Plans have been approved to redevelop part of the former Rex Cinema – an art deco building dating from the 1930’s in London’s Bethnal Green into a 130 bedroom hotel with a restaurant and rooftop bar.
Also in London The HSBC Tower, with 45 storeys and one of the tallest buildings in London’s Canary Wharf, might be converted into a hotel when the Bank vacates the building in 2027.
Thatchers Hotel in Leatherhead, Surrey has completed the first phase of its refurbishment with the main conference room – The Horsley Suite seating up to 160 delegates theatre style - now available. A full refurbishment of the hotel’s 87 bedrooms is underway with completion expected later in the year.
Hilton Cobham in Surrey has completed a redesign and refurbishment of its restaurant and bar plus a renovation of all 158 bedrooms. The hotel has 12 flexible meeting and events rooms for up to 300 delegates plus leisure facilities.
Plans to refurbish the 150-year-old Redcliffe Hotel located on the seafront in Paignton, Devon have been approved. The number of bedrooms will be reduced from 67 to 55. The spa plus hotel restaurant and bar are also to be upgraded. We will monitor developments.
The Store is a new hotel which has just opened on the site of Oxford’s Boswell store, located in what was previously a 250-year-old department store in the centre of the town. The Store has 101 bedrooms and suites, a rooftop bar and terrace, a restaurant plus a spa.
Plans have been approved which will see an expansion of the Clayton Hotel Manchester Airport with a new nine-storey, 216 bedroom extension - adding to the hotel’s existing 365 bedrooms. The extension is planned to complete in early 2027.
Plans have been approved to convert the Grade II-listed Garrick Theatre in Southport’s town centre into a 109-bedroom hotel with a restaurant, bar and leisure facilities.
Matfen Hall has become the first and only five-star hotel in Northumberland following completion of a major refurbishment project. The Grade-II listed country house hotel has 63 bedrooms, bar and restaurant, six meeting and events suites plus a 27-hole championship golf course, spa and fitness suite. It is located in Matfen Village around 30 minutes from Newcastle on Tyne.
Holiday Inn Newcastle Gosforth Park Hotel has just completed of the first phase of its extensive refurbishment programme with the opening of its main The Cheviot Suite, accommodating up to 500 delegates for an event.
Apex Hotels group have just acquired Meldrum House Country Hotel and Golf Course. Set in 250 acres of Aberdeenshire countryside, Meldrum House is a 51-bedroom, four-star hotel with a golf course. It is the group’s 10th hotel in its portfolio.
On the same theme, Classic British Hotels have just added Oakley Hall in Hampshire to its roster. It is a four-star country house hotel with 50 bedrooms and a fine dining restaurant, ten minutes from Basingstoke.
It’s not a new venue but Birmingham Assay Office does have a range of interesting and unusual meeting and events suites. These include the Silver Room featuring a private silver collection which captures the long history of the Birmingham Assay Office and its role in the precious metals industry. Catering and private dining facilities are also available. You will find the Office in Moreton Street in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter around two miles from Birmingham New Street station.