Boutique hotel planned for Manchester’s Corn Exchange

MANCHESTER’s iconic Corn Exchange building could be the home of a new boutique hotel. Plans for an 86-room hotel have been reported by the Manchester Evening News. Planning permission was granted last summer for the…

New luxury floating hotel arrives in London

LONDON got a new hotel today – and it arrived on the river Thames. The luxury superyacht-hotel arrived in the capital early this afternoon and entered the Royal Docks in East London where she will…

Shard hotel to open May 2014

A NEW luxury hotel in the UK’s tallest building will open this spring. The much-anticipated Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London will occupy levels 34 to 52 in the 72-storey skyscraper which has already become…

Developer’s third bid at hotel on Drake’s Island

A DEVELOPER has submitted a planning application to create a new luxury hotel and spa on an island off the Devon coast. Drake’s Island, near Plymouth, is a 6.5 acre island in the Plymouth Sound…

New hotel approved in east London

TOWER Hamlets council has given the go-ahead for a new boutique hotel in the borough. Black Lion House at 45 Whitechapel Road is currently a partially occupied office building but local planners have approved plans…