Odeon plans new Luxe cinema openings ahead of bumper film release season

The company was investing in its UK cinema estate this year, the operator said (Yui Mok/PA)

Odeon has said it will open a string of its upmarket, so-called Luxe cinemas this year, amid hopes of a bumper second half of 2024 for film releases.

The UK’s largest cinema chain will launch Luxe venues – featuring reclining seats and, in some cases, VIP beds with enough space for three people to lie down – in Peterborough, Norwich and Uxbridge, as part of a cash injection into its cinema estate.