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With all due respect to any of our readers who hail from the cities of Bath and Durham, I will tell anyone who will…

Decorex 2016, the UK’s leading destination for interior design, will explore the roots of design as its theme for this year’s edition. Examining the…

The Coaching Inn Group is undergoing rapid expansion and marked this with the acquisition of the 25-room Golden Lion Hotel in St. Ives. The…

An investor is about to spend £12 million on building a luxury boutique hotel in Erbington Square, County Derry – according to reports in…

A new four-star hotel has opened on Broadway in Douglas, Isle of Man, following a £6m investment and marking the first new hotel launch…

Steeped in rich history and surrounded by the stunning Welsh valleys on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, the reimagined Grade II listed Palé…

Ashford Council is backing a £75m project to regenerate the city, which will include the construction of a new 58-bedroom hotel. After Stanhope PLC…

Four Seasons has announced the details of its second hotel in London at the Grade II-listed Ten Trinity Square. Intimate at only 100 accommodations…

Malmaison, the iconic boutique hotel and lifestyle brand, announces that the recently acquired Montpellier Chapter Cheltenham is set to become part of the stylish…

Interior designer, Shaun Clarkson has announced he will be adding a new property to his collection of ‘home-tels’ with the opening of The House…

A North East hotel is being restored to its former glory following a £200,000 investment. The Three Horseshoes Hotel at Washington Road, Sunderland, was…

Birmingham’s newest four star hotel – Park Regis – has joined forces with retail giant John Lewis to supply soft furnishings and kitchenware for…

RPW Design has announced the extensive refurbishment of the five-star resort, Fairmont St Andrews, which has been designed over the last year. The highly…

Leeu Collection has acquired its first UK property, the acclaimed Lake District hotel, Linthwaite House. It is Leeu Collection’s first property outside of South…

Work has begun on a new boutique, four-star hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town at a cost of £20 million, which is set to open…

Cary Arms, the five-star hotel in Devon, is mere months away from revealing its new beach huts — part of a £1.5 million investment….

Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) welcomed the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union Report calling for…

Specialist property adviser Christie & Co has announced the final sale of a collection of six regional, managed Hilton hotels. The six properties across…

Bristol’s Grade I-listed Portland Square is set for a remarkable turnaround in fortunes in 2016 and beyond – and part of that will be…

Five-star, 232-bedroom hotel Gleneagles in Perthshire, Scotland has announced it will begin carrying out a multi-million pound upgrade programme (artist’s impressions above). New owners…

The second phase of a two-year renovation at Tewkesbury Park has been completed at a cost of £4 million, with the addition of nine…

As predicted earlier in the year, the Hotel Collection has brought ten properties to market for a combined value of £130 million to be…

Property developer Maven has completed a £15 million transaction for the purchase and refurbishment of the Grade II listed Shire Hall in Durham, to…

The Master Builder’s at Buckler’s Hard Hotel in the New Forest has revealed the results of its major renovation works completed earlier this month….

The final phase of the £1million bedroom refurbishment project at Wyboston Lakes hotel is now complete and guests will be occupying the brand new…

Plymouth City Council has resolved to grant planning permission to Thames Bank Property, advised by planning and development consultant Iceni Projects, for the £50…

The Culpeper Pub in Spitalfields, London is on the verge of opening five new rooms to add to its already-successful food and drink offering….

Hilton London Paddington has completed a £350,000 refurbishment to its flexible conference and events space, and public areas. New carpets and furniture including multi-functional…

Redefine|BDL Hotels has announced that Holiday Inn Express Southampton M27 Jct 7 and Holiday Inn Express Redditch have joined the management company’s extensive portfolio…

Malmaison has announced that its recently acquired Hotel Seattle Brighton will be transformed into a Malmaison hotel – taking the total number of Malmaison…

Despite its name, it appears Manchester’s Hotel Football is not just for avid football fans – it is celebrating a hat-trick of awards this…

Harbour Hotels has announced that from Monday 4th April, The Radisson Blu Edwardian Guildford Hotel will convert to the Guildford Harbour Hotel. The hotel…

Charismatic hotelier André Balazs’ plans for a first Standard Hotel outside of the US are well and truly under way as work has begun…

The transformation of the Wembley area of north-west London in the last 15 years has been nothing short of incredible. The most obvious and…

The swiftly expanding serviced apartment provider Skyline recently announced the opening of its latest acquisition; the newest building located in the prestigious Canary Wharf…

Park Regis Birmingham, the city’s newest four-star hotel and the brand’s first in Europe welcomed its first guests on Tuesday 29th March. The £50…

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has been appointed to sell and is inviting offers for six Mercure-Branded Hotels. All six properties are…

East Devon’s Deer Park has revealed its new additions at its estate – including the Orangery, which will boost the hotel’s wedding offering. The…

Lea Marston Hotel, in the heart of the Midlands, has revealed 30 new bedrooms and suites as part of its near £2 million investment….

After a two-year, £1.7 million revitalisation project Foxhills Club & Resort in Surrey has unveiled its two new double-storey, 200-square-metre Deluxe Suites. The Deluxe…

Hollywood director Guy Ritchie is set to convert a barn on his Ashcombe House estate into a luxury hotel and spa resort, according to…

Jeremy Robson, owner of the Great Northern Hotel in King’s Cross London, has launched a new boutique hotel collection called Aries Hotels and appointed…

Congham Hall Hotel in Norfolk has almost completed its latest phase of refurbishment, and some of the refreshed rooms will be available to book…

The North East’s newest hotel is nearing completion, marking a Northern landmark for one of hospitality’s biggest brands. The Hilton Garden Inn Sunderland will…

Hilton Worldwide, currently with 35 properties across London, has announced its plans to open a £76 million hotel development in Aldgate in the east…

The BHA is pleased to see the abolition of the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme in George Osborne’s Budget 2016 which was very…

Manorview Hotels, an independent Scottish hotel group, is unveiling a new look for its Boclair House Hotel in Bearsden after a £3 million investment….

Luxury, five-star Edinburgh hotel, The Chester Residence, is undergoing a £1 million refurbishment. The refurbishment is being carried out by Aberdeen-based firms Ambiance Interior…

Manchester’s iconic Palace Hotel is set to be renovated in a multi-million pound project which aims to ‘rediscover the soul’ of the building. Starwood…

Marriott International announced earlier this week that it plans to open an additional five Moxy Hotels in key European cities in 2016, including Munich,…

Gallery Direct delivered 12 rooms of furniture and mirrors to the Muckrach Country House Hotel in February 2015, as part of the hotel’s refurbishment….

A major refurbishment project will soon get underway at a serviced apartment complex in the heart of Scotland’s capital city. Princes Street Suites will…

The historic Braemar’s Fife Arms Hotel will undergo a major renovation and upgrade after planning permissions was granted by the Cairngorms National Park Authority….

One Warwick Park, an elegant 39-room hotel, will open in Tunbridge Wells’ historic Pantiles district this June. The new property designed by HMY architects…

It’s an exciting time for Southport’s The Bold Hotel at the moment, which was bought in December 2015 by new investors who have spent…

A 100-room, £10 million hotel being planned for the Anfield area of Liverpool – part of the district’s ongoing £260 million regeneration programme –…

IHG are pleased to announce the signing of two new Hotel Indigo Properties in Europe: • Hotel Indigo Stratford-upon-Avon, UK – The hotel will…

Bespoke Hotels is delighted to unveil the new-look Caroline Suite at Stonehouse Court Hotel, which has been transformed via significant investment into a stylish…

Travelodge’s monumental recent expansion continues to build up a head of steam. That’s as Chatham Maritime Travelodge, the company’s 524th hotel, a 90-room hotel…

Tewkesbury Park Hotel, the four-star boutique hotel which suffered from fire damage last week, is still open for business as usual. That’s according to…

A leading hospitality interior design practice, RPW Design, is repositioning the five-star London Marriott County Hall hotel for the global market. With their trademark…

Cheval Three Quays – part of London-based luxury serviced apartment specialists Cheval Residences, attendees at this year’s Hotel Designs Summit – has partnered with…

Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced it has entered into a franchise agreement with Brighton and Hove Albion to open a new Aloft hotel…

Lea Marston Hotel in Sutton Coldfield is about to start work on its £2 million expansion, which will see its size increase by a…

Owners of a hotel near the Lake District have revealed their plans for a major extension which would see 9 new bedrooms added to…

Savoir Beds, the world’s most luxurious sleeping system, teamed up with luxury fabric specialist Kobe UK, to add sophisticated glamour to its specially designed…

Following an extensive renovation, The Kensington has re-launched. The majestic property sits in the heart of South Kensington, where Queen’s Gate meets the Old…

Plans to revitalise one of Aberdeen’s most historic buildings – the Woolmanhill Hospital – have been revealed. Developers CAF Properties want to transform the…

The Carlson Rezidor hotel group, over the last decade or so, has been steadily building up and expanding its portfolio across the globe with…

One of the country’s finest chefs, Paul Ainsworth of the Michelin-starred restaurant Number 6 in Padstow has now extended his offering to include accommodation,…

Travelodge has officially opened its second hotel in Oxford – the Abingdon Road Travelodge. The company’s 524th hotel is a purpose built, 83-room property…

Four-star Lancashire hotel Oak Royal Hotel has revealed plans to expand and hire more staff, a mere six months after opening its doors for…

A topping out ceremony has been held at Europe’s first Park Regis in Birmingham as construction work nears the end of its final phase….

One of the perks of my job is being able to see the progression of hotels from mere ideas and drawings right through to…

Very often, when out and about reviewing hotels or sifting through property announcements at HotelDesigns HQ, I encounter some variation on that old hospitality…

In recent years, the global hospitality industry has been marking the steady rise in popularity of the ‘aparthotel’. And looking at the trends, it…

I have reviewed a Sofitel before – the Sofitel Hamburg. It was an hotel I found very difficult to like; the décor was cool…

Putting new in old, contemporary into antique, can be a difficult trick. Mix in English vernacular style and wave a designers’ wand. Magic in…

Breezy Bay for Bracing Blows October and the sea temperature is nearly 70 degrees, and bikini clad sunbathers catch the last rays of the…

I try to look at different types of hotels in both Reviews (166 of them) and Miniviews (and there are over 150 of those),…

Now owned since 1998 by Elite Hotels, enough time has passed since the ownership of De Vere to be able to see the image…

Budget hotels have flourished in recession. Not only will business people trade down, but the ‘bang per buck’ element has become exaggerated as new…

A few years ago I was in Washington to Review a couple of hotels. Staying in a Staybridge Suites I was collared by the…

Babbacombe is just along the road from Torquay – so close in fact that some people class it as Torquay suburbs, but it is…

Unmissable as you drive in to Exeter, this 60 bedroom hotel occupies a spectacular example of a re-engineered building. The hotel is a conversion…

Aquae Sulis was the Roman name for this spa. The British of course are more ‘lumpen’ than classical, so called it Bath. It has…

Lancashire can appear a very strange place full of witches and forests as well as seaside towns and industrial centres. In the late 18th…

This is one of those accidental Reviews. They happen when a stay en-route to a targeted hotel or for some other reason finds me…

The hotel market in Cardiff has boomed. Most of the major chains are now present, and the City has bloomed under devolved government, tourism…

Refreshed? Mint is the new brand name for City Inns as they continue to grow the group, this being one of two large hotels…

Falmouth has its place in history, its place as a centre of the web. Not the internet but a network of Royal Mail packet…

I have a fascination with railway hotels. In Britain, they were part of the revolution in travel and hotel use in the mid-nineteenth century….

To look into the increasing popularity of small and personal luxury cruises in 2009 we headed to Scotland to sample a cruise along the…