- Details
New Hampton by Hilton go-ahead in London
Finance is now in place for a new Hilton-branded hotel in London. The Dominvs Group have secured funding for a new Hampton by Hilton hotel in London’s Aldgate.
The site was formerly the home of Arbor City Hotel. The hotel will be completely refurbished and will gain a new-build extension. The resulting five-storey hotel - Hampton by Hilton London City - will have 278 rooms and suites plus meeting, dining and events spaces including a cinema room and a large function room.
Building work is not expected to complete before summer 2023.
- Details
New hotel approved in central Glasgow
Plans to redevelop Met Tower in the centre of Glasgow into an 11-storey hotel and office development have just been approved by Glasgow city council.
Plans include the creation of 120,000 sq ft of office space plus the building of a new 260-bedroom hotel over 11 floors. The hotel would connect to the Met Tower via a landscaped plaza, also accessible to the public.
Met Tower is located in North Hanover Street beside Glasgow Queen Street station. Further details to follow in due course
- Details
Coming over the horizon in London part 3
Pan Pacific London is a new hotel located in a mixed-use development at One Bishopsgate Plaza in the City of London. It is expected to open first quarter 2021.
Pan Pacific London will have 237 bedrooms and suites plus two restaurants and bars. Leisure facilities will include a fully equipped gym, treatment rooms, an indoor infinity pool and a fitness area.
Pan Pacific London will feature 1,213 square metres of dedicated meeting space with nine flexible meeting rooms over two floors of the hotel plus a Ballroom to accommodate from two to 400 guests.
Pan Pacific London is located in Houndsditch in London’s Square Mile, a stones-throw from a range of London sights including St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Museum of London, the River Thames, Tower Bridge and The Tower of London.
Accor Hotels group has agreed to turn its five-star London hotel, The Curtain, into a Mondrian hotel thus marking the brand’s return to London. Mondrian London Shoreditch will be Mondrian's sixth hotel and a European flagship.
The hotel is currently undergoing an update and a restyle. When it reopens the Mondrian London Shoreditch will have 120 bedrooms and suites. It will also include a Michelin-star restaurant, a rooftop pool and restaurant Lido, a spa and the Curtain Members Club which will continue to operate under its current name.
Mondrian London Shoreditch is located in Curtain Street in the heart of Shoreditch, London's ‘creative and cultural’ hub and a short walk from Old Street station.
NoMad London is a new hotel opening in February in London’s Covent Garden. The building, formerly Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police Station dates from the 19th century.
NoMad London will be a 91-bedroom boutique hotel.
NoMad London will feature the NoMad restaurant comprising three rooms: The Atrium, a three-storey space enclosed by a glass ceiling, plus the Atrium bar and the Fireplace Room.
The original Magistrates Courtroom will become the Magistrates Ballroom accommodating up to 75 guests with two side meeting rooms.
NoMad London is a short walk from the Covent Garden Underground on the Piccadilly Line, and is within walking distance of Soho, the River Thames and Leicester Square.
- Details
New Birmingham Hotel about to open
Aloft Birmingham Eastside is a new modern, loft inspired hotel opening in the heart of Birmingham's Eastside district this January.
Aloft Birmingham Eastside will have 195 bedrooms and will feature an on-site pub, which has been preserved from one of the city’s oldest public houses and restored as part of Aloft Birmingham Eastside’s development.
Aloft Birmingham Eastside will have one fully equipped meeting room to accommodate up to 40 delegates.
Aloft Birmingham Eastside is centrally located - a 10-minute journey from Birmingham’s three main rail hubs and a short drive off the M6 at Spaghetti Junction (J6). Even Villa Park home of Aston Villa Football Club is within walking distance.
- Details
Plans for new hotel in Cardiff
Plans have been published for a new hotel in the centre of Cardiff.
The hotel would be created by adapting and adding two new storeys to the top of the Queens West Shopping Centre, a Grade II-listed site in the Cardiff's main shopping street.
The building is currently subdivided into a number of retail and food/drink units plus a gym on the second floor.
Plans would see part of the existing building extended upwards to a total of five storeys with the new hotel occupying the top two storeys whilst retaining the majority of the existing retail and food and drink outlets on the lower floors.
A 166 bedroom together with a restaurant and bar are planned. The application is currently being considered by Cardiff City Council.
- Details
Coming over the horizon in London part 2
Our next batch of planned new hotel openings includes:
The opening of The Londoner has suffered several delays but now it is scheduled to open in April 2021.
The Londoner is a 16-storey, five-star, purpose-built hotel with 350 bedrooms including 15 suites, six restaurants and featuring a rooftop bar.
Events-wise the Londoner will include a main Ballroom to accommodate over 800 guests. The Gallery suite will include seven meeting rooms all connected to a central lounge. The Green Room will seat up to 150 delegates for a meeting or reception.
The Londoner will be operated by Edwardian Hotels and will join its sister property, The May Fair Hotel also in London.
The Londoner is located on the south west corner of Leicester Square in central London.
Chateau Denmark is a new luxury apartment hotel opening summer of 2021 – and the perfect place to reminisce and possibly relive a misspent youth.
Denmark Street is steeped in musical heritage. It is where The Rolling Stones recorded their first album, where the Sex Pistols once lived and where Jimi Hendrix was a regular visitor. So you can expect the colourful history to be reflected in the style and décor of the hotel.
Chateau Denmark will comprise 55 apartment suites each featuring ‘maxi-bars’ in place of minibars plus “session rooms”, all set across 16 properties in and around Denmark Street.
Location-wise Chateau Denmark is right in the heart of Soho.
Ruby Stella is the latest London offering from German-based Ruby Hotels.
Ruby Stella is due to open In London’s Clerkenwell in the first quarter of 2021. It will join Ruby Lucy which opened last year on London’s Southbank.
Ruby Stella will be a new purpose-built hotel with 154 bedrooms ranging from cosy ‘Nest’ rooms to expansive ‘Loft’ rooms. They are equipped with all the requisites you would expect to find in a top-grade hotel including soundproofing, blackout curtains, high quality linen and wide custom mattresses. Quirky features include Marshall guitar amps in every room which guests can use both with their own guitar or one borrowed from reception. Check-in will be done via a tablet computer.
‘Ruby Radio’ will be Ruby Stella’s own internet radio station.
A trendy communal space will serve a healthy breakfast without the need for a kitchen. Vending machines and ironing stations will supply guests with all their needs.
Ruby Stella is located on Eyre Street Hill, a short walk from Farringdon station.