The hidden costs of poor venue selection and how to avoid them
On paper, venue selection can look straightforward. Capacity, location, availability, budget. Tick the boxes and move on. In reality, most experienced bookers know that a...

A five-storey office block close to London’s Trafalgar Square is to be converted into a 136-room hotel with restaurant and rooftop bar. 7-8 Martins Place in Charing Cross will be known as St Martins Place Hotel and will also house a retail offering in the basement and ground-floor levels as well as retaining an existing Post Office.
The conversion of the 1950s building, which adjoins the Grade II*-listed St Martin’s Vicarage, Vestry and School, has been designed by EPR Architects.