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Buxton Crescent Hotel opening Spring 2020
Buxton Crescent Hotel and Thermal Spa is a new hotel opening in Buxton, Derbyshire in Spring 2020
A multi-million pound redevelopment of Buxton Crescent has been underway for the last several years.
The Grade 1-listed building will now reopen this Spring as the five star Buxton Crescent Hotel with 81 bedrooms. It will be operated by Ensana Health Spa Hotels, a group with 26 spa hotels across Europe but making its debut in the UK.
Buxton Crescent Hotel will include a restaurant, two bars and a spa café. The 18th century ballroom – known as the Assembly Room – has been fully refurbished, fully equipped and now supported by several smaller meeting and events rooms all incorporating period features.
The Crescent was the centrepiece of the Fifth Duke of Devonshire’s plans to establish a fashionable Georgian spa town in Buxton. The building is one of the most architecturally significant buildings in the country. The redevelopment and restoration following a £50 million investment is designed to put ‘Buxton back on the national and international map’ as England’s leading spa town.
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Major Renovation at Crowne Plaza London Kingston
Crowne Plaza London Kingston has just reopened following a major renovation.
The renovation of the Crowne Plaza London Kingston has included an extension of the reception area creating an open plan lobby. The 360 Restaurant & Bar has re-opened with a new International Tapas concept. All 121 bedrooms have been renovated with contemporary new designs.
Crowne Plaza London Kingston has five meeting rooms accommodating groups from 10 up to 250 delegates. These have been re-designed and renovated to include the latest AV and meeting technology.
Leisure facilities at Crowne Plaza London Kingston include an on-site fitness centre.
Crowne Plaza London Kingston is a modern riverside hotel, a fifteen minute walk from Surbiton station for rail journeys into central London. It is 25 minutes from London-Heathrow Airport and 35 minutes from London-Gatwick Airport.
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Courtyard by Marriott Keele University ‘tops out’
Courtyard by Marriott at Keele University’s Science and Innovation Park in Staffordshire has just marked its ‘topping out’. An autumn 2020 opening is planned for the new hotel.
Courtyard by Marriott at Keele University will have 150 bedrooms plus meeting rooms, a fitness suite, a restaurant and a bar. It will also include 180 car parking spaces.
Courtyard by Marriott at Keele University will be located near to the main entrance to campus on the Science and Innovation Park and adjacent to the new Smart Innovation Hub which houses the Business School and business incubator units.
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Travelodge opens in Gosport
Travelodge has just opened a new 70-bedroom hotel in Gosport, Hampshire. It is Travelodge’s 589th hotel and one of two hotels the group is opening in Hampshire this year.
Travelodge Gosport has 70 bedrooms, a selection of family, double and accessible rooms and all furnished with a king-size Travelodge Dreamer bed , a 32 inch Freeview TV, free in-room tea and coffee making facilities and wi-fi. Travelodge Gosport also has an on-site restaurant - The Bar Café - and offers on-site car parking.
Travelodge Gosport is located in Gosport’s High Street close to the ferry terminal.
A Travelodge Plus hotel opens with 152 bedroom in Portsmouth city centre later this year. It will be located by the city’s main station. It will be Travelodge’s third hotel in the city.
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Lowry Hotel signs up to recycling scheme
The five-star Lowry Hotel in Manchester has just signed up to a toiletry recycling scheme in its commitment to sustainability.
It is estimated that around 50,000 half-used hotel soaps are sent to landfills annually. The Lowry Hotel is working with Clean the World, a global enterprise dedicated to WASH (water, sanitisation and hygiene) and sustainability. They recycle discarded soap bars and empty toiletry bottles from hotel rooms and distributes them to those in need.
Half-used soaps from The Lowry Hotel will be shipped to a recycling centre in Amsterdam where it will be sanitised and ground into soap “noodles” before being pressed and cut into brand new 80g bars. The new soaps will then be distributed to charities around the world.
Miniature toiletries are one of the biggest causes of waste in the hospitality industry, with hundreds of soaps and bottles a day being thrown away half-used. The scheme will help stop these toiletries from ending up in landfill.
Other initiatives being pioneered by the Lowry Hotel include using sustainably sourced produce in its restaurant and offering a ‘eco turndown’ option for gusts to reduce its carbon footprint.
The Lowry Hotel is located on the banks of the River Irwell in Salford around a twenty minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station.
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Launch of Cult Hotels planned
The co-founder of the Cotswolds’ hotel and restaurant portfolio, The Lucky Onion, is planning to launch a new hotel brand - Cult Hotels - this spring with its first property: The George in Cheltenham, due to open officially in April 2020.
The George in Cheltenham comprises five refurbished Grade-II listed Regency townhouses with 46 bedrooms. The design of the hotel will reflect the local area and will be ‘accessible, approachable and cool’. Cult Hotels will feature an automatic check-in and post-box key return as well as offering a Pantry for guests to use throughout their stay.
Future plans would see the Cult Hotels concept rolled out in popular cities within the UK and beyond over the next few years.