would add four storeys to the eight-storey St James House, located just off Bristol Street and within easy walking distance of the city centre and Birmingham New Street Station.
The O2 Academy occupies the ground floor space. The existing office accommodation above the venue has now been vacant for over ten years.
Plans include the installation of a noise barrier between the O2 Academy and bedrooms above. The new aparthotel would include 94 suites. There would be a communal lounge, gym, kitchen, coffee servery, work area and cycle storage.
The project’s progress is subject to planning consent.
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Room2 planning to open in Belfast
Aparthotel operator, Room2, is planning to open a new 175-unit ‘hometel’ aparthotel in Belfast city centre.
The nine-storey aparthotel will include food and beverage facilities on the ground-floor level with meeting and conference facilities on the first floor. The apartments will range in size from 21sq-mt up to 37sq-mt and all will include a fully fitted kitchen.
Construction is due to commence shortly with completion anticipated in late 2021.
Room 2 Belfast will be located in Queen Street in the heart of central Belfast within easy walking distance of all the major sites and landmarks in the city.
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Aparthotel Adagio Liverpool City Centre expansion planned
Aparthotel Adagio Liverpool City Centre is planning to expand. The Adagio Aparthotel is located in the Grade II-listed Lewis’s Building in central Liverpool. Its 126 apartments are located on the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the building it also shares with a Post Office and a gym.
Adagio is planning to convert vacant retail space on the ground and mezzanine levels to provide further apartments. Adagio is also planning to add two meeting rooms on the fifth floor which will be in addition to its existing two conference suites. Aparthotel Adagio Liverpool City Centre features a variety of services, including access to a fitness room, self-service laundry facilities and a dry-cleaning service.
The planning application is currently with Liverpool City Council.
Aparthotel Adagio Liverpool City Centre is a few minutes' walk away from Liverpool Central and Lime Street stations.
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New Hotel planned in Staines
Hotel owner-operators, Arora Group, has been awarded the project to plan and develop a hotel in a riverfront location in Staines town centre.
The hotel is one component in a mixed-use development which also includes new residential units.
The planned 4-star hotel will have over 300 bedrooms and will including serviced apartments, a spa and leisure facilities. It will also feature meetings and events space including a ballroom.
Staines is located on the banks of the River Thames in Surrey, 15 miles from central London and close to London Heathrow Airport.
Arora Hotels is one of the UK's leading hotel owner-operators. The group’s portfolio includes Sofitel London Heathrow, Sofitel London Gatwick, Novotel London Stansted, Renaissance London Heathrow, InterContinental London ‒ The O2, Holiday Inn Heathrow Terminal 5, Crowne Plaza London Heathrow Terminal 4, Holiday Inn Express London Heathrow Terminal 4, Hilton London Gatwick and Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. On the development front is Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel which is due to open in early 2021 and Arora Hotel Gatwick/Crawley which is currently under construction.