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Two Travelodge PLUS hotels open in London
Travelodge have recently opened two new hotels, both in London - at London Stockley Park Hayes and London Mile End.
These latest additions are both Travelodge PLUS hotels bringing the total to 10 Travelodge PLUS hotels across the UK.
Travelodge PLUS hotels feature a choice of new style standard rooms or SuperRooms as well as a contemporary Bar Café serving breakfast and dinner plus drinks.
Parking is available at Travelodge Stockley Park Hayes on a first come first served basis. Travelodge London Stockley Park Hayes is within a five-minute drive of Heathrow Airport down the M4.
Travelodge London Mile End is within a mile of Bethnal Green and Stepney Green tube stations and five miles from London City Airport.
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Hotel plans unveiled in Birmingham
Plans have been unveiled to transform HSBC's former Birmingham offices into a major hotel and student accommodation development.
If plans go ahead the building in Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston would be converted into a 123-bedroom hotel and 266 student bedroom block alongside. The hotel would include a bar, lounge, restaurant and reception area.
The building, which has been vacant since HSBC relocated in 2018, was originally named Shell Mex House and was constructed in 1962 It was designed by John Madin, the Birmingham born architect who made a significant contribution to Birmingham’s recovery after the Second World War designing buildings including the Birmingham Post and Mail building, the Central Library and BBC Pebble Mill studios.
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Coal Exchange Hotel reopening
The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay is reopening under new management on 16th October.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is housed in a 19th-century building in Mount Stuart Square which formerly housed Cardiff’s Coal Exchange. It was built in the 1880s and became a hub of global trade in Cardiff's docklands before closing in 1958. Since then, it has been used for live music and other events before being refurbished and reopening as a hotel in 2017.
The Coal Exchange Hotel will now be operated by Eden Grove Properties.
The Coal Exchange Hotel has 80-bedroom, a restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is a four-minute walk from Cardiff Bay station.
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New Moxy planned in Newcastle-on-Tyne
Plans have been published for a new £18million hotel at Newcastle Helix on Tyneside, the city’s 24 acre urban Innovation centre.
A 160-bedroom, seven-floor Moxy by Marriott featuring a cafe and bar and cycle parking, is planned.
Moxy by Marriott will aim to cater for business/corporate market as well as visitors to the centre of Newcastle on Tyne.
Moxy is Marriott International’s ‘millennial-focused boutique hotel’ concept. Other Moxy Hotels typically feature public spaces ranging from libraries and plug-in zones, to lounges and bars, with tech offerings including keyless mobile entry, mobile check in and check out, internet TV featuring the likes of Netflix and YouTube plus free wi-fi.
Moxy by Marriott currently has 13 hotels open and under development in the UK with three in Greater London including Heathrow, two in both Glasgow and Edinburgh plus hotels in Southampton, Slough and York.
The proposed Helix site for the new Moxy in Newcastle on Tyne is on a prominent gateway to the city and features science, tech and healthcare businesses.
A formal planning application for the new Moxy by Marriott will be submitted to the council at the end of October. Subject to planning permission from Newcastle City Council, the new Moxy Newcastle on Tyne is looking to open its doors in late 2021.
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Plans approved for new hotel in West Yorkshire
Plans have been approved by Bradford Council in West Yorkshire for a new boutique hotel to open in the centre of Ilkley.
The hotel would be housed in a former electronics shop. The front of the building would be retained and refurbished and its upper floors converted into an eight bedroom hotel.
Development details and a proposed opening date await publication.
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Skywalking at Spurs
As an ardent and long-standing Aston Villa fan, it gives my husband no pleasure for me to admit it but Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s new stadium in London is an excellent stadium with a first class range of meeting and events facilities.
The Stadium has been designed with state-of-the art technology throughout. It is the first stadium in the UK to offer full mobile coverage and free wifi from all four major UK network providers.
Facility-wise the Tottenham Hotspur stadium can host all manner of events including meetings, conferences, seminars, product launches, dinners, training and team building activities. They can host theatre style meetings for up to 800 delegates.
Tottenham Hotspur have now introduced ‘The Dare Skywalk’ - the latest visitor attraction and they claim: the ‘perfect team building activity.’. This is an adrenaline-pumped, 90-minute team building experience which will challenge adventure-seekers by scaling the height of the stadium.
Stepping out onto a glass walkway 46.8 metres above the football pitch, delegates will embark on a journey to the stadium’s golden cockerel, at the same time experiencing unrivalled views across London.
Tottenham Hotspur FC claim it brings a unique sense of achievement once the dare is complete.
Next year Tottenham Hotspur Football Club will be introducing the ‘ultimate test of nerve’ – the opportunity to either take a controlled-drop or abseil back to ground level from the peak of the stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is situated in the heart of Tottenham in north London. The Stadium is well connected to central London and within walking distance of London Overground and Underground stations and is around 20 minutes from London King's Cross station.
And …..as my husband reminds me the meeting and events facilities at Villa Park are also excellent.