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Thirteen Folio Hotels have been reportedly rescued from administration in a deal that will see them taken over by Bespoke Hotels. The group includes the Richmond Hill and Richmond Gate hotels in southwest London’ Tewkesbury Park Hotel Golf & Country Club in Gloucestershire, Redwood Hotel and Country Club near Bristol, Etrop Grange at Manchester A  |
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The Café Royal in London’s West End closed its doors for the last time following a charity Christmas Ball on 16 December. It will now be converted into a 160-bedroom deluxe hotel by the Israeli-based Alrov Group. The hotel is part of a planned £750million development project known as The Quadrant. It includes the Café Royal, the Regent Palace Hotel |
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Sapphire is a new meeting and training facilities, which has recently opened in Coleshill in the West Midlands. The venue is set in the grounds of a former country manor house.
The facilities have been 'designed by trainers for trainers' and they include four ground floor meeting rooms all with natural daylight and air-conditioning. The largest |
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Hotel de la Bere in Cheltenham closed on 2nd January for a total refurbishment which is expected to last around 18 months. Details of the refurbishment await publication.
The Hotel de la Bere is a 57-bedroom hotel set in its own grounds overlooking Cheltenham Racecourse. It is a former a Tudor Manor House dating from the late 15th century. |
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United States President-elect Barack Obama may be able to stay in his own hotel should he visit Ireland during his term of office, reports the Irish Times.
A developer is proposing to build the Barack Obama Hotel in Moneygall, a small village on the Tipperary-Offaly border, a town linked to Mr Obama's ancestors. The proposed hotel, which is awa |
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Crerar Hotels has purchased the 42-bedroom Golf View Hotel and Leisure Club in Nairn, Morayshire, a hotel previously managed under the Swallow Hotels brand.Crerar will be refurbishing the property starting with an initial £800,000 investment to upgrade the public areas. Work will start in the early New Year.
The Golf View Hotel and Leisure Club |
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Hotel du Vin has planning approval for a £10million development of the St Andrews Golf Hotel in St Andrews, Fife. The hotel is expected to close early in the New Year with development work expected to take up to a year to complete. The hotel will then be rebranded as a Hotel du Vin. Eighteen new bedrooms will be added bringing the total to 40. New |
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The Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort at Hensol near Cardiff has opened its new 40-acre sporting site which includes the three-storey Vale Pavilion housing a state-of-the-art fitness zone and conditioning areas, medical and physio rooms, office and boardroom facilities, players lounges, meeting rooms, refectories and changing areas. New international |
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Capesthorne Hall near Macclesfield is a distinctive Jacobean style mansion with a Georgian Chapel, gardens and lakes all set in over 100 acres of parkland. It is a long established venue for day meetings and corporate hospitality in the Hall itself and for team-building in the grounds.
On 9th January 2009 it opens Capesthorne Pavilion. This is |
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Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel opens in January. Its opening marks the completion of a £25million investment at the former Radisson Edwardian Marlborough. The spacious air-conditioned 174 guest rooms feature Vi-spring beds, in-room bar, satellite and pay movies, complimentary wi-fi and 24 hour room service. The Bloomsbury Street Bar and |
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