Contractor Galliford Try has won a hotel building contract and a motorway service station job worth a combined £24.7m. The firm will build a £16m four star hotel in Birmingham with 174 bedrooms for client Hotel La Tour and an £8.7m new motorway service area at Cherwell Valley in Oxfordshire for Moto Hospitality. Galliford Try Chief Executive Greg Fitzgerald said: ”We are … [Read more...]
37 new hotels and 3,000 new hotel jobs from IHG
***The link to the IHG jobs website os below... InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world's largest hotel company by number of rooms, is creating over 3,000 new jobs across the UK as it plans to open 37 hotels over the next few years. The vacancies have been created as IHG - which owns a portfolio of major hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, … [Read more...]
Green light for new four star plus hotel in Greenwich
London’s Greenwich council has approved two major buildings to stand next to the O2 dome. The scheme features a 22-storey hotel and 24-storey apartment block, both designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for Ansco Hotels, a real estate vehicle linked to the owners of the O2. The 452 bedroom hotel will be accompanied by a tower of 100 serviced apartments and a 3,000 sq … [Read more...]
Whitbread opens sustainable hotel and low carbon restaurant
Whitbread PLC opened a sustainable Premier Inn hotel and the first low carbon Beefeater Grill restaurant in Burgess Hill. Located on Charles Avenue, the new hotel and restaurant have brought a total investment of £6 million into the local economy. Guests at the new 60-bedroom hotel will enjoy the same facilities and amenities as every Premier Inn but with the knowledge that … [Read more...]