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From Hat Factory to Hotel
Development work is expected to start shortly converting a former city centre hat factory in Manchester’s Spinningfields into a 145-bedroom Moxy Hotel.
Moxy is a Marriott brand launched in 2016 offering modern, stylish hotel rooms and facilities - targeting the ‘millennial market’.
The former hat factory is a nine-storey 18th century building with an historic, original façade set to be retained as part of the development. The design will feature a weathered effect metal rain-screen panels with perforated metal recalling the punch cards of a Jacquard loom - an echo to the site’s illustrious textile history.
Moxy Manchester will be located in Atkinson Street, a short walk from Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly stations.
Moxy Manchester is set to join Moxy Chester which will be opening in May 2020 with 194 bedrooms in the centre of Chester. Last year the group gained consent for its first Liverpool outlet at Renshaw Hall.
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Hilton Garden Inn at Snowdonia taking shape
Construction continues on the new 106-bedroom Hilton Garden Inn at Adventure Parc Snowdonia, located on the edge of the inland surf lagoon at Conwy Valley.
Hilton Garden Inn at Adventure Parc Snowdonia will be a four-storey building and will include a wellbeing spa, corporate conference and meeting facilities plus a restaurant overlooking the surf lagoon. It will be the first Hilton Garden Inn in Wales.
The Hilton Garden Inn is part of a £16million expansion of Adventure Parc Snowdonia. The project has included the construction of adventure facility ‘Adrenaline Indoors’ which opened last summer. A new pump track and adventure playground are expected to open in April.
Hilton Garden Inn at Adventure Parc Snowdonia will be one of the largest hotels in North Wales and is due to open in winter 2020.
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Victorian House Hotel opens in March
Victorian House Hotel opens in Grasmere Village in Cumbria on 9th March.
Victorian House Hotel will have 19 individually designed bedrooms plus a Shepherd’s Hut. It will feature several open-plan shared guest spaces as well as a riverside garden and a range of outdoor facilities.
Victorian House Hotel will also feature four special ‘Stargazer rooms’ which will have dual aspect hip-to-ceiling windows and telescopes.
The dining area at Victorian House Hotel will have a long, farmhouse-style table with a food offering focusing on local produce. The hotel will have an all-day menu of Cumbrian Tapas, cheese boards and sharing dishes.
Victorian House Hotel is set up to welcome lovers of the outdoors and will feature a Boot Room, bike washing and storing facilities and a warm dog shower.
Victorian House Hotel will be run by the same team who also operate Georgian House Hotel in Pimlico in London.
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Introducing Nobu Hotel London Portman Square
The new Nobu Hotel London Portman Square hotel is now accepting reservations from summer 2020.
Located in Marylebone, in the heart of central London, Nobu Hotel London Portman Square includes 249 bedrooms and suites, a Nobu’s world-class restaurant, a ballroom and meeting spaces.
The accommodation at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square ranges from suites, with spacious living areas and views over the London skyline, to contemporary cosy rooms with each bedroom taking its conceptual design from the traditional English garden.
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square has a range of meeting and events rooms accommodating a boardroom meeting for four up to a reception for 700 guests. All meeting rooms are equipped with flat screens and the full range of audio-visual technology.
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square is adjacent Portman Square and a short walk from Oxford Street and Regent Street in central London.
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Hotel operator acquires four sites in the English Riviera
The Singapore-based Fragrance Group has bought up four sites along the English Riviera on which they plan to invest up to £150million to create four state-of-the-art hotels.
The sites include the Corbyn Head Hotel and the Palace Hotel in Torquay as well as the Park Hotel and The Lighthouse in Paignton.
The twin hotels at Paignton will be operated by Accor Hotels. The Park Hotel will become a 161 bedroom Mercure Hotel and is expected to open August 2021. The hotel currently on the Lighthouse site will become an Ibis Styles Hotel with 119 bedrooms. It is expected to open September 2021.
Palace Hotel in Torquay is set to become a five-star hotel with 248 bedrooms, conference facilities and a spa. No operator has been announced yet. Development work is expected to be complete by 2023.
Corbyn Head Hotel, also in Torquay, will have 150 plus bedrooms and will be operated by an, as yet to be announced, global brand. Corbyn Head will take between 18-22 months to build once development work gets underway.
In total, the four hotels will provide more than 600 bedrooms.
Other UK hotels recently acquired by the Fragrance Group include The Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, the Townhouse Hotel in Manchester and the Crown Hotel in Harrogate.
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Seckford Hall Hotel joins Best Western’s Premier Collection
Seckford Hall Hotel, on the outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk, has joined Best Western’s Premier Collection. It is the 20th hotel to join the group and has now been renamed Seckford Hall Hotel & Spa, BW Premier Collection by Best Western.
Seckford Hall Hotel has 32 bedrooms, with rooms in the main house plus Courtyard Suites and The Lodge which sleeps up to 4 guests and is set in a private garden. All rooms are stylishly furnished with luxury bedding, a large flat screen TV, free wi-fi and complimentary tea and coffee.
Seckford Hall features the ‘1530 Restaurant’ and the ‘Tudor Bar’.
Seckford Hall has three meeting rooms. The Great Hall is the largest seating up to 140 delegates and with its own bar.
Leisure facilities include the Seckford Spa with a swimming pool, hot tub and sauna, along with a range of single and double treatment rooms plus a gym.
Seckford Hall Hotel & Spa, BW Premier Collection by Best Western is a 16th century listed country house located a few miles from the Suffolk coast on the outskirts of Ipswich and with good access to the A12.