Street – The News Desk

Edinburgh has welcomed a new boutique hotel in its city centre, with 100 Princes Street opening its doors to guests. 100 Princes Street marks the first Scottish property from family-owned hotel collection, Red Carnation Hotels. The boutique hotel occupies the building which formerly housed the headquarters of the Royal Overseas League, located close to Scotland’s National Gallery and facing Edinburgh Castle. The hotel has been designed by the teams behind Botswana’s Xigera Safari Lodge and Ireland’s Ashford Castle – both of which are Red Carnation Hotels. The team has preserved the architectural heritage of the building, with handpicked antiques and nautical design elements nodding to its history, while also introducing contemporary elements. On display are artworks including bespoke pie...

Whitbread has announced plans for its latest City of London hotel, following the acquisition of an office building next to Fenchurch Street station. Premier Inn’s owner has acquired the 1970s New London House building on London Street for £56.5 million, and plans to convert it into a hotel-led mixed use development. Whitbread will now seek planning consent from the City of London Corporation to repurpose and extend the building – which currently comprises a podium and tower structure. Aside from a new hotel the group plans to develop “a mix of complementary uses on Crutched Friars and London Street together with new public spaces”. New London House is situated adjacent to Fenchurch Street station – which operates rail services towards east London and south Essex, and is also close to exi...

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100 Princes Street hotel opens in Edinburgh – Business Traveller

Whitbread planning hotel development next to London’s Fenchurch Street station – Business Traveller