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Bermonds Locke aparthotel opens this week
The new Bermonds Locke aparthotel is opening this week – the fourth Locke Aparthotel to open in London. Bermonds Locke in Bermondsey has 143 rooms with 99 studios and 44 one-bedroom apartments.
Bermonds Locke aparthotel offers all-day dining, a coffee shop, cocktail bar, co-working facilities, a meeting room and a yoga studio.
Bermonds Locke aparthotel is located is a short distance from The City, the Design Museum, Borough Market, Tate Modern and Tower Bridge.
Bermonds Locke joins Leman Locke Aldgate the first to open plus Kingsland Locke Dalston and Locke at Broken Wharf – all in London.
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New Maldron Hotel planned in Manchester
Plans have been unveiled to build a new four-star hotel on the border of Manchester and Salford. If approved the 15-storey hotel would be operated by Maldron, part of the Dalata Hotel Group.
Proposals outline a 186 bedroom hotel with a reception and lounge on the ground floor plus a mezzanine bar and restaurant. The upper floors would feature a range of hotel rooms and a residents’ gym.
The hotel would be built on Chapel Street in central Manchester on a site which currently operates as a 40-space car park.
Plans are currently open for public consultation prior to their submission to the local councils.
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Willows Training Centre reopens
The new look Willows Training Centre at Wyboston Lakes Resort in Bedfordshire has reopened following an extensive refurbishment.
Under the refurbishment programme, the 12 meeting rooms at Willows Training Centre have been upgraded and an additional meeting room created. Facilities include a new boardroom for up to 24 delegates, as well as a creative space, ‘Willows Parkway’, which has been designed like a London tube station. The refurbishment has focused on creating light open spaces that offer extensive easy to use technology with comfortable social areas with plenty of power points and wireless connectivity.
The public areas, reception, bar, restaurant and many of the venue’s 183 bedrooms have also been upgraded.
The Cricket Kitchen is a self-service buffet restaurant with the added flexibility of a moving wall to provide clients with more options. This is complemented by a newly created alfresco dining area and a self-service ‘Pit Stop’ by Paddy & Scott’s Cafes.
This latest development follows a £3million overhaul of the Woodlands Event Centre, which was completed just over a year ago. It brings Wyboston Lakes Resort’s total spend on capital reinvestment to over £10million in the last few years.
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Cameron House reopening April 2021
Cameron House, the luxury hotel overlooking Loch Lomond which was extensively damaged in a fire three years ago, is now set to reopen in April 2021. This is ahead of a £17.5 million extension which is due to be completed before the end of 2021.
The extension, located next to the hotel’s leisure wing, will see a further 68 bedrooms open on the upper three floors. This will take the total number of bedrooms at Cameron House to 208. The majority of new rooms will have balconies with loch-facing views.
A new ballroom at Cameron House accommodating up to 400 delegates for a theatre style presentation is also part of the planned extension.
A large outdoor terrace on the lower ground floor will create a separate, external space for smaller events with views overlooking Loch Lomond.
Cameron House is located on the banks of Loch Lomond a 5 minute drive from Balloch station and around a 30 minute journey by road from Glasgow.
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London hotel converting bedrooms to meeting rooms
Conrad London St. James has converted some of its hotel rooms and suites into offices and meeting rooms.
The private offices are being branded ‘The Perfect Address’. The offices will have natural daylight with air-conditioning. They will include a small lounge area and an en-suite bathroom. The rooms equipped with a large desk and high-speed internet access, a 42inch satellite HD television, an international media hub with the latest sound system plus two desk phones. Each office will also include a Nespresso machine and a hospitality tray.
Guests will also have access to the Conrad London St James business centre as well as printing facilities, use of a private gym and bicycle storage.
Conrad London St. James is located at St James’s Park, Westminster, close to Victoria tube station.
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Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa reopens
Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa has just reopened following its temporary closure for a £5.6million refurbishment; the aim of which was to “modernise and refresh” the 16th century manor hotel.
The majority of Billesley Manor’s 71 bedrooms have been updated both in terms of decor and in-room technology. The refurbishment has included the hotel’s public areas particularly the library which has now been renamed the ‘As You Like It Lounge’ as a nod to William Shakespeare who is understood to have written the play of the same name there.
The grounds of Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa, which include an 11th century church, have also been re-landscaped.
Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa is located in Alcester, three miles from Stratford on Avon in Warwickshire.