A Foodie Guide To Belfast with Guest Blogger Charlotte Pike I have recently returned from another delicious trip to Belfast. It’s been nearly two years since I last visited, and this time, I spent a weekend in the city on my own to relax and enjoy some seriously good food and drink. This is a…

A Game of Thrones themed trip to Northern Ireland with Guest Blogger Louise Loves London Yes, I am actually wearing an original costume from Game of Thrones… More about this later! In my previous blog post, Frenchie and I went to Northern Ireland on a Game of Thrones themed trip! From the very moment we…

Lady Joy launches the Sir William Hastings Suite. It is perhaps the most opulent of all hotel suites in Northern Ireland and Lady Joy Hastings paid tribute to her late husband of 57 years, Sir William Hastings or Billy as he was universally known, while officially launching the room on the 21st floor of the…

  Hastings Hotels has worked with Graham Construction over many years, so when it came to select a company who could best deliver our vision for the Grand Central Hotel, it was clear that Graham’s in conjunction with RPP Architects was the perfect choice to take on this monumental project. Building work on the former Windsor House office block…

  GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL OPENS ITS DOORS TODAY sees the opening of the Grand Central Hotel, the largest and most expensively constructed hotel project ever seen in Northern Ireland. Residents of Belfast have watched over the past two years as Windsor House has transformed from an unloved office block to the key feature on Belfast’s…

Caitriona Lavery is the Group Sales Manager for Hastings Hotels and is responsible for selling each of the group’s seven properties, including Grand Central Hotel domestically and internationally. Here Caitriona gives us an overview of her role and her career to date. Caitriona tell us a little bit about your career to date. After leaving…

  With less than a week to go until Northern Ireland’s largest hotel opens its door, the Grand Central Hotel has unveiled its menus to give a taste of what guests can look forward to. Stephen Meldrum, General Manager of the Grand Central Hotel said: “We are very excited to be only days away from…

Amanda Ramsey is one of Northern Ireland’s most renowned interior designers and is responsible for the Grand Central Hotel’s glamorous décor which will wow thousands of guests when the hotel opens this June. Amanda spoke recently about her job and how she came up with the design scheme for Northern Ireland’s most anticipated new hotel.…

Stephen Moore is the Creative Director for the AV Browne Group and has been the visionary on the branding team for the Grand Central Hotel, responsible for everything from the look and feel of the brand to the development of the logo and fonts used on the signage and promotional materials. In this short interview,…

Hastings Hotels has announced that the Grand Central Hotel will open the week commencing 18th June and the first guests to check-in will be a group of international delegates attending the prestigious Hosts Global Forum. The forum, which was secured in a combined effort by Hastings Hotels, Tourism NI, and Moloney & Kelly, is an…