THE DRAWING BOARD
BLOC HOTELSGATWICK AIRPORT
Bloc Hotels has announced an agreement with Gatwick Airport to open a 244- guestroom property in early Summer 2013. The hotel is the result of a long leasehold agreement between Gatwick Airport Ltd and Bloc Hotels in association with Boxbuild Ltd.
The new property, which will be the brand’s second opening after Birmingham, has a landside location within the core of Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal, adjacent to departures and the new security area, and just a minute’s walk from the arrival and check-in areas. The multi-million pound project will see the redevelopment of Gatwick’s former office building Norfolk House.
Each room will be equipped with Samsung technology, Artemide lighting, Egyptian cotton linens and luxuriant towels. Specially created ‘sleep zones’ with the highest
specification sound-proofing will ensure a restful stay for even the most sleep-deprived guests.
“The opening of Bloc Gatwick will
revolutionise the airport stay experience. We will provide intelligently-designed rooms with facilities that have traditionally been the preserve of five-star hotels, but in airport locations and at affordable prices,” comments Rob Morgan, Founder of Bloc Hotels. Emma Rees, Gatwick’s Head of Real
Estate adds: “Given passengers’ demand for greater hotel choice, this new development will be fantastic news for our business and leisure travellers when it opens next Summer. Revolutionising the under-utilised office space at Norfolk House to better serve the needs of our passengers is just an example of how we are innovatively looking at ways to improve the passenger experience and investing in infrastructure to transform the
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South Terminal into a more modern and contemporary space.” Bloc Hotels constructed their Birmingham
property using specially-commissioned hotel room pods. As the Gatwick property involves the conversion of an existing building, the processes and techniques used have been evolved to suit the environment, with factory manufactured bathrooms and unique pre- manufactured wall systems being used to form the rooms and corridors.
Bloc Hotels aims to expand into major
transport hubs and city centres with established infrastructures both in the UK and beyond. They have recently agreed the expansion of their 73-guestroom Birmingham property to feature an additional 24 apartment style long stay rooms and are continuing to identify further sites for development.
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