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New Novotel planned in Liverpool
A new design Novotel hotel has been selected by Liverpool City Council to open in the city’s Paddington Village development - the ‘Knowledge Quarter’ of Liverpool.
Novotel Paddington Village will be operated by Legacy Hotels & Resorts. It will be a 16 storey hotel with 221 bedrooms. Its opening will launch a new concept Novotel – the first of its kind in the UK. .
Novotel Paddington Village is due to open late spring 2022.
Paddington Village is a £1 billion development within Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter – a district planned as an international life-science, healthcare and technology destination.
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New Hotel approved in York
Plans for a new hotel on Micklegate in the historic heart of York have been approved.
The 62 bedroom boutique hotel is planned in buildings formerly housing a restaurant and a car hire company.
The new hotel will include a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.
Details of the hotel operator together with an anticipated opening date await publication.
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Kimpton comes to Manchester in October
The building started life in 1890 as the headquarters of the Refuge Assurance Company in central Manchester. In recent years the prestigious Grade II-listed Victorian building with its famous clock tower became the Palace Hotel and then the Principal Hotel.
From the 1st October it is all change again. The building will be rebranded the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is part of IHG’s Kimpton branding, an American import which launched in 1981 as a boutique hotel brand and which now has over 60 hotels worldwide in its portfolio. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel will be the fourth Kimpton hotel to open in the UK.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel still has the building’s original Victorian features, including its clock tower and carved wooden staircases.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has 270 loft style bedrooms, many with original features as well as incorporating the latest in-room technology. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has a restaurant and bar plus 17 meeting and events spaces including the largest hotel ballroom in the northwest of England.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is located opposite Manchester Oxford Road station in the centre of the city.
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New Aparthotel opening in London
3 Sloane Gardens is a new boutique aparthotel opening in London’s Chelsea on 1 October.
3 Sloane Gardens will feature nine luxury apartments housed in a totally renovated building.
Each apartment will include a kitchen plus the full range of services traditionally offered by a luxury hotel.
3 Sloane Gardens overlooks Sloane Gardens to the front with the rear apartments overlooking private gardens.
3 Sloane Gardens will be operated by UnderTheDoormat.
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New boutique Hotel opening in London 2021
Chateau Denmark is a new boutique hotel planned to open in London’s Denmark Street next year.
Denmark Street is synonymous with both subversive and popular culture – The Rolling Stones recorded their first album there, the Sex Pistols lived on the street plus Jimi Hendrix was a regular to the area. Chateau Denmark will take its designs and inspiration from this rich musical heritage.
Chateau Denmark will have 55 bedrooms and apartments across 16 buildings, some dating from the 17th century. Room themes will range from vintage gothic to punk and psychedelia. Many of the rooms will include a ‘maxi-bar’.
Chateau Denmark is a new independent brand and is expected to open in summer 2021.
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New Hotel development approved in Liverpool
Liverpool City Council has approved a £15million transformation of Allerton Manor in south Liverpool to create a new golf course and a boutique hotel.
The project will see the restoration and conversion of the Grade II-listed, but dilapidated Allerton Manor house to create a 31-bedroom boutique hotel and spa with function and events space.
On the golf side Allerton Manor’s existing 18 and 9-hole courses will be reconfigured to create a par 72 Championship course with a new driving range and putting area plus a new golf pavilion and club house.
The first phase of development work is expected to start in spring 2021, with completion of the project, including the restoration of Allerton Manor, anticipated before 2024.
Allerton Manor is a ten-minute drive from both Liverpool city centre and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.