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Birmingham’s Eastside Rooms go OnLine
The new conference and events venue in Birmingham - the eastside rooms - have agreed a partnership with On Event Production Co to provide: ‘OnLine at the eastside rooms’ - an AV, production and technical support for events taking place at the venue.
‘OnLine at the eastside rooms’ will offer every event at the eastside rooms technical and AV support as standard, and with a production company capable of supplementing agency or inhouse corporate teams.
On Productions has been involved with the eastside rooms throughout its build and have inputted into the AV specification of the venue, including its main plenary room: The Affinity Suite.
Guy Eaton, Managing Director at On Event Productions added: “Myself and the team are delighted to be working in partnership with the eastside rooms to grow and develop this exciting new venue together. We have already hit the ground running by giving a significant input into the technical specification of the fit-out of this state-of-the-art conference destination. The venue is set to become one of the most popular event venues in the city and with so many meeting space options to play with, it’s an AV supplier’s dream.”
The eastside rooms together with the new Aloft Hotel Birmingham Eastside launches in early 2021. It is located in the heart of Birmingham’s Eastside Quarter, a short walk from both Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street Stations and a short drive from the M6 at junction 6.
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Plans to redevelop the Kensington Forum hotel
Plans to redevelop the Kensington Forum hotel have been approved by the Greater London Authority.
Kensington Forum Hotel, one of the largest hotels in London with 900plus bedrooms and a range of meeting and events suites, will now be redeveloped into a luxury hotel and serviced apartments complex.
The new development will include a variety of amenities including bars, restaurants, conference facilities and a 2,700 square-metre garden square. The project also includes public realm improvements to the area around Gloucester Road station.
A new landmark, world-class hotel in London is the aim of the development. Anticipated time scales for its development and completion await publication.
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New Hotel approved in Birmingham
Plans for a new hotel in Birmingham have just been approved by Birmingham City Council.
The new development will be ion a site close to the city centre in Broad Street, Ryland Street and Grosvenor Street West. A 229 bedroom three-star hotel is planned which will share the site with a major apartment development.
We will look out for future developments and report them as they happen.
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Holiday Inn offering socially distanced concerts
Holiday Inn London Gatwick – Worth has transformed 50 of its garden view bedrooms into private concert boxes to bring live music to guests in the form of socially distanced performances.
Each event will be performed on stage in the hotel’s spacious, open courtyard, allowing 50 of their bedrooms ‘with a view’ to offer the guests a front row seats from the comfort of their own bedrooms.
Concerts started last Friday and will continue every Friday and Saturday evening through to the end of 2020, with tribute acts from Take That to Elton John performing concerts.
Holiday Inn London Gatwick – Worth is offering ‘Live From Your Bedroom’ packages which include festival style food and drinks.
Holiday Inn London Gatwick – Worth is a ten minute drive from London Gatwick Airport and around the same travelling time from junctions 10 and 10A of the M23 motorway.
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Opening date for Coventry Telegraph Hotel
The new Coventry Telegraph Hotel is opening 18th November 2020 following a two-year-long, £15million transformation of the historic ex-premises of the Coventry Evening Telegraph newspaper.
The building’s mid-20th century features and artefacts have been retained and signature period furniture and art pieces have been acquired which will be displayed in the public areas.
Coventry Telegraph Hotel will have 88 bedrooms and will features a large bar, conservatory restaurant, conference suite and roof top bar overlooking Belgrade Square in the centre of Coventry, plus loft style penthouse suites on two levels.
Coventry Telegraph Hotel also features ‘Winter Garden’ – which is made up of 11 bedrooms overlooking a private, glazed indoor terrace only accessible from these rooms.
‘Editors’ will be the main events suite at Coventry Telegraph Hotel seating from 12 to 160 delegate. Two panelled boardrooms are available for private dining and meetings and there is a library of post war design and newspaper heritage.
Coventry Telegraph Hotel is Coventry’s first boutique hotel and is located in the centre of the city. It is opening just prior to Coventry’s reign as the UK City of Culture throughout 2021.
Coventry Telegraph Hotel will be operated by Bespoke Hotels group.
Choice Locations is looking forward to visiting the Coventry Telegraph Hotel is the very near future - we will share our views.
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HBAA launches ‘Meet Safe, Meet Smart 30’ campaign
Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) is spearheading a campaign after a new survey revealed misperceptions of current government rules to kick-start the meetings and events sector.
‘Meet Safe, Meet Smart 30’ has been created after new HBAA research revealed there is confusion over government guidance regarding the number of delegates allowed to attend meetings in England – currently 30 – which is preventing planners from having the confidence to book and organise permitted meetings.
As well as building confidence, the HBAA’s ‘Meet Safe, Meet Smart 30’ campaign will concentrate on communicating and supporting government regulations as well as highlighting the level of safety and flexibility of contractual terms and conditions at all venues involved.
The ‘Meet Safe, Meet Smart 30’ campaign is a ‘free to participate’ campaign for both the venues and the agencies that promote them. The campaign aims to provide facts, drive confidence as well as showcasing venues which offers delegates tangible assurances.
Juliet Price, Consultant Executive Director HBAA, said: “It is clear from our survey that there is a long way to go in terms of customers understanding and appreciating how compliant the vast majority venues really are when it comes to Covid-19 protocols and also that the current government guidance supports off-site meetings for up to 30 people.”
“There are many reasons why meeting in person is absolutely essential, from productivity to creativity, to positive mental health. However, we completely appreciate and acknowledge that that we must follow the government guidelines which are subject to rapid change, aligned to infection rates.”
For further details: https://www.hbaa.org.uk/content/hbaa-launches-‘meet-safe-meet-smart-30’-campaign-after-new-survey-reveals-lack-confidence