Sheffield is trying to develop it's position within the lucrative conference industry. Although Sheffeild may not spring to mind as a great location for a conference, a range of new hotels will make the experience at least bearable as you put up with the fourth speaker addressing the audience at the 'Combined plastics industry working network conference" or some such other mind-numbing and soul destroying event.
The St Paul's Macdonald hotel is a sylish stainless steel sort of hotel right in the centre. Clearly 4-star it just aches modern design.
The 'Leopold' is due to open in mid-2007, but already has made it into up-market guides such as 'Small luxury hotels of the world'. How it can be included and reviewed when it still is a building site is beyond me - but it might be worth a look.