MARCH/APRIL 2013
Buying meetings South Place Hotel
Excel, and the Sunborn Yacht hotel will sail back to Docklands in 2013. A more unplanned boon for east London could come from the variety of creative ways in which its venues were used during the Games. BCD’s Matthew Wall says: “The various unusual corporate theming and usage has gone a long way in terms of getting people to take a second look at east London as a potential location for their event. “History and heritage venues, such as Greenwich Park and the Old Royal Naval College, although always popular, have also received greater awareness against high- profile competitors such as the British Museum.” He adds that anything in the Olympic Park area is extremely interesting for planners. “The Orbit structure, with the restaurant at the top, is an exciting venue, as is Forman’s Fish Island, which was used a lot for hospitality during the Games and has the Olympic Park itself as a backdrop. It would be amazing to hold an event in the Aquatic Centre or the Velodrome, but whether we can or not remains to be seen.”
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TOBACCO DOCK, WHITECHAPEL Opened September 2012 Springing up hot on the heels of the Olympic Games, this early 19th-century warehouse, built as a store for tobacco imports, offers industrial-style events for up to 5,000 people and was refurbished very much with the event industry in mind. A vast undercroft contains more than 30 private rooms with exposed brickwork, vaulted ceilings and oak beams.
www.tobaccodocklondon.com
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL LONDON, THE SHARD, LONDON BRIDGE Opening May 2013 Asia Pacific’s luxury hotel group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, will open a new
18-floor high-end hotel within The Shard, London, later this year. The hotel will feature 202 rooms, and food and beverage outlets including a lobby lounge and bar, a gourmet lounge-café with artisan crafted foods, and a themed bar situated on level 52 with unrivalled views across London. The View from The Shard, a viewing platform, opens for events in March. The hotel will feature meeting space for up to 120 delegates.
www.the-shard.com/ shangri-la
INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON WESTMINSTER, 22-28 BROADWAY, SW1 Opened November 2012 Intercontinental London Westminster opened its doors last November,
occupying the former government building, Queen Anne’s Chambers. In an area where politics, business and influencers come together, the hotel is situated within a few minutes’ walk of Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and many other iconic tourist attractions. The hotel features 256 rooms, seven meeting rooms, and dining at Blue Boar Smokehouse and Bar.
www.intercontinental.com/ westminster
SOUTH PLACE HOTEL, MOORGATE Opened September 2012 South Place is an 80-bedroom, design-focused property, with a rooftop terrace offering seventh-floor views of the City of London. It combines
the buzz of its owner D&D London’s restaurants, Conran-designed interiors and specially commissioned work by contemporary London artists. There are two restaurants, including a brasserie, on the ground floor, plus D&D London bars. Rooms cost from £250 per night. It has five function rooms, accommodating a total of 400 delegates.
www.southplacehotel.com
SOL MELIA’S ME LONDON, THE STRAND
Opened January 2013 Sol Melia Hotels’ second London property is located at the corner of the Strand and Aldwych. The 157-room property combines the historic facade of Marconi House with a new Portland stone building
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