Britannia news

The best in the business from across the physical activity sector were honoured last night (30 June) as the winners of the ukactive Awards 2022 ... More

North America and Japan-based visitor attractions and businesses picked up 14 of the 19 Thea Awards this year. Organised by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), ... More

The new Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, has opened its doors to the public. The centre is operated by charitable social enterprise Better – a ... More

The Museum of Military Medicine in the UK has received planning approval for a new building in the city of Cardiff. As a result, the ... More

The shortlist has been revealed for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2019 Awards and leisure projects are represented across the majority of the 33 categories ... More

The Britannia Hotel – once a turn-of-the-century pied-à-terre for aristocrats, Arctic explorers, and literati, has reopened in Trondheim, Norway following a £107m (US$139.5, €123.8m) overhaul. ... More

British architecture practice FaulknerBrowns have been given a provisional go-ahead for the intensely debated Britannia Leisure Centre in London, UK. The new multipurpose recreational venue ... More

Self-proclaimed “designer of whimsy” Henry Chebaane has completed the guest rooms and public areas of the new Hyatt Centric Gran Via hotel in Madrid, taking ... More

Surrealist hospitality designer Henry Chebaane has completed his latest project: a hotel room concept that puts his expectedly unexpected twist on British popular culture. The ... More

Proposals to knock down a leisure centre and build a new facility as part of a major development plan are being put forward by a ... More

Leisure operator Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) has signed a deal with Disability Sports Coach (DSC) to improve disability provision by creating community clubs. The clubs ... More

Set to join the P&O fleet in March 2015, the greatly anticipated 1,082ft (330m) cruise ship Britannia, which is 20ft (6m) longer than the Eiffel ... More

French hotel group Accor has spent €89m (US$117.m, £71m) on acquiring 13 UK properties as it looks to gain ownership over the hotels it currently ... More

International hotel operator Kempinski no longer has a presence in the UK market after the management agreement for The Stafford London by Kempinski was terminated. ... More

A former lighthouse tender is to become the subject of a £1m conversion to turn it into a 25-bedroom luxury hotel based in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... More

Construction is underway on a £7m development of a cinema and restaurant complex in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. The 32,000sq ft (2,972sq m) Rowley Arts Centre ... More

Artificial pitch maintenance specialists Technical Surfaces, have recently carried out their specialist deep-cleaning Revite® on the 3G sports pitch in Stoke City FC's Academy Dome. ... More

Pontin's is in line for major "Disney-style" makeovers under new plans unveiled by the company that rescued the holiday park operator from administration. Britannia Hotels ... More

KPMG has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Britannia Hotel Group to sell holiday park operator Pontin's as a going concern. Jane ... More

The new Queen Elizabeth - the second largest Cunard ocean liner to be built, is set to leave Southampton on her maiden voyage later today ... More

The Miners' Track footpath on Snowdon, North Wales, has undergone an upgrade as part of the Snowdonia National Park Authority's (SNPA) 'Snowdonia for All' project. ... More