MONTH IN REVIEW
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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have
discovered two bodies at the Britannia
Hotel on Portland Street in Manchester.
Police responded to the incident
shortly after 5.30am today (26
September), after receiving reports
that a man had fallen from the hotel
building who “sadly died at the scene”.
Officers investigating the incident
then gained entry to a room in the hotel
and found another man who was also
pronounced dead.
Detective chief inspector Amber
Waywell, of GMP’s major incident team,
said: “We are currently working to
establish exactly what has happened to
lead to the death of both these men.
“We have a team of officers at the
scene, and Silver Street in the city
centre will remain closed as we carry
out our investigations. If you have any
information related to this incident,
no matter how small or insignificant it
might seem, I would urge you to get in
touch with police.” Best Western Hotels & Resorts has
announced two new boutique brands,
Sadie HotelSM and Aiden HotelSM.
Sadie Hotel
will compete
in the upscale
segments, and
Aiden Hotel will
compete in the
upper midscale
segment. It said the conversion brands
offer developers an opportunity to
reposition existing properties to
“improve their performance and
enhance their asset value” and will
offer hoteliers a design program with
“unprecedented flexibility”.
Sadie Hotel and Aiden Hotel’s will
both feature imaginative lobbies, and
both will feature the same design
interwoven throughout other common
areas and in unique guestrooms,
services and amenities.
At the center of each Sadie Hotel and
Aiden Hotel will be a multi-functional
public area with either a café or bar;
modern signature seating; and mobile
check-in. Properties will also have
branded Sadie Hotel and Aiden Hotel
items on display and available for
purchase so that guests can take a
piece of Sadie Hotel or Aiden Hotel
home with them.
Hotels under the brands will also
have access to a revenue manager
to maximize revenue and reduce
operating costs.
David Kong, president and CEO at
Best Western Hotels & Resorts, said:
“Sadie Hotel and Aiden Hotel are chic,
sophisticated and unique hotel brands
that will reflect the style and pulse of
the community they are in – bringing a
sense of adventure and fun to guests at
each hotel.” Deer Park Country House in Devon
will no longer operate as a hotel
and will instead focus on weddings
and events.
The Georgian manor house set in
80 acres was previously a 33-room,
four-star AA hotel but at the end of
the month will turn its focus solely
to weddings and events. The two-
AA rosette restaurant featuring head
chef Richard Still will also no longer
be open for lunch and dinner service.
Mark Godfrey, MD of Deer Park
Country House, said: ‘The demand
for Deer Park as a wedding and event
venue just keeps growing. One of
the secrets of a successful business
is to respond to what’s happening
in the real world, so we feel it’s the
right time to focus on that side of our
business, and specialise in creating
one-off celebrations for customers
who are looking for something truly
out of the ordinary.”
“The great thing about this new
chapter is that it’s a logical progression
of all the massive effort and investment
we’ve been putting in over the past few
years. The house and estate have never
looked better, and the brilliant team
behind the scenes are excited by this
change of direction.
He added: “We have always
regarded ourselves as part of the
local community, and hope that
we will in future be drawing
customers to Devon not just from
all round the UK, but from all over
the world.”
The Deer Park Country House
general manager John Spiller-Jones
will remain in his role as will the
current wedding and events team.
Two bodies
discovered at
Britannia Hotel
in Manchester
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“This is a positive outcome
at court which enables the
ongoing prevention and
disruption of anti-social
and criminal behaviour
in and around
The Stage Hotel.”
This is what Toby Neal, portfolio
holder for community protection
in Nottingham, said following
Nottingham City Council
securing a further three-month
closure order at The Stage Hotel,
following significant concerns
over criminality, nuisance and
anti-social behaviour.
Best Western
announces two
new boutique
brands
Deer Park
Country House to
no longer operate
as a hotel
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