10 . Glasgow Business December 2015
Car park conversion
New hotel plan for city centre
A city centre car park is to be converted into a 395- bedroom hotel. Glasgow City Council
has agreed to sell the Ingram Street site, currently leased by National Car Parks, in a £6.75 million deal. Merchants Hotel
Glasgow Ltd said it intends to create a luxury budget hotel on the site, inspired by the Hoxton in Shoreditch, London and New York’s Soho Grande Centre. It will feature two
entrances, four restaurants, a bar, coffee shop, an ‘urban garden’, meeting rooms and private dining rooms. Bailie Liz Cameron, the
Council’s Executive Member for Economic Development, said: "The sale will not only generate a major contribution to the public purse, but develop a key site in the city centre. "We have taken another
step towards the complete regeneration of the Merchant City.”
Glasgow Airport
Airport soars to be crowned best in UK
Contract success
Brewers in export gains
Glasgow Chamber members WEST and Drygate are among a group of five Scottish craft brewers that have gained export contracts worth a total of £200,000. They have landed
business in markets including China, Hong Kong and Dubai. The export drive, co-ordinated through Craft Beer Clan of Scotland, includes a deal to promote beers in Thailand .
» Increase in routes and passenger numbers honoured G
lasgow Airport was crowned UK Airport of the Year at the 2015 National Transport
Awards marking a year of remarkable growth for the airport. Te airport was recognised for
its continued efforts in growing passenger numbers, securing new routes and its commitment to customer service. In 2015 alone, Glasgow Airport
has secured 26 new routes and services including direct flights to Halifax, Nova Scotia; Budapest, Prague and Las Vegas. It recorded double digit growth in passenger numbers every month since November 2014. Te award follows Glasgow’s
success at claiming the title of Scotish Airport of the Year in June and the judges noted the airport’s continued investment. Over the course of the past 18
months, Glasgow has invested more than £25 million in terminal redevelopment works. Tis included a major
refurbishment of international arrivals and the £3.5 million extension of its east pier, allowing the airport to accommodate 750,000 more passengers per year. Amanda McMillan, Managing
Director of Glasgow Airport, said: “To have been named both Scotish and UK Airport of the Year is a tremendous honour and it is an achievement the 5,000 people who
work at the airport can be proud of. “Together, we have continued to
build on the success of 2014 by adding further new routes which has translated into consistent passenger growth. “We have also made a significant
investment in enhancing our facilities for passengers but the most pleasing aspect has been our operational performance. Despite securing an additional one million passengers, 99.4 per cent of passengers have passed through security in less than 10 minutes during 2015. Tis award really is testament to the efforts of the entire airport campus.” AIR LINKS FEATURE
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