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Published: 13 January 2025

We start as usual with an update of London-based hotels before moving north. We finish this brief update with news from some of the major conference and events venues in the UK

News from London:

Six Senses London, the first UK site for IHG’s luxury Six Senses brand will open in March with 109 bedrooms and suites and 14 branded residences within what was once The Whiteley London department store in Bayswater. The hotel will feature an all-day dining restaurant with an open kitchen plus a courtyard. It will also feature 3,500 square feet of fitness space with a 20-metre indoor swimming pool, a ‘wellness club, as well as coworking spaces.

The Newman Hotel is expected to open this summer – located in Newman Street in Fitzrovia In central London. It will have 81 bedrooms and suites, a brasserie restaurant and bar, a spa and two meeting and events suites. We will advise actual opening date when it is published.

Australian-based budget hotel group LyLo is planning a launch of its pod hotel concept in London. Details of when and where in London await publication but the LyLo concept offers hostel-style accommodation with onsite co-working, social and wellness spaces, especially for younger, budget-conscious traveller. We will monitor developments.

Plans to convert a hundred-year-old former school building in Penn, Buckinghamshire into a luxury hotel have been approved. The Grade-II listed Penn School will become the Rayners Penn Hotel, with 33 bedrooms and suites, a meeting room, cinema, wine room, fine dining restaurant, cookery school and a wellness spa. Further details to follow in due course.

The Crowne Plaza Reading closed at the end of the year. It will now undergo an extensive refurbishment before reopening as a Village Hotel Club. The 33-strong hotel and leisure club operator acquired the site at Caversham Bridge last year.

The 5-star Hotel Gotham opens in Bristol in autumn 2025. It will be housed in the Guildhall on Small Street – a building which has been closed since 2010. Hotel Gotham will have 75 bedrooms and suites, a spa and a rooftop terrace bar. Details of meeting and events facilities to follow in due course.

The Treehouse Manchester is one of the most eagerly awaited new hotel openings of the year. Expected to open in early 2025, The Treehouse Manchester will be located on Deansgate in the city centre with 224 bedrooms and suites, two restaurants as well as a panoramic rooftop bar, meeting and events facilities for up to 400 guests including a private screening room. We will advise the opening date when it is published but bear in mind the original opening date was scheduled for 2022 and it has been moved back ever since.

News and developments from major UK conference venues

A new conference centre is currently under construction as part of Olympia’s £1.3 billion redevelopment in central London. Set to open in late spring 2026, the conference centre will include an 850-seated capacity auditorium, eight breakout rooms, a boardroom, business lounge and a private hire bar and restaurant. The 3,000 sq-mt of space is designed for a variety of events from theatre-style conferences to award ceremonies. It will also be connected to the existing four exhibition spaces for larger event configurations. It will have its own dedicated entrance on Hammersmith Road.

The Belfry Hotel & Resort Sutton Coldfield. Developments include the new Masters Suite (852 sqm), which can host up to 920 delegates with views across the Brabazon golf course plus 149 new bedrooms. It is expected to open autumn 2025.  Existing facilities include 319 bedrooms and suites, 2 restaurants and bars, 22 conference and events suites, a leisure club and spa plus a PGA golf academy.

The Sage Arena and International Conference Centre (ICC) is a new development on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead. It will include: a 12,500-capacity arena, 5,720 square metres of exhibition space, 17 conference rooms and a banqueting suite.  It is scheduled to open autumn 2025.

In our brief roundup of major conference and events venues we have included Marine Lake Events Centre  (MLEC) on Merseyside although it is not scheduled to open before 2026. The Events Centre replaces the former Southport Theatre and Convention Centre. It will include a 1,200-seat theatre, a 2,400-capacity conference and exhibition space, plus smaller meeting rooms a café and restaurant. More details to follow in due course.

Also, on Merseyside Everton Football Club’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool is expected to open at the start of the 2025/26 football season in late summer this year. It will have a 52,888-seat capacity and will be available for concerts, large events and conferences – as well as the occasional football match. Details of the spaces available and their capacities await publication.

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Published: 02 December 2024

A new conference centre is currently under construction as part of Olympia’s £1.3 billion redevelopment in central London. Set to open in late spring 2026, the conference centre will include an 850-seated capacity auditorium, eight breakout rooms, boardroom, business lounge and a private hire bar and restaurant. The 3,000 sq-mt of space is designed for a variety of events from theatre-style conferences to award ceremonies. It will also be connected to the existing four exhibition spaces for larger event configurations. It will have its own dedicated entrance on Hammersmith Road.

Operators of Zedwell Hotels have acquired another site in London to add to their expanding hotel portfolio.   The latest new site is at One Princes Street in the City of London, close to Bank Station and St Pauls Cathedral. The building, a Grade II-listed building dating from 1931, will join existing Zedwell Hotels in Tottenham Court Road, Piccadilly Circus and Greenwich plus new properties planned in Knightsbridge, Park Lane and Victoria. More details to follow.

Travelodge has acquired an office building in St Pauls, London with plans to convert it to a Travelodge hotel with 95 bedrooms plus a restaurant and café. Early 2027 is the anticipated opening date.

Dalata Hotel Group have announced plans to open a new 4-star Clayton hotel to be developed on the Tower 42 Estate in London. The hotel at 20 Old Broad Street, EC2 is in the heart of the City of London, a 5-minute walk from Liverpool Street and Bank Stations. It will include 154 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and gym. An opening second half of 2028 is anticipated.

Indian-based Oberoi Hotels and Resorts is planning to open its first hotel in the UK in London’s Mayfair; part of the area’s South Molton development. Opening is planned for the end of 2027. More details to follow in due course

The July is a new accommodation concept which combines apartment living with hotel amenities. The July is set to open in London next summer. It will include 116 apartments for both short and long stays plus a restaurant and bar, a gym and wellness centre plus meeting facilities. We will monitor its progress and report back.

Z Hotels are set to open a new 95-bedroom hotel in London’s Leicester Square. It will be the group’s 12^th hotel in the capital and 15^th across the UK. The hotel will have a bar and restaurant and will feature the group’s commitment to promoting low-carbon technologies to improve energy efficiency. Further details await publication.

Ruby Hotels have opened their third London hotel. Ruby Stella. It is located in Eyre Street Hill, Clerkenwell, a short walk from Farringdon station. The hotel has 153 bedrooms and features a ground floor courtyard terrace, bar and lounge

Finally in central London, The Corus Hotel Hyde Park, located at 1 Lancaster Gate, is set to undergo a major refurbishment. The hotel, with 388 bedrooms, will see all public spaces ‘reconfigured’, a new central courtyard added and with a new food and beverage options introduced.

Hilton Woking has opened in Victoria Square in the centre of Woking. It has 189 bedrooms and suites and extensive events facilities, including Surrey’s largest hotel ballroom seating up to 609 delegates theatre style. The hotel also features a 22nd floor LOFT Sky Bar. It is located in Victoria Square a short walk from Woking Station with direct train links to London Waterloo.

Young’s Pubs have opened the Teller’s Arms in Farnham in Surrey this October. Formerly a bank the new hotel has nine boutique bedrooms, an all-day dining space, a bar, expansive roof terrace and meeting and events spaces.

Home Grown Hotels, parent company of The Pig Hotel chain, have submitted plans to convert the Grade-I listed former visitor attraction Groombridge Place and Gardens located in the village of Groombridge, southwest of Tunbridge Wells, into a 56-bedroom hotel, complete with a 122-cover restaurant and a spa. The Pig at Groombridge Place is scheduled to launch in 2026. Further details to follow.

The Grand Hotel Brighton has completed its £16.2 million refurbishment.  All 205 bedrooms and suites have been refurbished.  The work has included the hotel’s public areas, alongside the introduction of a state-of-the-art gym and luxurious spa. 

New owners have taken over The Pelican – a pub in Chew Magna in Somerset that was first established in 1615. They plan to add 10 luxury bedrooms with an opening planned for Spring 2025.

Leonardo Hotel Exeter has opened newly refurbished conference and meeting facilities, following a major refurbishment. All seven meeting rooms have a new décor, new lighting and air conditioning plus the latest AV equipment. The largest room will seat up to 90 delegates theatre style,

The former Hotel Brooklyn alongside Leicester Tiger’s rugby football stadium in Leicester has now rebranded as voco Leicester. The hotel has 191 bedrooms and suites meetings and events space to accommodate up to 150 delegates plus its own bridge to the Tigers stadium.

Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa near Shrewsbury has become the latest member to join Radisson Individuals grouping. It joins a growing collection of independent hotels by Radisson Hotel Group. Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa is located one hour away from central Birmingham and is surrounded by 15 acres of landscaped grounds. It has 87 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar, a spa and fitness suite plus meeting and events spaces for up to 530 delegates.

Plans and funds are in place to renovate the George Hotel located on the Station Gateway in Huddersfield and to rebrand it as the first Radisson RED Hotel in Yorkshire and Humberside. The £20 million project will increase the number of bedrooms from 60 to 91. The hotel will also feature ground floor meeting and events space plus a 70-seater restaurant and bar. The hotel closed its doors in 2013 and is now targeting a 2027 reopening.

The Stock Exchange Hotel in the centre of Manchester has joined Marriott’s Autograph Collection. Former footballers, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville’s GG Hospitality group opened the hotel in the Grade II-listed former Stock Exchange building in 2019. It has 40 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar and is available for exclusive private hire.

Heading to the north-east, Bespoke Hotels are planning to open Bailiffgate Hotel in Alnwick in April 2025. It will be located in a former high school in the heart of the town overlooking the entrance to Alnwick Castle. The hotel will include 48 bedrooms, suites and apartments, a bar and restaurant plus private dining space.

Finally in Scotland, plans have been lodged to convert Edinburgh One, a currently empty Edinburgh city centre office block, into a new hotel, bar and restaurant. Located at 60 Morrison Street in the centre of Edinburgh, the hotel would be operated by Dalata Hotels under the Clayton Hotel brand. It will have.256 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and gym plus meeting facilities. We will monitor developments.

Hopefully we will be back in the New Year with an outline of the new hotels and venues which are expected to open in 2025. In the meantime, we wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous, problem-free New Year.

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Published: 28 October 2024

We start our November roundup of hotel and conference venue news in London as usual then we head south before going north with group news at the tail-end:

Dalata Hotel Group has just opened its second Maldron branded hotel in London - Maldron Hotel Shoreditch - with 157 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar plus a fitness centre. It is located in Paul Street, around ten minutes from Liverpool Street station.

The Zetter Bloomsbury is set to become the group’s third London hotel when it opens as anticipated in September 2025. It will join The Zetter Marylebone and Zetter Clerkenwell in the group. It will include 68 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and a gym plus a tree-lined garden terrace and outdoor restaurant. You will find it in Montague Street, close to the British Museum.

Belgravia Police Station is likely to be a third site for The Other House – a group with two boutique apartment hotels in London. Plans have been approved to convert the currently vacant building in Buckingham Palace Road in central London into a 206-bedroom hotel with meeting and events facilities plus a bar, gym and restaurant. We will monitor developments.

CitizenM London Olympia is a new hotel which will form part of the £1.3 billion regeneration of Olympia’ existing exhibition halls. CitizenM London Olympia is expected to open next year with 146 bedrooms plus three societyM meeting rooms. It will be the fifth CitizenM in London. Developments at London Olympia itself will see the addition of a new 4,000-capacity music hall plus 30 new bars and restaurants.

Also scheduled to open next year in London is a new hotel and leisure development in Canary Wharf. The development includes a 78-bedroom House of Gods Hotel with a rooftop bar, a music venue and events space. It joins two other House of Gods Hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The Runnymede on Thames Hotel has just reopened under the Warner Hotels banner following a major refurbishment of the site. The hotel now has 205 bedrooms and suites including 25 new bedrooms featuring riverside balconies, two new restaurants, a new spa plus an entertainment venue called the Late Lounge.

SeaSpace Cornwall is a new lifestyle aparthotel which has just opened with 56 studios and apartments (with plans to increase to 72 in 2025), in Porth, close to Newquay in Cornwall. 

Twenty bedrooms have undergone a complete refurbishment at Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire with a fresh new décor plus new in-room facilities including a Nespresso coffee machine, Chromecast interactive TVs and air conditioning. Renovation works on 40% of the hotel rooms are expected to be completed by spring 2025.

Plans to build a new five-storey 80-bedroom hotel with a spa and bar, close to Everton Football Club’s new stadium in Liverpool, have been approved. Further details to follow.

The Principal York has officially rebranded as The Milner York. The hotel opened in 1878 as the Royal Station Hotel, a stone’s throw from York station, and later became the Royal York Hotel. In 2015 it became the Principal York. The transition to The Milner York has involved a refurbishment bill in excess of £2million. The hotel now has 155 bedrooms and suites, 11 meeting and events suites with the largest seating 480 delegates.

The Rabbit Hotel & Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, part of the Galgorm Collection, is to launch 17 new bedrooms which are part of a new courtyard accommodation block. Opening in December they will complement The Rabbit’s existing 33 bedrooms.

Group news:

Immersive Hospitality Management (IHM), a group which has recently rebranded from Corus Hotels, will open its first property in November under its sub-brand Imerso Hotels. It is the Buckinghamshire based country hotel, Burnham Beeches with 80 bedrooms and suites, restaurants and bars, leisure facilities including an indoor pool plus a range meeting and events suites with the largest seating150 delegates theatre style.

Change of ownership – formerly under private ownership, The Vineyard in Newbury (famous for the size of its impressive wine cellar) has been sold to Apex Hotels and will join the group’s country house collection. The Vineyard is a 5-star country house hotel with 49 bedrooms and suites plus five meeting rooms. The California is the largest room seating up to 160 delegates.

The four-strong Sleeperz Hotels portfolio in Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne are to be rebranded under the Four Points Flex by Sheraton brand. The hotels are due to complete the rebrand in 2025.

We have outlined details above of a second Maldron branded hotel to open in London - Maldron Hotel Shoreditch. Maldron Hotels has also revealed its ambition to become the largest four-star hotel operator in all major cities in Ireland and regional UK by 2030.

Zedwell Hotels group has published expansion plans which will see of the brand opening in York, Manchester and Edinburgh city centres. Currently the group operate three Zedwell properties – all in central London. We will monitor and report future developments.

 

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Published: 01 January 2025

Welcome to 2025 with a brief outline of some of the new hotel and meeting venue developments you can expect this year. We start in London as usual and then head northwards.

The new Radisson RED London Twickenham Stadium is set to open in 2025 following a full refurbishment of the hotel. As well as accommodating the world’s largest rugby stadium, it will also include 150 bedrooms, restaurants and bars plus 10 meeting and events suites. Opening date to be advised.

The Montcalm Marble Arch is planning a Spring 2025 opening in central London. It will feature 150 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar, a grand ballroom to seat 300 guests plus fitness facilities and a plunge pool. Meeting and events facilities to be advised.

The Wesley Euston, located a stone’s throw from London Euston station, has just completed a refurbishment of its reception area. The hotel with 100 bedrooms and 17 meeting and events spaces is one of the largest and most accessible meeting and events hotels in London.

A spring opening is planned for The Newman Hotel located in Newman Street in London’s Fitzrovia. The hotel will include 81 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and fitness facilities plus two private event and dining rooms. Confirmed opening date to be advised.

Hilton Hotels are now planning to open Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria, London Hotel in 2026. It will be the group’s first Waldorf Astoria brand in the UK and was originally scheduled to open in 2022 which was then moved to late 2025. Further details to follow.

The Barbican Centre in London has secured a multi-million-pound funding package which will see the Grade-II listed arts, conference and events centre in London fully refurbished to provide improved facilities for conferences and events. Refurbishment work, still subject to planning approval, is expected to start in 2027 with completion in time for the Barbican’s 50th anniversary in 2032.

Budget hotel group, B&B HOTELS, has just launched its first UK hotel at London Heathrow. The group acquired Arora Park hotel last year. They have now refurbished and relaunched it with 119 bedrooms, a breakfast room and free Wi-Fi throughout. The hotel is serviced by the Hotel Hoppa shuttle bus to all Heathrow terminals.

The Francis Hotel in the centre of Bath is planning an autumn 2025 relaunch following completion of a £13million refurbishment. The Francis Hotel, part of the Sutton Hotel Collection, has 98 bedrooms and will feature a fully refurbished restaurant and bar, a new Snug described as a ‘Gentleman’s Lounge with feminine touches’ plus Thermae Bath Spa home to the UK’s only existing natural thermae spa experience. 

The Charlton Boutique Hotel in Charlton Kings in the Cotswolds has submitted plans for a complete refurbishment. The hotel currently with 12 bedrooms wants to build a three-storey annexe for an additional 32 bedroom.

Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa, now a member of Radisson Individuals collection and located just outside Shrewsbury, has completed a £2.5 million refurbishment. The hotel is an 18th-century manor house with 87 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus a full-service spa and fitness suite. The hotel has seven flexible events spaces with the largest seating up to 300 delegates.

Park Hall Hotel & Spa just outside Chorley in Lancashire is now a member of Radisson Individuals grouping. This follows an extensive refurbishment including a new  state-of-the-art spa and gym facilities. The hotel has 140 bedrooms, restaurants and bars plus four event spaces accommodating up to 700 guests.

The Saltmoore is a new hotel which opened in December on an 85-acre estate in Whitby, North Yorkshire. It has 72 bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and leisure facilities. It has been dubbed: “a luxury nature-based retreat”.

Into Wales:

The new Abersoch Hotel on the Welsh coast is planning a soft launch in January 2025. It will be operated by Bespoke Hotels and will include 42 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar with sea-view terraces, a gym and spa plus meeting rooms.

Into Scotland:

The former Scores Hotel at St Andrews Golf Course in Fife- the closest hotel to the first tee on the oldest golf course in the world - is set to reopen in February 2025 as Seaton House. It will include 42 bedrooms, six suites and three junior suites, a restaurant and bar plus two meeting and events suites with the largest seating up to 180 delegates.

The Crossbasket Castle is a new luxury hotel opening in Blantyre, on the outskirts of Glasgow in March 2025. It will include 40 bedrooms, a restaurant and cocktail bar plus a new spa. Meeting rooms include the Grand Hall seating 350 delegates theatre style plus five meeting rooms seating between 20 and 110 delegates theatre style.

Hotel du Vin Edinburgh has just completed a £1.2 million refurbishment project. The bedrooms have all been upgraded, together with upgrades in the hotel kitchen. Next in line for the group’s refurbishment programme is Cannizaro House in Wimbledon, about to undergo an extensive transformation in early 2025.

We finish in Northern Ireland: The first Tapestry Collection by Hilton in Northern Ireland is set to open in Portrush in summer 2025. It will have 80 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, bar and fitness facilities. It will have good access to the Bushmills Whiskey Distillery and the Giant’s Causeway on the Atlantic Coast. Portrush will also be hosting the 153rd Golf Open in 2025.

We wish all our readers a very happy, trouble-free and prosperous New Year.

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Published: 14 November 2024

Indian-based Oberoi Hotels & Resorts are planning to make their debut in London with a new luxury hotel in London’s Mayfair district. The property, located at 40-46 Brook Street, will serve as a flagship boutique hotel offering the brand’s signature design and service. Construction started in November 2023 and the project is expected to be complete by the end of 2027.

Upgrading work is about to start on the Holiday Inn on Cromwell Road in Kensington, London. It is set to become a Forum Hotel with all 900+ bedrooms and public areas refurbished. Part of the plans include a new rooftop extension with a panoramic bar and restaurant plus a luxury spa, pool and gym. The job is not scheduled to complete before 2027.

GuestHouse Hotels has just opened its fourth property - No. 124 Brighton. The hotel occupies an historic building yards away from Brighton beach and seafront. The hotel includes 32 luxury bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, a lounge and terrace plus a courtyard described as ideal for events.

Late autumn 2025 is the anticipated opening date of the new Hotel Gotham Bristol in the city’s historic former Guildhall building which has been closed since 2010. The hotel will include 75 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant, a rooftop terrace bar, a spa plus meeting and events facilities. We will monitor developments.

Here in Birmingham a new Radisson RED Birmingham Edgbaston Stadium hotel is planned for the city’s cricket stadium and home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. The proposed hotel will feature 146 bedrooms, including 85 with pitch-facing balconies. Eighteen of the pitch-view rooms will be fully convertible into hospitality spaces. The hotel is expected to open in 2027.

A new hotel is planned for central Manchester. It will be in the 76-storey ‘ Viadux Phase Two’ development scheme  located between Manchester Central Conference Centre and Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink Station. The hotel will be accessed from the ground floor. It will have 160 bedrooms and suites plus a restaurant and bar. Further details await publication.

Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire has started a £6.5million refurbishment package of all its 197 bedrooms. Twenty rooms have been refurbishment already and 40% are expected to be completed by spring 2025.

Dalata Hotel Group, operators of the Clayton Hotel and Maldron Hotel brands, has announced ambitious plan to increase the number of bedrooms and suites under its brands from 12,000 to 21,000 bedrooms by 2030. The group is also aiming to become the largest operator of four-star hotels in all major cities in Ireland and regional UK by 2030 with a growing presence in London and Continental Europe. The group currently operates 57 mainly four-star rated hotels.

Dalata has just acquired the Radisson Hotel Dublin Airport and plans to rebrand it as a Clayton Hotel in 2025.

Staying in the Irish Capital, Sofitel Dublin Airport is a new 412-bedroom hotel currently under construction with an opening planned for late 2026.

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Published: 14 October 2024

The mid-month additions to our regular news feed are as follows – taking our usual route from south to north.

Formerly The Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, it has now relaunched as Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge. Meeting and events facilities remain the same. The rebrand follows the launch of a series of new guest experiences, including a three-hour private river tour down the River Thames.

Hyatt Hotels has opened its first Park Hyatt branded hotel in the UK.  Park Hyatt London River Thames is in Nine Elms close to Battersea Power Station in south-west London - with views of the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament. It has 203 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar with a Cantonese restaurant opening later this year. There is a fitness centre and an indoor pool. The hotel has just over 14.000 sq-ft of meeting space including a ballroom plus a major meeting room which will subdivide into seven smaller spaces.

Dalata Hotel Group has just opened its second Maldron branded hotel in London. Maldron Hotel Shoreditch has 157 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar plus a fitness centre. It is located on Paul Street, around a ten-minute walk from Liverpool Street station.

Village Hotels group have started construction work on a new development in Eastleigh, in Hampshire along with the continued construction of a Basingstoke property.

Estelle Manor in Oxfordshire are to launch Fallow House next February - a 500 sq-mt events space on their estate. It will be a two-storey building with three meeting rooms – the largest seating 70 theatre style plus two bars, a dining room and a 99sq-mt Grand Hall. We will monitor developments.

The PIG Hotel group is opening its ninth property this December. THE PIG-on the farm is a mid-16th century listed stone-built Manor House set in 53 acres of land located five miles from Stratford on Avon. The hotel will include 35 bedrooms and suites in the main house, the outbuildings and garden area. There will be a restaurant in the main barn with a terrace plus two private dining rooms. It will also feature three Shepherd’s Hut treatment rooms, overlooking the grounds.

Aparthotel Native Manchester at Ducie Street Warehouse is increasing the number of its units from 166 to 193. Native Manchester includes an all-day bar & kitchen, events and meeting spaces, a fitness area, a lounge, terrace and a mini cinema.

Moving across to Liverpool, plans to bring a Motto by Hilton hotel to Liverpool, which would be located above the Cavern Club, have secured planning permission. Plans indicate a 283-bedroom hotel, with a restaurant and bar and events space including a cinema room. We will monitor its progress. 

Staying with Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield City has just opened next to Bramall Lane stadium in the city. It has 155 bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and fitness facilities. The hotel has five meeting and events suites with the largest room seating up to 250 delegates theatre style.

More news from Village Hotels. They are planning a major investment which will see upgrades to over 50% of its UK hotels – work incudes upgrades to bedrooms, meeting and events facilities and to the group’s leisure facilities. The first phase is expected to start in Spring 2025 with properties in Manchester and Solihull first to receive the treatment.

Existing Marriott Hotels in Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne are to be converted to a new midscale brand - Four Points Flex by Sheraton. The hotels are due to complete the rebranding exercise in 2025

Finally, congratulations to the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff - part of The Celtic Collection. It has been awarded Hotel of the Year for Wales by the AA, just three years after opening.