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New INNSiDE Newcastle nears completion
Building work is nearing completion on the new INNSiDE Hotel on Newcastle-on-Tyne’s Quayside with an opening anticipated before the end of the year.
The £25million INNSiDE Newcastle will have 161 bedrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows, a flat-screen TV with Chromecast plus a well-appointed bathroom with a rain shower and organic amenities. Many rooms will have views over the Newcastle Quayside.
INNSiDE Newcastle will be a lifestyle hotel designed for both work and leisure featuring an open living lounge and outdoor terrace, a 24-hour fitness centre and a Big Ideas Space.
INNSiDE Newcastle will have a range of meeting and events spaces comprising five flexible meeting rooms with integrated audiovisual equipment, high-speed wi-fi and air-conditioning. They will accommodate a combined 170 people banquet style.
INNSiDE Newcastle is minutes’ walk from Eldon Square in the centre of Newcastle-on-Tyne and half a mile from Newcastle on Tyne station. An on-site car park and landscaping will complete the package.
INNSiDE Hotels are members of the Melia Hotels stable. INNSiDE Newcastle joins INSiDE Manchester and INNSiDE Liverpool as the only other open and planned INNSiDE Hotels currently in the UK.
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New Moxy planned in Newcastle-on-Tyne
Plans have been published for a new £18million hotel at Newcastle Helix on Tyneside, the city’s 24 acre urban Innovation centre.
A 160-bedroom, seven-floor Moxy by Marriott featuring a cafe and bar and cycle parking, is planned.
Moxy by Marriott will aim to cater for business/corporate market as well as visitors to the centre of Newcastle on Tyne.
Moxy is Marriott International’s ‘millennial-focused boutique hotel’ concept. Other Moxy Hotels typically feature public spaces ranging from libraries and plug-in zones, to lounges and bars, with tech offerings including keyless mobile entry, mobile check in and check out, internet TV featuring the likes of Netflix and YouTube plus free wi-fi.
Moxy by Marriott currently has 13 hotels open and under development in the UK with three in Greater London including Heathrow, two in both Glasgow and Edinburgh plus hotels in Southampton, Slough and York.
The proposed Helix site for the new Moxy in Newcastle on Tyne is on a prominent gateway to the city and features science, tech and healthcare businesses.
A formal planning application for the new Moxy by Marriott will be submitted to the council at the end of October. Subject to planning permission from Newcastle City Council, the new Moxy Newcastle on Tyne is looking to open its doors in late 2021.
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Plans approved for new hotel in West Yorkshire
Plans have been approved by Bradford Council in West Yorkshire for a new boutique hotel to open in the centre of Ilkley.
The hotel would be housed in a former electronics shop. The front of the building would be retained and refurbished and its upper floors converted into an eight bedroom hotel.
Development details and a proposed opening date await publication.
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Two Travelodge PLUS hotels open in London
Travelodge have recently opened two new hotels, both in London - at London Stockley Park Hayes and London Mile End.
These latest additions are both Travelodge PLUS hotels bringing the total to 10 Travelodge PLUS hotels across the UK.
Travelodge PLUS hotels feature a choice of new style standard rooms or SuperRooms as well as a contemporary Bar Café serving breakfast and dinner plus drinks.
Parking is available at Travelodge Stockley Park Hayes on a first come first served basis. Travelodge London Stockley Park Hayes is within a five-minute drive of Heathrow Airport down the M4.
Travelodge London Mile End is within a mile of Bethnal Green and Stepney Green tube stations and five miles from London City Airport.
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Hotel plans unveiled in Birmingham
Plans have been unveiled to transform HSBC's former Birmingham offices into a major hotel and student accommodation development.
If plans go ahead the building in Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston would be converted into a 123-bedroom hotel and 266 student bedroom block alongside. The hotel would include a bar, lounge, restaurant and reception area.
The building, which has been vacant since HSBC relocated in 2018, was originally named Shell Mex House and was constructed in 1962 It was designed by John Madin, the Birmingham born architect who made a significant contribution to Birmingham’s recovery after the Second World War designing buildings including the Birmingham Post and Mail building, the Central Library and BBC Pebble Mill studios.
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Coal Exchange Hotel reopening
The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay is reopening under new management on 16th October.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is housed in a 19th-century building in Mount Stuart Square which formerly housed Cardiff’s Coal Exchange. It was built in the 1880s and became a hub of global trade in Cardiff's docklands before closing in 1958. Since then, it has been used for live music and other events before being refurbished and reopening as a hotel in 2017.
The Coal Exchange Hotel will now be operated by Eden Grove Properties.
The Coal Exchange Hotel has 80-bedroom, a restaurant and bar plus meeting and events facilities.
The Coal Exchange Hotel is a four-minute walk from Cardiff Bay station.