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Revised opening dates for new London Hotels
London hotels are now starting to reopen. However, many of this year’s major new hotel openings have been delayed as a direct result of the Covid 19 pandemic. These openings have now been revised:
Nobu Hotel Portman Square in Marylebone, which was due to open in July is now scheduled to open in November 2020. The hotel will feature 249 bedrooms and suites, a Nobu restaurant, a ballroom and numerous meeting and events spaces.
Edwardian Hotels’ new hotel The Londoner has also rescheduled its opening on Leicester Square from June to late 2020.
The Londoner will be a 350-bedroom hotel dubbed the capital’s first “iceberg hotel” — with more space underground than above. It will feature six concept restaurants, two private cinemas plus a spa.
Pan Pacific London was due to open this autumn. Its opening date will now be early 2021. Pan Pacific London marks the brand’s first property in Europe. It will be London’s new landmark tower just across from Liverpool Street Station. Pan Pacific London will have 237 bedrooms and will feature the largest ballroom in the capital’s Square Mile, accommodating up to 400 guests.
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December opening for NoMad London
The first NoMad Hotel in Europe will open its doors in London in December 2020. The New York-based hospitality group, Sydell Group, is behind the new property.
NoMad London will open with 91 bedrooms in the Grade II-listed former Bow Street Magistrates Court in Covent Garden opposite the Royal Opera House.
NoMad London will offer a range of dining experiences from the hotel’s all-day dining space housed in its atrium to The Library as a place for guests to relax.
NoMad London will also house an arts programme celebrating the influence of post-war American and European avant-garde art. There will be a craft cocktail bar plus a coffee bar in The Library. Below ground level, NoMad London will house a night-time entertainment space.
Sydell Group manages a range of unique hotels including The Ned also in London. Other NoMad hotels can be found in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas in the United States.
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New boutique hotel planned in Oxford
Plans have been published to convert a former Oxford department store into a new hotel.
Boswells was Oxford’s oldest department store. It had traded in the city since 1738 before it closed earlier this year.
Plans would now see the historic building converted into a boutique hotel – The Store.
The Store would include a restaurant, bar and a rooftop terrace "with panoramic views of the city's iconic skyline". The building's frontage on Broad Street and Cornmarket Street would be preserved and enhanced in the redevelopment.
The developers are planning a public consultation next month to outline their plans.
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New Hotel planned at Banana Warehouse
A major redevelopment in York has been recommended for approval at a meeting to be held later this week.
The redevelopment would see the existing Banana Warehouse site partially demolished and replaced with a new hotel building of up to five storeys with 168 bedrooms.
The plans also include a restaurant and bar plus landscaping. The existing Banana Warehouse façade would be retained. The Banana Warehouse building dates back to the early 20th century.
A previously application for a hotel on the site was withdrawn in 2019 after concerns were raised over its design.
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Plans for new hotel in Lincoln
Planning permission has been granted in Lincoln to transform a major retail site into a mixed-use hotel and retail development.
A new, five-storey building is planned on the site which will include a 150-bedroom, four-star lifestyle hotel above retail space at street level. The site is currently occupied by House of Fraser. The existing department store is to be demolished.
The hotel will include a restaurant, bar, meeting and events spaces. It will also feature a new public courtyard with a link to the high street.
The new hotel will be located directly opposite Lincoln’s Grade I-listed 16th-century Guildhall.
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Leonardo plans for Liverpool
Plans were drawn up last year to convert The Gostin's Building in the centre of Liverpool into a NYX by Leonardo branded hotel. The plans outlined a 278-bedroom hotel plus a four-storey roof extension to the historic building.
Revised plans recently published now outline a 201-bedroom hotel with a two-storey extension – and remaining a NYX by Leonardo branded hotel.
The Gostin's Building is located within Liverpool's World Heritage Site and the Duke Street Conservation Area. It is part of the Liverpool One development. The Gostin's Building was built for a drugstore wholesaler and later became a furniture store and warehouse.
Fattal is an expanding Israeli-based hotel group which currently operates Jurys Inns Hotels and Leonardo Hotels in the UK. The group will be opening their first NYX Hotel in the UK in London shortly - NYX Hotel London Holborn. The hotel was formerly the 201-bedroom Grange Holborn Hotel.