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UPSTAGING THE HOTEL BUSINESS
The latest innovation in hotels is revealed today with the announcement of the world’s first arts club hotel.
Under the plans, the hotel collection Guest Hotels will turn its five hotels into stages for emerging talent from London’s creative arts scene.
At the centre of the idea lies a members club for guests enabling them to enjoy leading-edge contemporary arts events within the hotels where they are staying and exclusive access to events across London.
“Until now, hotels have used art as decoration. We are reversing that concept by allowing artists to use our hotels as their showcase, says entrepreneur Johnny Sandelson, chairman of Guest Hotels and founder of the innovative hotel investment company GuestInvest[1].
“I believe we are the only group of hotels in the world to give guests automatic membership of a club that brings the best of London’s contemporary arts scene to their door.”
The Concierge Club will be open to both guests and non-residents and will offer a diverse programme of cultural events ranging from cabaret and indie music through to back-stage passes to some of London’s hottest celebrity events.
The first 1000 members will be considered as founders and will be rewarded with a free night in one of the hotels within Guest Hotels’ collection.
To further strengthen this commitment to the arts, Guest Hotels’ has established a network of partners including renowned arts institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) to give members privileged access to their ongoing exhibitions and shows.
Sandelson has hired an impressive team to bring his idea to fruition. Iram Quraishi leaves London’s famous Institute of Contemporary Arts to curate the arts club. Management of the five hotels - which includes the iconic Blakes in Kensington – will fall to Caroline King who joins from the private members club Home House.
Internationally acclaimed restaurateur Oliver Peyton takes charge of the bars and restaurants, whilst founder of The Design Museum, Stephen Bayley joins as style director.
Barry Ryan, the fashion photographer is head of visual imagery and will serve as the group’s photographer-in-residence.
The first two arts club hotels will open this summer in Bayswater. The Jones is a 176-bed listed building which Guest Hotels has restored to its former Edwardian baroque glory.
Nearby Nest has been recently converted from a row of stucco-fronted terraced houses to an elegant 157 bed hotel.
Simultaneously, the already established Blakes Hotel and Guesthouse West will join the arts club hotel initiative hosting their own arts programmes.
Early next year, the group will open The Chiswell in the City offering a further 200 rooms.
The arts club hotel concept has received wide support from the creative industries and arts communities.
The ICA has also given its support to the scheme and is becoming an official partner to Guest Hotels.
“We are delighted to be working with Guest Hotels on a new collaboration, which aims to present the very best of cultural London and offer a unique insight into the minds and practice of some of the incredible creative talent working in this city” said Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the ICA.
BEAT THE BATON FOR
SUE RYDER CARE
Beat the Baton is a unique running event with a twist. Participants can choose to tackle either a 5km or 10km run and will be motivated around the course by live music from the world renowned Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO). Anthony Inglis - one of Britain’s most popular conductors - will lead the Orchestra through a lively medley of popular classical hits, including excerpts from Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. And, runners are challenged to ‘Beat the Baton’ and cross the finishing line before the final strains of music are played.
Sue Ryder Care is urging people to take up the challenge and help raise funds with every step for the charity’s neurological, hospice and community-based services across the UK.
£12.50 per person to enter the 5km and £17.50 per person to enter the 10km. Free to attend as a spectator on the day.
For more information visit www.suerydercare.org
Folk and world music at
Glasgow’s Concert Halls
this spring
Glasgow’s Concert Halls will host a wealth of folk and world music over the next few months, including a series of performances by a top line-up of acts in the atmospheric Old Fruitmarket entitled Fruitmarket Folk.
The legendary traditional Irish supergroup Patrick Street will launch Fruitmarket Folk with a performance on 9th May. This all-star ensemble features the superb fiddle playing of Kevin Burke (of The Bothy Band), the haunting vocals and mandolin, harmonica and bouzouki playing of Planxty veteran Andy Irvine, the fine guitar playing of Ged Foley (The House Band) and new recruit John Carty on fiddle. They will be supported by the Henrik Jansberg Band.
Ireland’s all-star high energy quintet Lúnasa will make a welcome return to the Old Fruitmarket. The band reopened the venue following its refurbishment in 2006 with an exhilarating sell-out performance at Celtic Connections. Celebrated for their inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves, Lúnasa are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory.
Frances Black’s enchanting vocals have established her as one of Ireland’s best-loved singers. Sister of Mary Black (also a successful singer), and former member of trad band Arcady, Frances has twice been awarded the Irish Recorded Music Association’s Best Irish Female Award.
The Danny Kyle Open Stage 10th Anniversary Concert will bring the Fruitmarket Folk season to a celebratory close. We mark ten years of the Danny Kyle Open Stage competition (which takes place every year at Celtic Connections) with an all star line-up of previous winners and folk favourites including Scottish firebrands Breabach, singer/fiddler Lori Watson, Canadian fiddler and pianist Troy MacGillivray. Also on the bill are the Clan Wallace Band, the Jamie Smith Trio, Swing Guitars and Scottish American singer-songwriter David Ferrard. Hosting the evening will be Arthur Johnstone, Archie Fisher and Brian McNeill.
Elsewhere at Glasgow’s Concert Halls, top folk and world music acts appearing over the next few months include Karine Polwart (tonight), Cherish the Ladies, Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott, Martha Wainwright, Buena Vista Social Club, Pentangle and the Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra.
How to Get gigs
Free Monthly Tips
Here’s something for you if you’re not sure how to get started playing live or
you’re just not getting enough gigs. Gareth Bird, author of Gig-Getter: How
to get more gigs than you can play is launching a free monthly newsletter
aimed at helping you get your band out more often.
The newsletter which is delivered via email, will offer help around areas like
finding and approaching venues, securing repeat bookings, producing demos,
getting people to come to your gigs and making sure you get paid on the night.
As well as updates on the latest gig-getting news for amateur and semi-pro
bands you’ll also find performance-related tips such as creating great
set-lists and putting together memorable shows.
You can subscribe to the Gig-Getter newsletter via the website at
http://www.gig-getter.co.uk
MOTIVE TELEVISION PLC
Motive to Produce GAA Football and Hurling
Motive, the AIM-quoted media investment company specialising in television rights and production, announces that its 100%-owned Irish subsidiary, Motive Television Ltd, has secured a 3-year contract to produce live Gaelic Athletics Association (“GAA”) football and hurling matches for Irish broadcaster TV3.
The programmes will be co-produced with Irish sports specialist production company Asgard Media.
Motive Television Ltd has produced a large number of GAA programmes, including “Breaking Ball”, “BBX”, “Park Live”, “The Sound of Sunday”, and “Marooned”. Motive Television Ltd is also currently in production on a 4-hour history of the GAA for Setanta Sports called “Part of What We Are”.
Mick Pilsworth, Executive Chairman of Motive, said: “This is an exciting opportunity to build on our expertise and track record in producing GAA programming by moving into the live arena with two great partners, Asgard Media and TV3”.
NINTENDO LAUNCH NATIONAL TOUR TO GET Wii FIT
- Latest Fitness Craze Sweeps the Nation -
17th April 2008 – Wii Fit, the latest fitness craze to sweep our shores is heading around the UK in a national tour which kicks off this week. Whether its shopping centres or universities, Nintendo and their team of Wii Fit staff will be hitting the streets to show you just how easy and fun it can be to exercise in your living room with Wii Fit – regardless of age or fitness level.
Starting this week in Bristol, the Nintendo Wii Fit tour will visit a number of events, shopping centres and universities across the country until the end of June including the Grand Designs Show in London and hot spots in Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, London, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Southampton.
If you loved the energetic nature of Wii Sports you’ll love Wii Fit, which makes it easy for everyone to experience a fun and interactive way to exercise which launches across the UK on 25th April 2008. So if you’re looking for a fun and easy way to incorporate fitness into your daily routine but not sure where to start then head down to one of the events for your chance to try for yourself.
Wii Fit is an easy, simple and enjoyable way for every member of the family to incorporate exercise into their daily routine. Whether you have used a Wii before or this is your first time experiencing the console, with over 40 fun and entertaining exercises, it is designed to appeal to everyone. With a collection of fun activities and exercises in the areas of aerobics, yoga, strength and balancing, Wii Fit encourages all the family to become more physically active on a daily basis.
Wii Fit comes with the Wii Balance Board, a wireless, pressure sensitive board that is placed on the floor in front of your television and console. Used in the majority of exercises, the Wii Board registers your movement as you stand on it, with the personal trainer character on the screen mirroring your actions and giving you advice. Combining this with the Wii Remote, which you simply need to pick up and point at the television, Wii Fit is simple and straightforward for anyone to use – regardless of age or fitness level.
Get ready to exercise in the comfort of your own living room as Wii Fit launches across the UK on April 25th 2008 for the estimated retail price of £69.99 with the Wii console priced at £179.99.
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