The architecture of The Marker Hotel in Dublin draws on the elemental nature of Irish landscape and combines it with a sleek urban aesthetic, creating an experience that is distinctly Dublin, Ireland. All elements of the hotel are the signature of a member of The Leading Hotels of the World®. Rising up from the rich urban heartland of the Dublin Docklands the Marker … [Read more...]
Government commits further £90 million to GREAT campaign
The Government announced on 5 December that it is committing a further £90 million to the overall GREAT campaign over the next two years. £45 million will be allocated in 2014/15 and £45 million in 2015/16, a significant increase on this year's allocation of £30 million. This new funding pot will go a long way to continue the world-class marketing under the GREAT banner, … [Read more...]
Vince Cable attends York Hoteliers’ Association at Middlethorpe Hall
Middlethorpe Hall will celebrate its 30th anniversary as a hotel in 2014, when director & general manager Lionel Chatard will celebrate 10 years at the helm of the business. Lionel chairs the York Hoteliers’ Association and was recently delighted to welcome the Right Honourable Vince Cable MP, Business Secretary, to an informal ‘Small Business Saturday’ meeting. At the … [Read more...]
Whitehall to be transformed into residential and leisure address
The recent announcement of the conversion of 3-5 Great Scotland Yard into a new 5-star hotel is a clear sign of the changes that Whitehall will undergo in the near future: we can expect to see the development of many more hotels and luxury residential developments. In the view of Peter Wetherell, Managing Director of Wetherell, the leading estate agents for Mayfair and … [Read more...]
Magnificent Great Scotland Yard to be transformed into 5-star hotel
Leading London developer Galliard Group is to work with the Crown Estate to convert the magnificent Grade II listed Edwardian headquarters building at 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, once the location of the original Scotland Yard Police Station and later offices for the Ministry of Defence, into a magnificent new 92,000 sq ft 5-star hotel. Completing June 2016 Galliard Group have … [Read more...]