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New Milestone for Crowne Plaza as Hotel prepares for Christmas

Screen Shot 2015-11-11 at 14.29.28Crowne Plaza Newcastle – Stephenson Quarter is celebrating a new commercial milestone as it builds up to its first festive period.

 Coinciding with its recent official opening, the luxury 251-bed Newcastle hotel revealed it has more than £1m confirmed business on its books and a further £2m holding space going into 2016.

Already, the hotel, part of Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has successfully delivered events for more than 2,000 delegates.

General manager Andrew Fox added: “We have over 50 meetings and events booked from now until the end of the year. This includes over 2,000 dinners booked for Christmas parties. We have an exciting and busy first Christmas for the hotel.”

At the official VIP launch event, Mr Fox announced: “This hotel has opened and started with a bang. Importantly, customer feedback is great. We’re delivering higher than average customer service scores for Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK. We’re also enjoying the highest service scores in our competitor set from online booking and review websites.” 

The official opening, on November 5, saw North East business leaders, civic dignitaries and senior management of IHG and the hotel, come together to formally celebrate the completion of the first phase of the £200m Stephenson Quarter development – a visionary project led by property developer Clouston Group.

Mr Fox added: “We were delighted the City Council, influential business leaders and friends could join us to celebrate the official opening of the hotel. During the last six months or more, we’ve been on site and witnessed the changes from a building site to a world class leisure, accommodation, conference and banqueting facility in the heart of Newcastle.”

Michelle Percy, director of Clouston Group, added: “The celebratory event was recognition of the successful realisation of this ambitious development and also a big thank you to important partners like IHG, Newcastle City Council, the LEP, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative and other bodies who are helping put Stephenson Quarter on the map.”

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Clouston Group has now started marketing the nearby office building, The Rocket, which may accommodate up to 350 new jobs when fully occupied. The adjacent 360-space Stephenson Quarter multi-storey car park has also recently opened.

 

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