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New Conference Centre planned in Gateshead
Details of a planned international conference and exhibition centre on Gateshead Quays have been released.
The Gateshead Quays centre will include a 6,300sq-mt pillar-free exhibition hall, which can be subdivided into three smaller halls. Additionally, there will be a 1,620sq-mt conference hall plus a arrange of smaller meeting and events spaces and a dedicated 1,350sq-mt outdoor events space.
The Gateshead Quays development will also include two hotels with 290 bedrooms, bars, restaurants and other public spaces.
The Gateshead Quays development will be positioned between the BALTIC and Sage Gateshead.
A full planning application has been submitted with a decision expected this autumn.
If all goes to plan a winter 2023 opening for Gateshead Quays is anticipated.
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New London Hotel planned by Shiva Hotels
Shiva Hotels has sourced the funding. Planning permission has been secured. It is now a green-light for the new 199-bedroom luxury lifestyle Marylebone Lane Hotel in London's Marylebone.
The Marylebone Lane Hotel will be located on the site of a previous car park.
Marylebone Lane Hotel will include a variety of restaurants, a rooftop swimming pool and a subterranean events space. It is expected to open in early 2023.
Marylebone Lane Hotel is one of a new range of luxury hotels in London planned by Shiva Hotels. Future projects also include Morley House on Holborn Viaduct and a hotel on the former Soho Works site on Great Marlborough Street and Poland Street.
In addition, Shiva are planning to open The Guardsman off Buckingham Gate, and the Middle Eight in Covent Garden this autumn. The Middle Eight Hotel was formerly the Kingsway Hall hotel and has just completed a £50million refurbishment.
Other London hotels in the Shiva portfolio include: Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5, Doubletree by Hilton London ExCeL and Hampton by Hilton London Waterloo.
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New Hampton by Hilton coming to Cambridgeshire
Approval has been granted to build a new Hampton by Hilton at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
Hampton by Hilton Duxford will be a six-storey, ‘L’-shaped building with 168 bedrooms on the ground to fourth floors plus a lobby, gym and reception on the ground floor and with a bar and dining area on the top floor including an outdoor terrace.
The Imperial War Museum at Duxford is Europe’s largest air museum and houses an extraordinary collection of historic aircraft and also features a wide range of modern purpose-designed meeting, events and banqueting spaces.
Hampton by Hilton Duxford will be located just south of Cambridge at Junction 10 of the M11 motorway, less than 50 miles from central London
Hampton by Hilton Duxford is expected to open spring 2022.
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Rooftop restaurant planned at Birmingham hotel
The Ladbrooke Hotel in the centre of Birmingham is planning to add a luxury rooftop restaurant.
The Ladbrooke Hotel is located in Bordesley Street in Digbeth. It is housed in a three storey former 1930’s-built warehouse which has been converted into a 45-bedroom luxury hotel complete with a bar, lunch restaurant and a leisure centre with a gym, spa and swimming pool. The Ladbrooke Hotel also has a banqueting and events suite to seat up to 280 guests.
The Ladbrooke Hotel is close to Birmingham Moor Street station and a short walk from Birmingham city centre.
A final decision from City of Birmingham’s planning department is expected shortly.
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New hotel planned by Vastint Hospitality
Vastint Hospitality have published plans for a new £18million boutique hotel in Newcastle-on-Tyne.
The new hotel would be the first Moxy Hotel in the North East. It would have 160 bedrooms over seven floors and would be located in the city’s prominent Helix development.
Subject to planning permission from Newcastle City Council, the hotel is set to open its doors in late 2021.
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Latest Aparthotel News
Aparthotel operator, Staycity, is seeking planning consent to develop its fourth aparthotel in central Manchester. The aparthotel would be located on a site in Deansgate around two enclosed arches underneath the Grade II-listed Castlefield Viaduct.
With 22-storeys, the new Staycity Aparthotel would include 279 apartment bedrooms plus cycle spaces and a coffee shop.
Meanwhile at the other end of the M62, Adagio Aparthotels is planning to expand its presence in the centre of Liverpool.
Adagio Aparthotels currently occupy the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the Lewis's Building in central Liverpool – a site it also shares with a Pure Gym
Adagio Aparthotels are planning additional apartments plus a relocated reception and breakfast area on the ground and mezzanine levels. The group is also planning a layout change on the fifth floor to incorporate two further meeting rooms.
Approval has now been granted.