MICHAEL NEWCOMBE has been named as the general manager of Four Seasons' third UK hotel, which is expected to open in late summer next year.

Newcombe, who was general manager at the Four Seasons Hotel Dublin, will head up the Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, a 133-bedroom property that is being developed from a 19th-century mansion in Hartley Witney, near Hook in Hampshire.

The new hotel, which will include a 25,000 sq ft health club and spa, will join Four Seasons' other UK properties in Park Lane and Canary Wharf, both in London.