Fairview Hotels has opened a new five-star banqueting and conference centre in its Ibis Stevenage hotel, Hertfordshire, following an investment of £2.5m.
The venue, which has the capacity for up to 625 guests, includes a bar and reception area, portable dance floor and has access to a new professional catering kitchen.
Fairview Hotels operates four properties in the UK – the Ibis Stevenage, Mercure Letchworth Hall, Mercure London Bloomsbury and the White Horse in Hertingfordbury.
Director of operations, Neil Forbes also confirmed that the group is currently in negotiations to open three to four new hotels this year; none within central London, but all within a two-hour radius of the Fairview Hotels head office in South Ruislip.