- Details
Goodnight Hotels set to launch in the New Year
Around 80 hotels are set to desert the Travelodge group and sign a new lease with Goodnight, a new hotel branding.
The Goodnight brand will launch in January 2021 in conjunction with its partner Village Hotels, which also operates 31 hotels around the UK.
The move from Travelodge to Goodnight Hotels has resulted from an acrimonious battle between the individual Travelodge operators and their respective landlords over rent cuts during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Meanwhile the national press is reporting that up to 400 Travelodges could be rebranded. Hotel groups including Accor, Marriott, Intercontinental, Hilton and Jurys Inns have been circling Travelodge since the pandemic outbreak. Accor appear to be the favourites with the Travelodges rebranding to become Ibis Hotels.
Travelodge is Britain’s second biggest hotel chain currently with 574 hotels in the UK.
- Details
The Signet Collection launches September
A new boutique luxury hotel brand - The Signet Collection - is to launch September 2020 in conjunction with the unveiling of the group’s first hotel, The Mitre at Hampton Court.
The Signet Collection was founded by Hector Ros, former COO of Longshot; owners of Beaverbrook and Bel & the Dragon Group.
The Signet Collection hotels will be highly individual and will centre around preserving and restoring authenticity. “We start with a special place. Our hotels have history, stories to tell. Each one is imbued with generations of tales, legacies, myths and legends. We unearth this history, these stories. We restore them, reimagining them, passing them on for our guests to enjoy, layered with a British sense of humour, top-notch F&B and memorable experiences” said Hector Ross.
The Mitre is a Grade II-listed property dating back to 1665, originally used as ancillary accommodation for guests of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace. Set on the banks of the River Thames, The Mitre has 36 bedrooms and features a riverside all-day dining and wine bar, a brasserie and bar, a large riverside terrace plus meeting and events suites.
- Details
Expansion plans at central Manchester Hotel
Plans have been published to extend the King Street Townhouse hotel in the centre of Manchester.
The Hut Group, the hotel’s owner, has acquired two properties down from King Street Townhouse - the former 1761 and Lily's Bar at 2-4 Booth Street.
The newly acquired properties would feature a spa in the basement and a gym at the first floor including treatment rooms, a sauna, a plunge pool, a lounge and a champagne bar and café.
The plans are currently with Manchester City Council awaiting approval.
- Details
Upgrade planned at Harrogate Convention Centre
Plans for a major investment at the Harrogate Convention Centre are due to be discussed by Harrogate Borough Council next week.
Harrogate Convention Centre is now 40 years old and it is considered to be ‘in need of an upgrade’.
Phase one of the project would see a complete refurbishment of the auditorium and two of the main halls. New breakout facilities would be created by subdividing the current Studio 2 space.
Phase two of the project would see part of the building demolished to be replaced with a new 54,000 sq ft flexible, events space.
Improved access between the rooms is also part of the plan as well as upgrading the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems plus the electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
Harrogate Convention Centre are aiming to create more flexible space to attract a broader customer base.
- Details
Templeton Hotel becomes The Rabbit
Galgorm Collection in Northern Ireland has rebranded the former Templeton Hotel in Templepatrick, County Antrim as The Rabbit. At the same time it has just opened the new Rabbit Bar and Restaurant at the hotel.
Extensive £7.5million refurbishment works have been taking place over recent months to upgrade The Rabbit’s 24 bedrooms and develop a new outdoor spa which is due to open later this year. Meanwhile refurbishment work continues on the hotel’s accommodation and spa area.
The Rabbit joins the existing Galgorm Collection which includes the Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort, the 3AA Rosette River Room Restaurant, Gillies Bar & Grill Restaurant, Fratelli’s and Café Parisien in Belfast.
- Details
New Luxury Hotel planned in Edinburgh
Plans for a new luxury hotel in Edinburgh have been published. The proposed development would result from the conversion of a former retail outlet in Princes Street.
The four-star hotel will be based in a £50million redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Debenhams store. The new hotel would include a spa, a rooftop bar with 360 degree views of Edinburgh and the castle, as well as a city centre business ‘hub’ with space for local businesses.
If all goes to plan the hotel is likely to open in the latter half of 2024.