24 . Glasgow Business November/December 2013


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the city will be in the world’s spotlight because of the Commonwealth Games and other world-class events. Tere are two new hotels


STRENGTHENS ITS HOTEL OFFERING


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lasgow’s hotel sector has been strengthened considerably in the run-up to 2014 when


planned for the Pacific Quay area on the south side of the Clyde, to be open in time to host visitors at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Premier Inn has begun building


work on a 180-bedroom hotel and restaurant opposite the SECC and the new SSE Hydro arena. Te company, owned by


Whitbread, is investing £11 million in the new hotel aſter acquiring a 2.9-acre site next to BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay base. Just to the south, De Vere is


building a new Village Urban Resort, a hotel and leisure complex in which it is investing around £20 million. It will include 120 rooms, a


health and fitness centre with a 20-metre long pool, a bar and restaurants and a Starbucks outlet. As we went to press, it was


announced that building work had begun on what will be the largest of six Travelodge hotels in Glasgow. Te former Charlote House


office block in Queen Street is being turned in to a 171-bedroom hotel over 12 floors. Contractor Angus Holt hopes


to complete the new £12 million development in time for the Commonwealth Games. A new hotel already opened


is the £4.6 million Park Inn by Radisson Hotel in the Grade Two listed Pearl Assurance Building on the corner of West George Street and Renfield Street. Te contemporary hotel


features a strong design element with a self-check-in area, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, gym and an internet kiosk. Te new developments add to


the provision the city already boasts with global brand name hotels and well known and


Hilton Glasgow’s Connich Bar There are two new hotels planned for the


Pacific Quay area to be open in time to host visitors at the Commonwealth Games


The stunning reception of the Blythswood Square Hotel


New hotels popping up in Glasgow offer a wide range of accommodation in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games


respected boutique and luxury hotels. International travel site


Expedia, for example, now lists 93 hotels in Glasgow, a number that will be added to over the next few months as the multi-million pound investment in the city hotel stock takes shape. Five-star hotels in the city


centre include the Hilton in William Street and the Radisson BLU Hotel in Argyle Street. Boutique and luxury hotels include Blythswood Square, Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens and the Malmaison in West George Street. Five star options outside the city


centre include the five-star Mar Hall and Golf Spa at Bishopton, a 19th century gothic mansion that has undergone a £15 million refurbishment, and the De Vere Cameron House Hotel on the side of Loch Lomond. Te city’s four-star hotels


include Glasgow Marriot on Argyle Street; Crowne Plaza Glasgow, on the banks of the River Clyde next to the SECC and the new SSE Hydro; Grand Central Hotel, adjacent to the city’s Central Station which won Scotish Hotel of the Year award and six others at the Scotish Hotel Awards 2013; and the 116-guest room Millennium Hotel on George Square. Also in the four-star category


is the boutique style CitizenM Hotel in Renfrew Street, the Holiday Inn Glasgow Teatreland in West Nile Street and the 300-bedroom Tistle Hotel in Cambridge Street. Outside the heart of the city, but


still within its boundaries, are four-star hotels including the refurbished Sherbrooke Castle Hotel in Pollokshields, Te Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre in Clydebank and the Glynhill Hotel Spa and Conference Venue near Glasgow Airport. And city also has a range of


three star and budget hotels, to suit even more price ranges.


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