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11/05/2008 The Ellington opens late summer in LeedsThe Ellington is a new build luxury boutique-style hotel opening late summer 2008 in Leeds. The hotel features 35 air conditioned rooms and suites fur view

11/05/2008 Hotel Indigo London Paddington opens late summer 2008Hotel Indigo London Paddington opens with 68 bedrooms late summer 2008. It will be the first Indigo branded hotel from Intercontinental Hotels to open view

16/03/2008 Moran Hotels takeover Bewleys Hotels Moran Hotels have purchased Bewleys Hotels Group with effect from 7th March 2008.

Both groups are a similar size and both are Irish-based. Bewley view

17/02/2008 H10 Hotels to open in LondonH10 Hotels open their first hotel close to Waterloo Station in London in 2009. The 178 bedroom 4 star hotel is a new-build with a restaurant, bar and view

17/02/2008 Lodge on the Park opens MarchLodge on the Park is a new hotel opening in Bristol on 17th March. It is a contemporary-styled budget hotel with 36 bedrooms and an all-day lounge inc view

19/01/2008 Park Inn London Russell Square opensFrom 1st February 2008 the 214-bedroom Bonnington in Bloomsbury Hotel will become the Park Inn London, Russell Square. The hotel will become Rezidor’s view

19/01/2008 Target Space open conferencing facilities in Baskerville HouseTarget Space is now offering meeting and conferencing facilities in Baskerville House one of Birmingham's most prominent landmark buildings in the hea view

05/01/2008 Park Inn Birmingham Walsall now openPark Inn Birmingham Walsall opened on 1st January. Formerly the Ramada Encore hotel, it sits alongside the Banks’s Stadium, formerly the Bescot Stadiu view

05/01/2008 Ibis London Borehamwood opens 15th JanuaryIbis London Borehamwood opens 15th January in North London. This new-build, six-storey hotel features 122 modern, climate controlled bedrooms with int view

29/09/2007 Norton House opens new bedroomsNorton House Hotel on the outskirts of Edinburgh has just opened 32 new bedrooms and three duplex suites bringing their total number of guestrooms to view

29/09/2007 Galgorm Resort opens £6million spaGalgorm Resort & Spa in Ballymena opened its new £6million spa in September 2007, completing the major redevelopment of this four star hotel in County view

17/09/2007 Paramount complete refurbishment of two Midland hotels.Paramount has completed an £8million refurbishment of its two Midlands based hotels – the Paramount Hinckley Island Hotel and the Paramount Daventry H view

17/09/2007 Q Hotels refurbishing Telford Golf and Spa HotelQ Hotels are half way through their £7million refurbishment of Telford Golf and Spa Hotel. The first phase has included 50 new-look bedrooms plus a re view

08/09/2007 Hard Days Night Hotel to open in LiverpoolThe 110 bedroom, Grade II-listed Hard Days Night Hotel is set to open in Liverpool in December 2007. Located on Mathew Street, the Grade 2 listed bui view

08/09/2007 Harte and Garter reopens in Windsor in OctoberThe Harte and Garter reopens on 8th October in the centre of Windsor following its £7.5million refurbishment.
All 79 bedrooms in the 19th century-bui view

01/09/2007 Fitzwilliam Hotel to open in BelfastThe Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast is a new 131 bedroom 4 star deluxe hotel which will be opening in the centre of Belfast in 2009. It will be located on a view

01/09/2007 Prima add to their portfolioLuxury hotel operators, Prima Group, has added a fifth hotel to its portfolio with the acquisition of Nunsmere Hall Hotel in Cheshire. The 36 bedroom view

18/08/2007 New Developments at Jurys Following the recent sale of their Jurys Inn chain, the remaining four UK hotels in the Jurys Doyle Group are undergoing a major refurbishment and a p view

18/08/2007 Landmark Luxury Hotel Planned For South ShieldsPlans have been unveiled for a new 104-bedroom luxury hotel and conference venue at the Gypsies Green site in South Shields on Tyneside. When complete view

31/07/2007 Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel Auction its ContentsThe entire contents of the world-renowned 4 star Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin go under the auctioneer’s hammer on 17th August. Items for sale inc view

31/07/2007 Crowne Plaza Gatwick-Crawley opens in October The Crowne Plaza Gatwick-Crawley opens in October 2007. The hotel, currently branded as a Clarion, is undergoing a further multi-million pound refurbi view

21/07/2007 Le Mon Hotel Belfast to open new Conference CentreLe Mon Hotel and Country Club in Belfast is investing £4.5 million on a new conference and banqueting suite, opening December 2007. The 14.500 sq-ft s view

21/07/2007 Portland Spa Conference Centre to open OctoberThe Portland Spa Conference and Banqueting Centre is a new, purpose-designed meeting venue opening October 2007 on the southern tip of the Island of P view

14/07/2007 Redwood Hotel and Country Club in Bristol refurbishingRedwood Hotel and Country Club in Bristol is currently undergoing a £3 million refurbishment, including a total revamping of its twelve meeting rooms view

14/07/2007 Express by Holiday Inn London Stansted largest in Europe.The Express by Holiday Inn London Stansted is to open a 71 bedroom extension, bringing its total number of bedrooms to 254 and making it the largest E view

23/06/2007 London's Metropole Buildings to become hotelLondon's Metropole Buildings, the former Government offices on Whitehall, are to be converted into a hotel. The buildings on Northumberland Avenue, on view

23/06/2007 The Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge opensThe Holiday Inn Salisbury-Stonehenge opened on 11 June. This is a purpose-built hotel with 100 air-conditioned bedrooms each with high-speed internet view

16/06/2007 Wyndham Hotels enters UK marketAmerican-based, Wyndham Hotel Group, has announced its first property in the UK will be the conversion of The Conrad Hotel in London’s Chelsea Harbour view

16/06/2007 University Place - ManchesterUniversity Place is the newly adopted name of University of Manchester's world-class new £65million conference venue, which opens in February 2008. Fo view

09/06/2007 Hilton announce expansion in the UKHilton Hotels have announced plans to open another four hotels in the UK. A franchise deal between Hilton and property developers, Shiva Hotels, will view

09/06/2007 De Vere Venue open West One in September.De Vere Venues open their latest meeting facility in central London on 10th September. De Vere Venues West One, located at the top of Regent Street o view

24/05/2007 Savoy to Close for a Total RefurbishmentThe Savoy Hotel in London is to close this December for 16 months to undergo a £100million plus refurbishment. Savoy owners, Fairmont Hotels and Resor view

24/05/2007 Town Hall Birmingham Reopens OctoberTown Hall Birmingham is currently undergoing a £35million renovation and will reopen in October 2007. The Town Hall, a Grade 1 listed building, was bu view

07/05/2007 Heritage Motor Museum reopens 26 May The Heritage Motor Museum reopens on 26 May following a Lottery-funded £1.7 million redevelopment of its museum displays. The project has included the view

07/05/2007 The Lygon Arms - the refurbishmentThe Lygon Arms, one of the most celebrated hotels in England and now a Paramount Signature Hotel, has embarked on a multi-million pound restoration pr view

28/04/2007 Refurbishment to start at the Bromsgrove HotelRefurbishment of the Bromsgrove Hotel is underway and is due to be completed in the autumn of this year. All rooms are being refashioned and furnished view

28/04/2007 Staybridge Suites to launch in LiverpoolStaybridge Suites will open its first hotel in the UK in Liverpool, early 2008. The hotel will form part of the Kings Waterfront development, alongsid view

20/04/2007 The Clarion Hotel Gatwick to be rebranded a Crowne PlazaFurther development is planned this summer for the Clarion Hotel Gatwick – including a change of name.

A new wing of bedrooms is to be built incre view

20/04/2007 Principal Hotels acquire Hawkstone Park Hotel Principal Hotels have acquired Hawkstone Park Hotel and Country Club in Shropshire. Situated in 400 acres of countryside, Hawkstone Park boasts two ch view

14/04/2007 Two new hotels planned in ScotlandA new 160-bedroom Crowne Plaza hotel is planned for the centre of Edinburgh. Subject to planning approval, the new hotel will be part of a major devel view

14/04/2007 Four new Park Inn hotels to open in the UKThe Rezidor Hotel Group have unveiled plans for four new Park Inn hotels in the UK at Edinburgh Airport, Peterborough, Grimsby, and Rotherham.

The view

31/03/2007 Staybridge Suites to open in Birmingham and Newcastle

The Intercontinental Hotels Group has signed an agreement to open two new
Staybridge Suites, the first major hotel brand to focus on the extende view

31/03/2007 Sleep Inn Star City opens in BirminghamSleep Inn Star City opens in Birmingham at the end of April and is the latest
property from this expanding hotel group. Sleep Inn Star City will hav view

25/03/2007 New Hotel to open in DerbyFinesse Hotels are investing £2million transforming a former police museum in Derby into a 38-bedroom four-star hotel - scheduled to open mid-2007. Th view

25/03/2007 News from the groups includes:Hilton Hotels:
Hilton Hotel Corporation has unveiled plans to roll out three brands in Europe - Hampton Inn, Garden Inn and Doubletree. Each brand wi view

10/03/2007 Macdonald Blossoms Hotel reopens in Chester on 4th AprilMacdonald Blossoms Hotel reopens in the centre of Chester on 4th April. The ‘new’ hotel will include 64 individual guestrooms with feature rooms, suit view

10/03/2007 Cadbury House to open hotel in MayCadbury House open a 72-bedroom boutique-style hotel in May. Located on a 14 acres estate close to Bristol Airport, Cadbury House is undergoing a £13. view

04/03/2007 Holiday Inn Glasgow City West to be replacedThe Holiday Inn Glasgow West on Bothwell Street will be demolished next month and two new hotels and a conference centre will take its place.

The n view

04/03/2007 Sleep Inn City of London opens AprilThe first Sleep Inn Hotel in London opens on 16 April on Prescot Street within walking distance of The Tower of London. The 160 contemporary-styled ai view

26/02/2007 AB to open boutique London hotel AB Hotels is investing £12million turning six Georgian Grade 2 listed town houses near London’s Marble Arch into a four-star boutique property. The Ar view

26/02/2007 De Vere rebranding launchedThe De Vere Hotels group has unveiled its rebranding plans. The group is
splitting their 40 properties into three separate and distinct categories: view

17/02/2007 Barbican's new lookFollowing 7 years of major refurbishment costing over £35million, the Barbican now has a completely new look. The final phase is the recently complete view

17/02/2007 Hotel Bannatyne - DurhamHotel Bannatyne Durham is a new 50 twin-bedroom hotel which opened on 14 February. The hotel shares the same building as Bannatyne's Health
Club Durh view

10/02/2007 Plans for a new hotel in WiltshirePlans have been submitted to build a four-star hotel and spa in the grounds of the Bowood Estate in Wiltshire. The Estate, designed and sculpted by ‘C view

10/02/2007 Best Western increase their portfolioBest Western have added three London hotels to their portfolio including the Best Western Premier Shaftesbury Kensington Hotel, located in the heart o view

03/02/2007 The Chester Grosvenor and Spa announces a £3 million refurbishmentThe Chester Grosvenor and Spa will be investing over £3 million on its
meeting and private dining facilities during summer 2007. The aim is to
rai view

03/02/2007 Macdonald Hotels completes its hotel saleMacdonald Hotels has just sold 24 of its UK hotels. Under the agreement, Macdonalds will continue to run the hotels under a short-term management con view

27/01/2007 The Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel completes £11m refurbishmentThe Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel has just completed its £11 million, 18 month rejuvenation. The hotel now offers butler-led service, private suites, fine view

27/01/2007 Amora set to open in LondonAn opening date is to be announced next week for Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships. Located in the Trocedero building just off Piccadilly Ci view

20/01/2007 New Conference Centre to open at Paramount Walton Hall HotelPhase 2 of the £13.5 million investment programme at the Paramount Walton Hall Hotel and Spa will be complete when the new Conference Centre opens on view

20/01/2007 Hotel Developments in DoncasterRamada Doncaster is a new 4 star 130-bedroom hotel being developed on Chase Park in Doncaster. The hotel will include a restaurant, bar and conference view

16/01/2007 Apex announces an ExpansionApex Hotels have announced two further site acquisitions for hotel development - in Edinburgh and London. Situated on Waterloo Place, the Edinburgh pr view

16/01/2007 Ramada hotel planned in DoncasterRamada Doncaster is a new 130-bedroom, 4 star hotel being developed on Chase
Park in Doncaster. The hotel will include a restaurant, bar and confere view

07/01/2007 The Connaught to close for restorationThe Connaught Hotel, one of London's finest establishments in Mayfair, closes on 30 March for a multi-million pound restoration. The first phase will view

07/01/2007 Telford International Centre acquire Training Centre.The Gray family, owners of the Telford International Centre have just acquired the former Lloyds TSB Training Centre at Forge Gate in Telford. The Cen view

16/12/2006 Conference Oxford launch two new venues.Conference Oxford has launched two new venues on the corporate meetings market - the Bodleian Library and Ripon College Cuddesdon.
The Bodleian Libr view

16/12/2006 Choice Locations move their Preston officeNew address:
The Benchmark 25 Ribbleton Street,
Preston PR1 5BD.
T: 0870 609 2237
F: 0870 609 2245
E: sales@choicelocations.co.uk
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09/12/2006 The Stafford Hotel to open Mews development in FebruaryThe Stafford Hotel in London’s St James’s opens its new Mews development in February. The Mews offers 26 luxury junior and master suites plus the Pen view

09/12/2006 Jurys Inn to open in SwindonThe Jurys Doyle Group plan to open a 200 bedroom Jurys Inn in Swindon. Jurys Inn Swindon will form part of the Gateway regeneration of the town centre view

02/12/2006 Village Newcastle open £2.2milion extensionThe Village Hotel & Leisure Club Newcastle opened their £2.2milion extension on 27 November. It included a further 30 executive king-bedded rooms taki view

02/12/2006 Ramada Birmingham North opens in DecemberRamada Birmingham North opens December in Cannock, 18 miles north of Birmingham city centre on the A5 and just 300m from the M6 Toll at T7. The hotel view

24/11/2006 QHotels add the Telford Golf and Country Club to its portfolioQHotels have purchased Telford Golf and Country Club Hotel in Shropshire, just seven days after it announced the £180 million acquisition of Marston H view

24/11/2006 Blossoms Hotel Chester to close for refurbishmentThe Blossoms Hotel in Chester will close from next week for four months whilst it undergoes a major refurbishment. The 64 bedroom Macdonald Hotel, loc view

17/11/2006 Q Hotels acquires Marston groupQ Hotels have announced the acquisition of Marston Hotels this week taking the total number of hotels in its portfolio to 21. Both Marston with 12 hot view

17/11/2006 New apart-hotel opens in Leeds‘Roomzzz at 361’ is new 22 apartment-hotel development which opened in Leeds this week - to be followed on 3 December by ‘Roomzzz Central’ which opens view

10/11/2006 New stadium and hotel planned for ManchesterSalford City Reds rugby league team have been granted planning permission to build a new stadium. The £130million project will include a 20,000 seater view

10/11/2006 Stratford Manor Hotel completes bedroom refurbishmentThe refurbishment of all 104 bedrooms at the Stratford Manor Hotel is now complete. The new-look bedrooms are modern and contemporary in design, equip view

03/11/2006 The Courtyard at Harewood House opens in LeedsHarewood's grade 1 listed Stables Courtyard has been transformed into a
two-storey conference and event space. The £3million investment opened in
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03/11/2006 Ramada Heathrow closes for 18 month revampThe Ramada Heathrow closed its doors on 3 November - and a new hotel will replace it in eighteen months time. With a target opening date of March 2008 view

29/10/2006 New-look Quality Crown HotelsThe Quality Crown Hotel Hyde Park will close for a total refurbishment in late January 2007. It will reopen in April as a new boutique-styled property view

29/10/2006 Aston Hotels to open on Sheffield Business ParkAston Hotels will open their third hotel on the Sheffield Business Park in October 2007. A ‘new-build’, the Aston Hotel Sheffield will have 63 deluxe view

20/10/2006 Mayfair and Cavendish Conference Centres takeover ICOMayfair and Cavendish Conference Centres have just acquired the management
rights to the ICO Conference Centre (International Coffee Organisation) i view

20/10/2006 Chester Grosvenor announce refurbishment plansThe Chester Grosvenor has just unveiled a £3.5million refurbishment programme of its conference facilities. The work will take place between June and view

13/10/2006 Royal Renaissance Hotel opens in the SkegnessRoyal Renaissance Hotel opened on the Skegness waterfront this week. The new owners have invested £1.8million to convert what was the derelict former view

13/10/2006 Future plans for De Vere Hotels unveiled.Future plans for The De Vere Hotels Group have just been unveiled by new owners – the Alternative Hotel Group. These include switching some of the exi view

07/10/2006 Brigstow Hotel in Bristol to become a MercureFullers, the London based breweries-to-hotels group, has sold its Brigstow Hotel in Bristol to Pedersen Hotels who have plans to operate it as a Mercu view

07/10/2006 Dhillon Hotels plan a major refurbishment of Birmingham’s Paragon HotelA major refurbishment is in the pipeline for the 250-bedroom Paragon Hotel in Birmingham following its acquisition by Dhillon Hotels. It will include view

30/09/2006 New look Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference CentreMillennium and Copthorne Hotels have launched what they claim is ‘London’s most stylish and contemporary multi-functional meeting and event space’ in view

30/09/2006 New Ramada Encore planned for Birmingham's NECA 164-bedroom Ramada Encore is planned for the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) in Birmingham. The hotel, on the site of the NEC offices, is expected view

23/09/2006 Paramount to extend their 'Signature' brandThe Paramount Hotel group is to triple the number of its Signature-branded properties. Shrigley Hall Hotel on the outskirts of Manchester will become view

23/09/2006 Sloane Square Hotel - LondonThe Sloane Square Hotel opens on Sloane Square in October 2006 - with a claim to 'combine modern design with comfort and efficiency and fantastic valu view

15/09/2006 Duchess Palace opens for the Conference MarketA former royal palace in London's Mayfair, Duchess Palace, is a new venue to the conference and meetings market. The former official residence of The view

15/09/2006 New Hilton to open in Reading in 2008Hilton Reading is a new 198-bedroom hotel scheduled to open on the Reading Southside
Development in 2008.The hotel will have extensive conference an view

01/09/2006 Courtyard by Marriott to open at GatwickA new £20million Courtyard by Marriott is planned at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal. The 220 bedroom hotel will be the second hotel at the Terminal view

01/09/2006 New-look Crowne Plaza GlasgowThe Crowne Plaza Glasgow, formerly the Glasgow Moat House, is mid-way through a total transformation.

All 283 bedrooms, including the Club Rooms o view

19/08/2006 Tigerlily EdinburghMontpeliers, the Edinburgh-based bar/restaurant group have opened Tigerlily in central Edinburgh. Described as 'elegant Georgian Townhouse meets Georg view

19/08/2006 George Hotel Edinburgh finishes refurbishmentThe George Hotel Edinburgh has just completed its £12million refurbishment, including 116 new bedrooms and seven new meeting rooms. The Grade II liste view

11/08/2006 The City Inn Group announce second hotel in LondonThe City Inn Group has announced plans to open its second hotel in London, a 600-bedroom property near the Tower of London, and a new 333 bedroom hote view

11/08/2006 £15million refurbishment at Midland Hotel nearly completeThe final phase of the £15 million refurbishment at Manchester’s Midland Hotel is nearly complete. The investment will return the hotel to the 'grand' view

04/08/2006 Fawlty Towers relaunches in SeptemberThe Hotel Gleneagles in Torquay, the inspiration for Fawlty Towers, is relaunching in early September as a boutique-style property. The 41 bedrooms ha view

04/08/2006 Travelodge launch the mobile bedroomTravelodge has produced the ultimate accessory for lovers of outdoor entertainment - a mobile bedroom or 'Travelpod'. The room comes complete with a d view

21/07/2006 Bow Street Magistrates Court to become a luxury hotelBow Street Magistrates Court and the adjoining police station are to be
converted into a luxury hotel and a museum to be called 'The Bow '. The
Gr view

21/07/2006 One Devonshire Gardens to be become a Hotel du VinThe Malmaison Group has acquired the 35-bedroom One Devonshire Gardens in
the heart of Glasgow's West End and will relaunch the hotel in October 2006 view

14/07/2006 Seventeen hotels switch from Corus to FolioThe Corus Group has sold seventeen of its properties to Folio Hotels who
have investment plans to upgrade most of this estate to 4 star standard ove view

14/07/2006 Thermae Bath Spa opens on 7 AugustThermae Bath Spa, 'Europe's most remarkable new Spa' , opens on 7 August.
Located in the centre of Bath with a cityscape skyline viewable from its
view

30/06/2006 Sleep Inn Darlington rebrands as Aston Hotel DarlingtonThe Aston Hotel Darlington comes into being this weekend. The former Sleep
Inn Darlington has been rebranded by its new owners - Aston Hotels. This view

30/06/2006 Chiswick Moran Hotel opens this weekend in LondonThe Chiswick Moran Hotel opens this weekend in West London with 116 designer guest rooms
and loft-style studio suites. The hotel, converted from a f view

24/06/2006 The Crowne Plaza Chester has 'changed its spots'The Crowne Plaza Chester has 'changed its spots'. The former Chester Moat
House has completed a refurbishment of all 160 bedrooms and bathrooms.
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24/06/2006 Lydiard House Conference Centre joins Chartridge GroupThe Chartridge Conference Company has acquired its fifth property -
Lydiard House Conference Centre. Situated three miles from junction 16 of the M4 view

17/06/2006 Cranmore Park opens in SolihullCranmore Park is a new events venue recently opened in Solihull. Within minutes of the midland motorway network and Birmingham International Airport, view

17/06/2006 UK's first working hotel school to open in LondonEdge, the vocational-learning foundation, is planning to open the UK's first
commercial hotel school in London. The Edge Hotel will provide workplac view

10/06/2006 New-look St George’s Hotel in LlandudnoSt George’s Hotel Llandudno has just completed its 8 month redevelopment programme. The Victorian-built hotel now has 75 luxury bedrooms, stylishly fu view

10/06/2006 Radisson Edwardian to open in CoventryA £40 million, 184-bedroom Radisson Edwardian Hotel will be the centrepiece
of Coventry's city-centre Belgrade Plaza project when it opens in 2008. view

04/06/2006 Ascot is BackThe new-look Ascot Racecourse officially opens on 20th June following its £200m redevelopment. Facilities now include 300 meeting and dining rooms inc view

04/06/2006 CCT Venues open second central London siteCCT Venues – Barbican opens in early July and is the second Central City Training Venue to open in London. It is located in a new building next to Bar view

20/05/2006 Easterbrook Hall and Conference Centre completes refurbishmentEasterbrook Hall and Conference Centre, the largest conference venue in the
south of Scotland has just completed a major £2 million refurbishment pr view

20/05/2006 Credit card charges from MacdonaldMacdonald Hotels are to implement a credit card transaction fee of
£2.00 for all accommodation payments settled by credit card. In addition
they view

12/05/2006 New in CambridgeGonville & Caius College in Cambridge opens a new conference facility this summer. The Cavonius Centre is a new building with state of the art confere view

12/05/2006 News from Best Western Best Western Hotels has been adding new properties to its portfolio during
the spring. Three former Moat House Hotels have now rebranded as the Best view

06/05/2006 Donald Trump plans golf / hotel complex in ScotlandDonald Trump, who has both a passion for golf and a Scottish mother, is planning an 800-acre golf development at Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.
The d view

06/05/2006 Room Restaurant at 62 Castle Street LiverpoolJuly sees the opening of ‘Room Restaurant’ at 62 Castle Street Hotel in Liverpool. It is the group’s fourth UK restaurant – Glasgow, Leeds and Manches view

28/04/2006 Le Monde Hotel EdinburghPart boutique hotel, part nightclub, part brasserie restaurant and part bar
is the formula behind 'Le Monde', an 18 bedroom hotel which is now open view

28/04/2006 Initial Style Conferences rebrand as Verve VenuesInitial Style Conferences, the training and conferencing business, has
rebranded as Verve Venues as part of a drive by new owners, Alternative
Hot view

22/04/2006 York Moat House becomes a Park InnOn 12 April the York Moat House switched branding to become the Park Inn York. Park Inn is part of the Rezidor Hotel Group, a mid-market hotel brand f view

22/04/2006 New meeting venue in central ManchesterOne Central Park is a brand new meeting venue which has just opened in central Manchester. It is a new contemporary-styled building with ground floor view

09/04/2006 Holiday Inn Reading opens new Business CentreThe Holiday Inn Reading has just opened its newly constructed Caversham
Suite - a state of the art business centre, comprising an Executive
Boardr view

09/04/2006 Rocpool Reserve opens in InvernessRocpool Reserve is a new boutique hotel, bar and restaurant recently opened in the heart of Inverness. Described as a ‘cool and clandestine urban retr view

01/04/2006 1st April launch for Macdonald Berystede SpaMacdonald Berystede Hotel in Ascot launched the new Vital Spa and Leisure Club on 1st April as part of its £11m redevelopment programme. Facilities in view

01/04/2006 The Alnwick Garden, NorthumberlandThe Visitor Centre and Pavilion open at The Alnwick Garden on 4 April. Linked to the Walled Garden, the Visitor Centre will provide multi-functional s view

25/03/2006 The first Hotel Missoni will open in EdinburghHotel Missoni Edinburgh will be situated on the Royal Mile in the city centre. It will be the first Rezidor ‘life-style’ hotel brand to open in the UK view

25/03/2006 End of an era at the Thistle Lancaster Gate At high noon on Monday 29 May 2006 the clocks will stop and the doors of the Thistle Lancaster Gate will close for the last time. The building’s owner view

17/03/2006 Sheffield United Football Club plan new 4 star hotelSheffield United Football Club has been granted planning permission to build
a 4 star hotel at its Bramhall Lane ground close to the centre of Sheff view

17/03/2006 Major Investment at Rookery HallHand Picked Hotels are putting the finishing touches to a planned £30m refurbishment and extension programme at Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich, Cheshi view

11/03/2006 Travelodge open two new hotels in MarchTravelodge will open two new hotels in March. The first is at London Marylebone opposite the entrance to Marylebone tube station. Travelodge have take view

11/03/2006 National Trust opens its doors to the meetings marketThe National Trust will open its doors to the corporate meetings market in
a new venture to be launched at the end of March. Companies will have the view

04/03/2006 New look Royal Adelaide Hotel in WindsorA £4m refurbishment at Windsor's Royal Adelaide Hotel completes this spring. Air-conditioning has been installed in all 42 bedrooms, which have also b view

04/03/2006 The first ‘nitenite’ hotel to open in BirminghamThe first nitenite hotel opens in Birmingham on 31 March 2006. Described as
having 'small and perfectly formed bedrooms in the heart of the city' or view

25/02/2006 Slieve Donard Resort and Spa, Co Down – redevelopment A two year, £15m redevelopment programme is reaching completion at the 4 star Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle, County Down. 175 bedrooms, including view

25/02/2006 Village Hotel Leeds opens Monday 27 FebruaryThe £15.5 million new-build Village Hotel & Leisure Club Hull opens in Hull on Monday 27 February. It is located on Priory Park, Hessle, on the edge o view

18/02/2006 Novotel Sheffield introduces Television Dining.The Novotel Sheffield has introduced ‘television dining’ in their newly refurbished Elements Restaurant. Designed for the lone traveller, guests can n view

18/02/2006 QHotels acquire their first Scottish hotelQHotels has acquired The Westerwood Hotel, its first hotel in Scotland. The 100 bedroom, four-star hotel is located in Cumbernauld, set in 400 acres o view

11/02/2006 Princess on Portland Manchester to open new Conference Centre'Conference on Portland' is a new ten-suite conference centre which will open at the Best Western Princess on Portland Hotel in the centre of Manchest view

11/02/2006 Pedersen Hotels to complete £13m refurbishment programmePedersen Hotels will shortly complete a £13m refurbishment programme of
three of their hotels. All bedrooms, public areas, restaurants and leisure
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03/02/2006 New Hotel in ReadingLaunching on 27 February is The Forbury Hotel, the first of several new
hotels expected to open in Reading over the next couple of years. The
Forb view

03/02/2006 New Owners for the Scotsman HotelThe flagship Scotsman Hotel based in the former offices of The Scotsman newspaper on North Bridge in Edinburgh has been sold to a billionaire Saudi bu view

28/01/2006 Smiths at Gretna Green Hotel opens 1 FebruarySmiths at Gretna Green Hotel opens on 1 February next door to Gretna’s world famous Old Blacksmith’s shop. It is described as the ‘hippest’ place to s view

28/01/2006 Nottingham Belfry opens 1 FebruaryOpening 1 February 2006, the 120 bedroom Nottingham Belfry Hotel is situated just off the M1J26 and within easy reach of Nottingham city centre. There view

20/01/2006 Menzies Hotels acquire the former Cambridgeshire Moat HouseThe Menzies Hotel group has acquired what was the Cambridgeshire Moat House at Bar Hill and converted it to The Menzies Cambridge Hotel and Golf Cours view

20/01/2006 QHotels acquire Cheltenham & Gloucester Moat HouseThe Cheltenham & Gloucester Moat House has just been acquired by QHotels.
Their first decision has been to change its name to the Cheltenham and
G view

14/01/2006 Woodland Grange Conference Centre to open new roomsA £5m expansion project at the privately Woodlands Training and Conference
Centre, Leamington Spa reaches completion early February 2006. New bedroo view

14/01/2006 The Roundhouse set to reopen in LondonThe Roundhouse is a legendary North London venue where The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd made their names. It hosted the most spectacula view

07/01/2006 Aston Business School Management Development centre opens 8 JanuaryWe stay in Birmingham for our second story of the week. The Management Development Centre has been three years in the planning and it cost £20m to bu view

07/01/2006 Radisson SAS Birmingham opens 16 JanuaryThe first major new hotel opening of 2006 will be the Radisson SAS which opens in central Birmingham on Monday 16 January. The sleek glass tower, Birm view

16/12/2005 Refurbishments underway at the Four Pillars Abingdon HotelFour Pillars don’t just build new hotels – they refurbish their existing ones as well. The Abingdon Four Pillars Hotel is currently undergoing a £1.5m view

16/12/2005 ABode Hotel is launched in GlasgowThe former Arthouse Hotel In Glasgow has been totally refurbished, rebranded and relaunched as the ABode Glasgow Hotel. It opened its doors on 9 Dece view

09/12/2005 Rocco Forte Hotels reopen Brown’s HotelRocco Forte Hotels will reopen Brown’s Hotel in London’s Mayfair on 12 December 2005, following a £19-million renovation.

The new design maintains view

09/12/2005 Carriageworks opens in LeedsCarriageworks is the latest meetings venue to open in Leeds. Whilst its main function is to present new plays, musicals, films and theatre-workshops, view

03/12/2005 Smiths at Gretna Green Hotel & Conference Centre opens FebruarySmiths Hotel, located next door to Gretna’s world famous Old Blacksmith’s shop is a modern, purpose-built 50-bedroom hotel. Promoted as the ‘hippest’ view

03/12/2005 Village Hotel and Leisure Bournemouth opens 5 DecemberThe UK's 15th Village Hotel & Leisure Club opens in Bournemouth on 5 December. The hotel, with 116 bedrooms, is situated just over two miles from the view

25/11/2005 Malmaison Oxford opens 28 NovemberThe old jail in Oxford Castle has been converted to create the latest Malmaison hotel. The jail, now a World Heritage Site, was built in 1071 and used view

25/11/2005 Rezidor team up with Missoni to launch lifestyle hotel rangeRezidor, operators of the Radisson SAS brand in the UK, are teaming up with
the Italian design brand Missoni to launch the 'Hotel Missoni' range of view

18/11/2005 Fanhams Hall Hotel joins the Exclusive foldFanhams Hall Hotel in Hertfordshire is to join the Exclusive Hotels group. Situated just one mile outside Ware, Fanhams Hall is a well established 85 view

18/11/2005 Tulip Inn Manchester refurbishes and extendsThe Tulip Inn Manchester has just opened 40 new bedrooms and six new ‘Simply Meet’ meeting rooms – three seating 15 theatre style and three seating 30 view

13/11/2005 AA Hotel Group of the Year is NovotelAccor Hotels go from strength to strength in the UK. Its Novotel brand has
just been declared the AA Hotel group of the Year for 2005-2006 and this view

13/11/2005 ‘The Gait’ Glasgow opens January 2006Glasgow’s City Halls and The Old Fruitmarket reopen in January 2006 as ‘The Gait’ - an old Scottish word meaning "a way to". The two adjacent, categor view

04/11/2005 Clarion Hotel and Leisure Club Gatwick opens 7 NovemberThe Clarion Hotel and Leisure Club Gatwick will open its doors on 7
November. Formerly the Quality Hotel Gatwick and before that the Holiday Inn
G view

04/11/2005 Tower Hotel rebranded £7M makeoverPhase one of a £7m refurbishment package will be unveiled at Thistle’s Tower Hotel in London this month – at the same time the hotel will be rebranded view

28/10/2005 London's International Convention Centre - plans progressWould London benefit from having an International Convention Centre? A resounding 'yes' is the conclusion of the Commission set up by Mayor of London view

28/10/2005 The Rebranding of Moat HouseEarlier in October, Holiday Inn acquired eleven hotels from Queens Moat
Houses and Radisson acquired a further nine.

Nine of the Holiday Inn prop view

22/10/2005 New Hotels opening before ChristmasNew hotels opening in the UK before Christmas include:

7 November: Macdonald St Paul’s Hotel – a 161 bedroom 4 star deluxe hotel opening in the hea view

22/10/2005 Myres Castle awarded 5 star statusMyres Castle has been awarded five stars by Visit Scotland, which recently launched a new sector entitled ‘Exclusive Use Venue’, featuring properties view

14/10/2005 Four star Parkcity Hotel opens in Kensington In a previous life the Atlas Apollo Hotel on Lexham Gardens was the hotel of choice for the back-packer discovering London. However, following a £10m view

14/10/2005 Nine Moat House properties switch brandingRezidor SAS have announced that they are to take over the management of a batch of former Moat House Hotels and rebrand them all as Park Inn propertie view

07/10/2005 Park Plaza to become largest hotel operator on London's South Bank.Park Plaza Hotels has unveiled plans for two spectacular developments to
open in 2008 and 2010 on the south side of the River Thames - in time for
view

07/10/2005 Sofitel London Gatwick opens in OctoberSofitel London Gatwick comes into existence on the 17 October. The hotel, formerly a Le Meridian, will be undergoing an £8m, three-year refurbishment view

30/09/2005 The Brewery Conference Centre joins Earls Court and Olympia GroupWhitbread Group has sold the Brewery Conference and Banqueting Centre, its historic conferencing and banqueting site, to the owners of Earls Court and view

30/09/2005 Eleven former Moat Houses to become Holiday Inns and Crowne PlazasNine former Moat House Hotels will become Holiday Inns and two will become Crowne Plazas from 7 October, although the properties will still be owned b view

23/09/2005 Stardon Hotels rebrand their Hilton collectionEarlier this year Hilton sold seven of their hotels to a new hotel group - Stardon Hotels. Five of them are to be rebranded as Holiday Inns. These are view

23/09/2005 Novotel awarded AA ‘Hotel Group of the Year’Novotel Hotels have been awarded the prestigious title of AA Hotel Group of the Year 2005-2006. The award is one the highest accolades a hotel group c view

17/09/2005 New Battersea Park Events Arena opens SeptemberBattersea Park Events Arena unveils its £1m brand new Evolution
Super-Structure on 26 September. Technically, the Arena is a solid-sided
semi-perm view

17/09/2005 2007 busy year for the Four Pillars Group2007 is set to be a busy year for the Four Pillars Hotel group with two new
hotels opening during the year. The first is the168 bedroom Cotswold Wat view

10/09/2005 Jurys Inn Nottingham opens 16 SeptemberJurys Inn Nottingham opens next week on Station Street, right in the heart of the city. The hotel with 264 bedrooms and ten dedicated meeting rooms is view

10/09/2005 “An Alternative to Team Building” at Charlton HouseCharlton House is introducing a mind, body and spirit exploration as an alternative to the more usual clay pigeon shoot team-building activities offer view

03/09/2005 Proposed new 4 star hotel in SalfordRugby League team - Salford City Reds – could move to a new home if planning permission is granted to build a new £130 million stadium in Barton. The view

03/09/2005 Colwick Hall Nottingham reopens bedrooms12 September 2005 sees the reopening of the all sixteen bedrooms and suites at Colwick Hall Hotel in Nottingham. It marks the final stage in the rest view

26/08/2005 Savill Court in Egham are refurbishingA refurbishment has been promised for years at this Jacobean style county mansion a ‘stones-throw’ from Heathrow Airport, but nothing has ever happene view

26/08/2005 Butlins open hotel in Bognor RegisButlins has opened The Shoreline Hotel at their Bognor Regis site on the south coast of England. The £10m hotel with 160 bedrooms is designed in the s view

19/08/2005 Thirteen Moat House Hotels to become Holiday InnsIts all change again on the hotel front – thirteen existing Moat House Hotel are to switch branding to Holiday Inns. Two are to switch to Crowne Plaza view

19/08/2005 Macdonald Hotels open ‘Lodge by Macdonald’ in CardiffMacdonald Hotels open ‘Lodge by Macdonald’ in Cardiff next week. This is their first venture into the limited-service hotel market and Cardiff is the view

12/08/2005 Reasons for not booking hotels on the web – no. 7‘….and these are the smallest rooms in the hotel’ - said the sales manager of a large, popular and expensive corporate hotel in the home counties, sh view

12/08/2005 Days Inn opens at Clacton on Sea10 August was the opening date for the latest addition to the Days Inn portfolio in the UK. The 50 bedroom property is located on Clacton’s seafront o view

05/08/2005 First easyHotel opens in LondonA great deal of publicity has preceded the opening of the first easyHotel in Kensington, London on 1 August. The concept of the hotel is to provide al view

05/08/2005 Sofitel comes to Gatwick AirportThe Le Meridien London Gatwick has just been purchased by Arora Holdings. Future plans for this 500 bedroom hotel at Gatwick’s North Terminal include view

16/07/2005 ‘Lodge by Macdonald’ to open in CardiffThe Lodge by Macdonald is a new style hotel concept offering ‘luxury rooms at comfortable prices’. The contemporary styled rooms will be air-condition view

16/07/2005 New venues open July in the City of LondonTwo new venues open in the City of London very shortly. The contemporary styled Comfort Hotel Tower of London is within 5 minutes of Tower Hill tube s view

08/07/2005 Stadium Experience – one aim, same goalSwansea City Football Club chose the ‘Stadium Experience’ show held this week at Derby’s Pride Park to launch their new £27m conference and banqueting view

08/07/2005 Starwood to introduce new brandCurrently called the XYZ project, this new brand from Starwood will sit alongside their existing W hotel brand, their designer-chic brand for corporat view

01/07/2005 ‘Havengore Exclusive’ in LondonHavengore is the boat which carried Sir Winston Churchill’s coffin up the River Thames following his state funeral at Westminster Abbey to its final r view

01/07/2005 Walton Hall to become a four star hotelAsk any hotel booking agent to name the best site in the UK on which to build a new conference hotel and we would wager that the south Midlands, close view

25/06/2005 Danubius enter the UK hotel marketDanubius is a family owned Hungarian Hotel group established in the 1970’s. The group has built up an extensive portfolio of 3 and 4 star hotels in H view

25/06/2005 Principal purchase the George Hotel EdinburghPrincipal Hotels has added a sixth hotel to its existing portfolio – the 4 star 195 bedroom George Hotel in Edinburgh. A £12m refurbishment budget has view

17/06/2005 UK hotels edge closer a total smoking banTom's Companies is the first UK hotel group to introduce a non-smoking
policy throughout its hotels in the north of England. Tom Maxfield, Chair
o view

17/06/2005 Hotel guest pays £32,000 for bottle of whisky.An unnamed ‘regular’ at Surrey's Pennyhill Park Hotel treated himself and a
small group of friends to a round of drinks one Saturday evening at the view

10/06/2005 Cosseting in the CotswoldsCotswold House Hotel, a glorious Regency townhouse in the centre of Chipping
Campden, is already one of the leading UK venues for small, intimate
view

10/06/2005 Centurion Suite arrives at Newcastle Central StationThe Centurion Suite is part of a plan to put the ‘Grand’ back in to Newcastle’s Grand Central Station. It was formerly a grade 1 listed first-class pa view

04/06/2005 Days Hotel opens in LutonThe 120 bedroom Days Hotel Luton has just opened in Luton town centre and is the first to feature the new Days Hotel bedroom design, comprising rich b view

04/06/2005 New look St Giles Hotel in central LondonA major investment is underway at the 656-bedroom St Giles Hotel in central London. The installation of CISA Wave electronic locking system in all gue view

27/05/2005 The Window – the first vegetarian venue in the UKA sympathetic restoration has converted the former headquarters of a financial printing company in London's Islington into The Window - a 3-storey bri view

27/05/2005 Quality Hotel Manchester Central Park opens Opening 2 June on the Oldham Road, Newton Heath in Manchester, adjacent to Sportcity and approximately one mile from the centre of Manchester is the 8 view

21/05/2005 Abode Hotels to launch this summerMichelin-starred chef Michael Caines and greetings card millionaire Andrew Brownsword have announced the launch of a new hotel brand along with the pu view

21/05/2005 Corus hotels launch the ‘Think Tank’ in BristolCorus hotels have just launched the ‘Think Tank’ meeting room concept at the Corus hotel Bristol. It is a room designed to enhance brainstorming and c view

14/05/2005 Three new hotels to open in Sheffield The hotel-scene in Sheffield is set for a major transformation over the next couple of years with three new hotels opening.

First to open this Nove view

14/05/2005 Private Dining Rooms open in the City of LondonNew from the Conran Group - two private dining rooms have just opened at the Royal Exchange at the financial heart of the City of London. The rooms, w view

07/05/2005 Great John Street Hotel opens in Manchester – 16 MayGreat John Street Hotel is an exclusive hotel with 30 individually designed duplex suites and features a rooftop garden with private dining. It opens view

04/05/2005 Starwood take on management of Le Meridien HotelsLe Meridien, the international luxury hotel chain is to be bought by a joint venture of Lehman Brothers and Starwood – subject to formal approval by a view

30/04/2005 Alexandra House Swindon opens 3 May Alexandra House is the latest addition to the Hayley Conference Centres’ portfolio and unlike their other centres which are based around historic prop view

28/04/2005 RIP - The Hanover International GroupHanover International have now completed the job they started last year – namely to jettison every hotel in the group and wind up the operation. From view

23/04/2005 Plans for two new UK waterside hotels announced. Radisson Edwardian Hotels will operate a new 4 star deluxe 169-bedroom hotel at New Providence Wharf in London’s Dockland under a long-term management view

23/04/2005 Introducing ‘The Famous Grouse Experience’‘Sensory heaven’ is the atmosphere Scotland’s oldest distillery is aiming to create with a new food and whisky concept at The Famous Grouse Experience view

16/04/2005 Team building on the menu at ConranConran Restaurants have introduced Daytime Floridita at their Latin-styled restaurant of the same name in London’s Wardour Street.

Daytime Flori view

16/04/2005 Warwick HRI Conference Centre opensWarwick University has just opened Warwick HRI Conference Centre on the outskirts of Wellesbourne – a peaceful and pretty Warwickshire village three m view

09/04/2005 Riverbank Park Plaza opens 14 AprilLondon's latest 4 star deluxe hotel opens on the South Bank on Thursday 14 April 2005. It is the first ‘new-build’ hotel to open in the city for sever view

09/04/2005 Staybridge Suites come to the UK Intercontinental Hotels (ICH) are introducing Staybridge Suites, their upmarket self-catering hotel brand, to the UK from 2006.

The Staybridge conc view

06/04/2005 April Openings and closingsQuintessential Hotels - the new hotel grouping which includes such prime venues as Chesford Grange in Warwickshire and the Midland Hotel in the centre view

04/04/2005 Prospero HouseProspero House and Parkstead House both in London are the latest properties to open their doors for corporate hire. The Garth Hotel in Stafford howeve view

21/03/2005 Bournemouth launches Hotel SchoolThe Bournemouth Hotel School project – a proposed new 4-star teaching hotel in Bournemouth - has been launched as a major educational innovation for t view

21/03/2005 Crown Hotel gets ready for new International AirportRobin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the UK’s newest purpose built international airport officially opens in April 2005 on the site of the former R view

16/03/2005 Jurys Inn announce future developmentsThe Jurys Doyle Group has just unveiled its plans for developing the Jurys Inn brand. It includes three new hotels expected to open in 2006 and beyond view

16/03/2005 Columbus Hotels to open their UK account in WeybridgeThe first Columbus branded hotel in the UK opens at Brooklands close to Weybridge in Surrey in autumn 2006.

Columbus Brooklands is a luxury modern view

03/03/2005 Spanish hotels urge crackdown on foreigners' homesMADRID (Reuters) - Spanish hoteliers want a crackdown on hundreds of thousands of foreign-owned beach apartments which are rented illegally and underm view