It’s been a long day for your guest. He wants to turn off the lights, pull the curtains, lower the blinds and set his room temperature at a comfortable 19,5 degrees. Just before browsing your movie offering, he wants to set his wake-up call for the next day. At the new citizenM Bankside which opened last week , the guest now holds all these room functions in his hands, in the … [Read more...]
£100m Bournemouth hotel development
Havard Tisdale is currently inviting tenders for the construction of a £100 million development at Terrace Mount Car Park, Terrace Road in Bournemouth. Tenders are due to be returned on the 9th August 2012. The development includes the construction of 3 blocks comprising upmarket hotel with ancillary function rooms, leisure facilities and food and drink; three star hotel; 59 … [Read more...]
Travelodge to open 7 hotels this month
July is busy for Travelodge: seven hotels to open - four of them in London - making the budget hotel chain the largest hotelier in the capital for the Olympic Games. With a combined investment value of £36 million, the new openings in Balham, Enfield, ExCel and Woolwich will mean that Travelodge has 54 hotels in London (7,024 rooms) and has hit the target it set three years … [Read more...]
Qatar Holding to build Harrods luxury hotel chain
Qatar Holding, owner of London’s world famous store which it bought from Mohamed Al fayed for £1.5 billion in 2010, has announced that it plans to open Harrods hotels in major cities around the world: Kuala Lumpur, New York, Paris and London, as well as China, being first candidates. The upmarket hotels are designed to position Harrods as a truly global luxury brand, and … [Read more...]
New hotel opening, 200 bed Travelodge in Cambridge
West Bromwich contractor Anglo Holt has won its largest Travelodge project worth around £9m. Over 12 years, Anglo Holt has won 62 Travelodge hotel jobs, with eight of them presently under construction. The latest deal will see the firm build a six-storey 219-bedroom Travelodge at Eastern Gate in Cambridge. Anglo Holt managing director Andy Elwell said: “Travelodge … [Read more...]