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Construction starts on TRIBE Hotel
Construction has just started on the first TRIBE Hotel in the UK. TRIBE is part of the Accor family of hotel brands. The site will be the new Airport City development in Manchester.
The £42million, 412-bedroom TRIBE hotel at Airport City Manchester will be the third new hotel at this development. It will join a 280-bedroom Holiday Inn and a 262-bedroom Ibis Budget Hotel, both of which are expected to open in summer 2022.
TRIBE hotel at Airport City Manchester will be a nine-storey building with a restaurant and bar plus a gym.
TRIBE is described as a new kind of hotel ‘one that responds directly to the desires and aspirations of the modern traveller’.
It is anticipated that it will take two years to build TRIBE hotel. It will open in Manchester Airport’s Chicago Avenue.
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Two new hotels opening in Manchester
Two new hotels are opening this month in Manchester - at 3 St Peter’s Square in the city centre.
3 St Peter’s Square is a new building close to Manchester Town Hall and the Central Library. It sits on the site of the former Peterloo House office block which was demolished in March 2018.
Motel One St Peter’s Square will launch with 328 bedrooms on the lower eight floors of the 20-storey building. It is the third Motel One in Manchester joining Motel Manchester on London Road and Motel One Manchester Royal Exchange.
Staycity Aparthotel sits on the upper floors above with 256 studio and one-bedroom apartments. It is Manchester’s first Wilde Aparthotel.
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Avisford Park Hotel March opening
Avisford Park Hotel in Sussex is the latest addition to the Bespoke Hotels group – now the UK's largest independent hotel grouping. The hotel was previously known as The Hilton Avisford Park.
Avisford Park Hotel will reopen in March.
Avisford Park Hotel is a Georgian manor house set in 89 acres of Sussex parkland between Chichester and Arundel. It has 140 bedrooms and suites across three floors. The Cedar Restaurant, a split-level restaurant overlooking the hotel grounds, was formerly a prep school.
Leisure facilities at Avisford Park Hotel include a golf club, a fitness centre, beauty treatment rooms, tennis courts, croquet lawn and an indoor and outdoor pool.
Avisford Park Hotel has fifteen fully equipped meeting and events rooms many interconnecting with break out rooms. The Grand Room is the largest seating up to 330 delegates theatre style.
Avisford Park Hotel is situated just off the A27 between Arundel and Chichester. It is around 45 minutes from London Gatwick Airport.
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July opening for Hyatt in London
The former Crowne Plaza London the City in Blackfriars is set to reopen this July as a 204-bedroom Hyatt Regency hotel.
Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars will occupy a Grade II-listed building situated on the site of the former Bridewell Palace, which in days of old was the residence of King Henry VIII.
Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars is currently undergoing a refurbishment. It will reopen with a New York-style bistro, a Chinese restaurant, a bar, a large outdoor space plus a fitness centre. The hotel will also include meeting and events facilities with capacities and room details awaiting publication.
Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars is located in New Bridge Street, a short walk from Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars station for both London Overground and Underground rail services.
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Plans for London’s Kensington Forum Hotel
New owners of the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Hotel in Cromwell Road near Kensington Garden in London are planning a closure of the hotel in early 2022 for a complete refurbishment.
Singapore-based Fragrance Group are the new owners of this ‘mega-sized’ hotel. The Kensington Forum Hotel has 906 bedrooms and suites set over 27 floors with a selection of dining and refreshment outlets plus a residents’ fitness centre.
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Hotel boasts an unrivalled range of meeting and events facilities in London. The hotel’s 9,000 square-foot Conference Centre contains 12 fully air-conditioned meeting rooms, all with natural light, ranging from a small interview room to a room large enough to seat 330 delegates theatre style.
We will keep you posted on developments at the Kensington Forum as soon as they are published.
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New Serviced Apartment brand launched
Cheval Collection is a hospitality group with twelve all-apartment locations in London and Edinburgh. They have just launched a new serviced apartment brand – MY Locanda.
Each MY Locanda property will comprise studios, studios with sofa beds and one-bedroom apartments - ranging from 25 - 30 sq-mt studios to 40 sq-mt one-bedroom apartments.
Each MY Locanda apartment will include a fully equipped kitchen along with a washing machine.
MY Locanda apartments will feature ground floor communal areas for both co-living and co-working including high-speed wi-fi, dedicated spaces for business meetings plus food and drinks from MY Grab&Go. The apartments will also include a fitness studio.
Cheval Collection is planning to open MY Locanda in ‘dynamic’ cities around the world – but details of the chosen ones await publication.