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Canopy by Hilton London City opens
Canopy by Hilton London City has just opened. It is the first Canopy by Hilton Hotel in the UK.
Canopy by Hilton London City is set in the new Minories development in East London with 340 ‘eco-conscious bedrooms featuring a décor inspired by the Huguenot silk weavers who settled in Spitalfields in the 17th century.
The bedrooms flaunt the hotel’s eco-friendly credentials. Beds made from post-industrial recycled steel. The wood comes from sustainable forests. Bathrom amenities feature recyclable packaging as well as filtered water served in reusable glass bottles.
'Penny Squares' is the restaurant in Canopy by Hilton London City with Freedom Café the café cum cocktail bar.
'Florattica' is a rooftop terrace which opens next Spring. It will enjoy views across St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London.
Canopy by Hilton London City has one 97 sq-mt meeting and events space.
Canopy by Hilton London City is a short walk from London Fenchurch Street station and Aldgate East tube station.
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Moxy Manchester opening November
Moxy Manchester City is a new hotel opening on the site of a former hat factory in Manchester’s Spinningfields district in November.
Whilst Moxy Manchester City will be located in a new nine-storey building, it will retain the historic, original façade of the 18th century building whose space it now occupies - with the addition of weathered-effect metal panels as a nod to the site’s industrial past.
Moxy Manchester City will have 146 bedrooms furnished with the latest in-room comforts and technology.
Moxy Manchester City has dispensed with the front check-in desk. Instead, guests head to the bar where a complimentary cocktail is served at check-in.
Moxy Manchester City features a 24/7 food and beverage outlet with grab 'n' go snacks and drinks. There is also a coffee-shop-by-day-cocktail-bar-by night.
Moxy Manchester City is located between Spinningfields and Deansgate, close to local venues as well as Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria stations.
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London Police Station to become a hotel
Dexter Moren Associates Architects have secured planning consent to convert a Grade II-listed 1960s police station in London into a luxury hotel.
The former Wood Street Police Station in London will be converted into a modern 216-bedroom five-star hotel. Work is scheduled to begin this year with a planned opening in 2023.
Many of the station’s original features will be incorporated into the hotel: The police stables will become a gourmet restaurant, featuring dining booths within the individual stalls. The custody cells will be converted into tasting rooms for an on-site whisky bar. The former assembly hall at the police station is set to be transformed into a grand ballroom. The original vehicle turntable will also be converted - into the hotel’s central bar.
A two-storey extension to the building is planned which will include additional bedrooms plus a basement gym, swimming pool, spa, conference and events rooms and a restaurant.
Wood Street Police Station is located in Wood Street in Barbican – a four-minute walk from the Museum of London and close to St Paul's and Moorgate tube stations.
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New Hotel planned in Rotherham
Plans have been approved to convert a former bicycle factory on the edge of Rotherham town centre in South Yorkshire into a hotel.
The former Fosters Cycles building on Thames Street was previously used for the manufacture, sale and storage of bicycles. It is currently vacant.
The factory is a three-storey building, a rare piece of industrial architecture and reputed at the time it was built, in 1855, to be the largest factory of its kind in the world.
Plans would see the factory converted to create a 23-bedroom hotel.
We will monitor progress.
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New Year opening for Gleneagles in Edinburgh
Gleneagles Townhouse Edinburgh is set to open in early 2022. It will be located at 37-39 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh which was originally home to the British Linen Company and later the Bank of Scotland.
Gleneagles Townhouse Edinburgh will have 33 fully equipped and furnished bedrooms, a restaurant and bar plus a rooftop bar and a members’ club. Leisure facilities include a state-of-the-art gym and sauna.
Gleneagles Townhouse Edinburgh is aiming to attract around 1,500 private members in addition to hotel guests.
Gleneagles Townhouse Edinburgh is located in Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, within easy walking distance of Edinburgh’s major attractions and travel hubs.
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US Embassy plan move to Dublin hotel
Dalata Hotel Group have announced that the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin will not reopen its doors following its closure period last year during the COVID lockdown.
Media reports indicate that the US Government will acquire the property with the intention of re-locating its Dublin Embassy to this site. US diplomats have been seeking a new home for the Embassy for around nine years as its work is outgrowing the building on its current site in Ballsbridge.
Dalata Hotel Group will still operate their other two Dublin-based hotels: Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge and Clayton Hotel Burlington Road.