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Sandman Signature Hotel Newcastle:
A row of flames gently burning along the ground level window sills at the Sandman Signature Hotel is very welcoming sight on a bitterly cold late afternoon in Newcastle. A full-sized model of a horse with a lamp shade protruding from its skull alerts you to the fact that the Sandman Signature Hotel Newcastle is not a standard, run-of-the-mill four star hotel. ... Full story
Jurys Inn NewcastleGateshead
Next time you stay at the Jurys Inn NewcastleGateshead Quays it is worth bearing in mind that for a small supplement you will stay in a superior river facing room. The hotel is on the banks of the River Tyne with just a river terrace between the hotel and the waterfront. From your room you will have a wonderful view of the new Millennium Bridge and across the Tyne to the Newcastle Quays and the main city centre – and in the morning you can watch the sun rise over the Tyne! ... Full story
Tyneside Cinema Newcastle:
Tyneside Cinema is one of several unusual meeting venues in the centre of Newcastle on Tyne. Tyneside Cinema was built in 1937 as the Newcastle News Theatre. It is based in Pilgrim Street in the heart of Newcastle and it has a variety of meeting spaces available for corporate hire. ... Full story
The CastleGate Newcastle:
The CastleGate Newcastle is also an historic building with a 'past'. It is located in the centre of Newcastle. Originally it was Manors Power Station which opened in 1903 to house the offices and power generating machinery for the tram network in Newcastle and Gateshead. ... Full story
Hotel Indigo Birmingham - visit
Drive up to the front door of the Hotel Indigo Birmingham and park in the ‘drive-in’ bay. Go into the ground floor reception and ask to park your car, provided you are a resident that is. Reception will give you a token and then you drive down a ramp at the side of the hotel into what looks like a cage. ... Full story
New to Birmingham in 2012
Three new hotels open in central Birmingham in 2012. There are three new hotels opening in the centre of Birmingham in 2012. All three are very different; each has its own style. All three are located either in central Birmingham or within walking distance of the centre. Each one has a unique feature. The hotels are: Hampton by Hilton – Birmingham, Holiday Inn Express Birmingham and Hotel La Tour Birmingham.
Spotlight on Salford – Salford City Stadium
The sun was low in a cloudless sky. I was looking across to a busy motorway high on stilts sweeping across the river and partially hiding a large blue-lit dome in the background. Overhead a small private plane was preparing to land at the aerodrome just behind me. Where was I? In Manchester – or more to the point in Salford. ... Full story
Spotlight on Salford – Lowry Arts Centre - Imperial War Museum North
Two very different buildings on the Quays - The Lowry Arts Centre and the Imperial War Museum North. Both offer unique meeting and banqueting facilities and both are ultra-modern, spectacular buildings. They face each other across the water and are linked by a footbridge. The Lowry Art Centre is triangular in shape with a ship-like appearance. The Imperial Was Museum North is a dramatic award-winning building said to represent a ‘globe shattered by conflict’. ... Full story
Spotlight on Salford – Salford University MediaCityUK Campus
Salford University's MediaCityUK Campus is spread over four floors and includes many facilities available for corporate hire including a digital performance lab, more about which later, plus editing suites, a journalism television and radio studio, a newsroom plus standard lecture theatres. However it was the Egg Gallery and Foyer which had initially alerted my interest. ... Full story
Spotlight on Salford - MediaCityUK
The last time I went to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays was to view the new Holiday Inn Manchester MediaCityUK which had not long opened. It was a bleak and freezing cold day last winter, not helped by the fact that MediaCityUK was still a building site. Nonetheless the hotel was good to see. There is plenty of development work taking place at MediaCityUK. ... Full story
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Langtree Park Stadium opens January 2012.
The new stadium currently under construction for St Helens Rugby League Club in Lancashire will be named the Langtree Park Stadium when it opens in January 2012. Langtree Park Stadium is located at the heart of the North West, between Liverpool and Manchester, a few minutes from the M6, M62 and M57 motorways. ... Full story