A Newcastle city centre hotel is using its Grey matter this winter to attract those who like to mix business with pleasure, as Emma Walker reports.
As autumn speeds up, bringing Christmas firmly into sight, time too speeds up. One minute we’re unpacking summer holiday suitcases and, the next, we’re panic buying opaque tights and lip salve as dark nights roll in and the thermometer plummets.
But, like a fairy godmother waving her wand over a Halloween pumpkin, one city centre hotel is coming to the aid of those who just don’t have enough hours in the day. Those who have meetings to arrange, clients to entertain and the office Christmas party to organise
and who, somehow, if they are to maintain their morale, sanity and appearance, have to fit in a manicure and, (please, Santa!) a scented oil massage.
Thankfully, at Newcastle’s Grey Street Hotel, help is at hand. For not only can the hotel’s conference suite host everything from private meetings to presentations and seminars with a range of late availability deals to choose from but guests can then switch seamlessly to social mode with drinks in the hotel’s latest attraction.
From Thursday 15 November up until Christmas, the former Living Room site, on the corner of Grey Street and Mosley Street, will be transformed into a winter wonderland-themed drinking venue; Miracle on Grey Street.
A glittering grotto dressed with everything you would associate with winter, it is just the place in which to raise a glass to the spirit of Christmas.
And, along with a full range of wines, spirits, beers lagers and ciders, this rather gorgeous bar will be serving hot drinks, mulled wine and cider and a range of themed cocktails for those who just can’t decide if they have been naughty or nice.
The bar is also available for private hire for parties of up to 120 making it the perfect choice for an office party and, to help guests switch from work to wow’, the hotel’s All About You beauty suite offers a variety of treatments for those on the go.
“Quite simply we can offer everything you need for work or pleasure all under one roof,” said Atul Malhotra, director of operations at Malhotra Group plc, which owns Grey Street Hotel. “And at the end of the night you don’t even have to go home just head upstairs to bed.”
Miracle on Grey Street will be open daily from 12 noon to midnight can be exclusively hired for parties of up to 120 people.
