RADISSON Blu Glasgow has unveiled 12 refurbished meeting and event spaces as the final stage of a £15 million project that started in 2023.
The investment project saw the complete refurbishment of the hotel’s 247 boutique-style rooms, a new entrance, and the installation of ‘high-spec and modernised’ lifts.
This final phase introduced meeting and event spaces, complete with bespoke décor and tailored AV support. The hotel said it is excited to offer a ‘refined and tailored’ experience for business and event guests, ranging from board meetings and team building sessions, to award ceremonies and gala dinners.
Within the venue’s 12 event spaces, Radisson Blu Glasgow has the capacity to host up to 550 guests for dinners and 800 delegates for conferences in the ballroom. Nine smaller meeting rooms allow for team building sessions and training for smaller groups. Guests can also make use of two new function break-out bars.
Radisson Blu Glasgow partnered with Glasgow designer, Timorous Beasties, to create bespoke wallpaper designs for the hotel, described as bringing an ‘authentic sense of place’ to its event spaces and complementing the brand’s nature-inspired ‘Matzu Tree’ print that runs throughout the guest rooms. The floral ‘Trailing Botanic’ design features on the pillars in the foyer, while the meeting rooms and corridors are adorned in the ‘Flight Ombre’ design, recoloured in warm grey tones to match the hotel’s soft colour palette in the conference areas.
Hina Rubbani-Mills, general manager of Radisson Blu Glasgow, said, “As we’ve been on this journey for the hotel to improve our guest experiences, we’ve carefully planned out our meetings and events spaces to ensure that we can meet and exceed the needs for all gatherings small and large.”
Paul Simmons, co-director at Timorous Beasties, added, “‘The starting point of the designs was drawing. Drawing has always been one of our main preoccupations, we feel it’s a definite part of our DNA. I also looked at old engravings and what we call intaglio prints of yesteryear, and the qualities that they bring. The old engravings that I was particularly interested in were found in antique books, especially the work of Maria Sybillia Merian the entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator.”
