Starting in London, The Millennium Gloucester Hotel in central London has just reopened following a £5million refurbishment. The hotel now has 611 bedrooms, a new gym and three new meeting and events suites bringing the total number to 29.
Christ Church Spitalfields in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is to relaunch its refurbished venue with a new catering partner -Jimmy Garcia Catering. Meeting space includes the Grand Nave, which seats up to 350 theatre-style with smaller meetings housed in the Crypt.
The Design Museum's new fashion exhibition sponsored by Alexander McQueen, which opened in September, is now available for corporate hire. The Design Museum is located on Kensington High Street and has seven different events spaces.
Raffles London at The OWO opens today – 29th September in London's former Old War Office.
Marriott have launched ‘Four Points Express by Sheraton’ brand with Four Points Express by Sheraton London Euston, the first expected to open in the UK in 2024 with 201 bedrooms.
In Liverpool, the ACC Liverpool Group operators of the Exhibition Centre Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena and Convention Centre, has achieved its aim to become carbon neutral.
Meanwhile in Manchester the Hyatt Regency Hotel has been crowned winners of the ‘Hotel of the Year’ award at the City of Manchester Awards 2023.
Across the Pennines plans have been lodged for the alteration and extension of the historic Owston Hall Hotel and Golf in Doncaster. The Grade II-listed building was converted into a hotel in the year 2000. Currently it has 32 bedrooms. An additional 23 bedrooms are included in the plans together with expanded leisure facilities. We will monitor its progress.
Room2 Belfast is opening on Queen Street in the centre of Belfast on 16th October. It will be the fourth hotel in the group and will include 175 bedrooms over nine floors, a café/restaurant, four first floor meeting rooms plus a coffee roastery and a gym.
Three news items from the south-west of England include:
The Number One Bruton hotel in Somerset with just 12 bedrooms is planning to expand. The hotel has taken over its neighbouring pub and plans to add new bedrooms as well as expanding its restaurant and bar operation.
The developer who was responsible for creating the Eden Project in Cornwall, has revealed plans to open a new £30million luxury beachfront hotel in Brixham. Plans envisage a 44-bedroom hotel with restaurant, roof bar, gym, spa and a new beach-side bistro. Again, we will monitor progress
Staying in Cornwall, The Bodmin Jail Hotel has been transformed from a grim 18th century prison into a new boutique hotel with 70 bedrooms, a restaurant and bar. The hotel has two meeting rooms: the original Naval wing seating 80 delegates and The Chapel seating 60 delegates.
Finally, a new nationwide study commissioned by Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland has revealed that the top 20 sleep inducers in the modern age include listening to a true crime podcast, watching a comedy show or stroking a pet. Counting sheep or mugs of Horlicks do not make the cut.