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New Hotel approved at Polo Grounds
Plans to build a new 43-bedroom hotel together with 20 yurts at the Dallas Burston Polo Grounds in Warwickshire have been approved.
The new hotel is part of an overall expansion plan which also includes another 130-bedroom hotel still awaiting approval.
Dallas Burston Polo Grounds host an array of polo and equestrian sporting events throughout the year. It is also home to the IXL Events Centre, a 3000 person capacity conference and events venue.
Dallas Burston Polo Grounds also have a range indoor and outdoor conference spaces ranging from rooms to accommodate from six to 800 delegates theatre style.
Dallas Burston Polo Grounds are located near the market town of Southam in Warwickshire with good access to the M40 motorway.
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Liverpool Drugstore to become a Hotel
The Gostin's Building is a Liverpool landmark and now apprLiverpool Drugstore to become a Hoteloval has just been granted to convert it into a hotel.
Gostin's Building was built for Ayrton Saunders and Co, a drugstore wholesaler who occupied it until the 1990s when it became a furniture store and warehouse.
New owners, the Fattal Group, have been given the green light to convert the building into a 207-bedroom NYX by Leonardo Hotel – the group’s "lifestyle concept" hotel brand. The new hotel will also include a two-storey rooftop extension
The Gostin's Building is located within Liverpool's World Heritage Site and the Duke Street Conservation Area. It is also part of the Liverpool One development.
NYX by Leonardo Hotel will become the fourth hotel in the group joining the former 201-bedroom Grange Holborn which relaunched in May plus a planned new build 261-bedroom NYX in Birmingham and a conversion of a listed building adjacent to the Edinburgh Jurys Inn.
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Countrywide Hotels expanding
Countrywide Hotels Group has just announced that it is taking over the operation of the Festival Hotel Group. The nine Festival Hotel properties will fall under the Countrywide Hotels umbrella as independently branded hotels.
The hotels, with a total of 401 bedrooms, are primarily located in the Midlands and North England. The portfolio includes:
Allerton Court Hotel in Northallerton
The Bridge Hotel and Spa in Wetherby
Comfort Inn Sunderland
Crab Manor & Lobster Restaurant in Thirsk
Hallgarth The Manor House in Durham
The New Hobbit Halifax
Three Ways House Hotel Chipping Campden
Wroxton House Hotel Banbury
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Yet another new hotel planned in Liverpool
We recently reported that the Gostin's Building, a Liverpool landmark, is set to be converted into a hotel. The Fattal Group have been given the green light to convert the building into a 207-bedroom NYX by Leonardo Hotel – the group’s "lifestyle concept" hotel brand.
The Fattal Group has now received planning permission to open a 283-bedroom Leonardo Hotel as part of Liverpool's Pall Mall development, with a ground floor bar and lounge, first floor restaurant, meeting rooms and a gym.
Both hotels are expected to open in the next two years.