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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow


Fairview Hotels continues its UK expansion with the acquisition of four properties.

Fairview Hotels has acquired four Novotel hotels from Land Securities. The hotels include: Novotel Coventry, Novotel Ipswich, Novotel Manchester West and Novotel Wolverhampton. All properties will remain under franchise agreement with AccorHotels.

Fairview Hotels now operate a portfolio of nine hotels totalling 960 bedrooms. They are all under franchise agreements with AccorHotels:  two Mercure hotels, six Novotels and one Ibis.

Fairview have also just entered into a relationship with Black & White Hospitality and Marco Pierre White and launched a Marco’s New York Italian restaurant at their flagship London Hotel - Hotel Mercure London Bloomsbury (pictured).

Details: http://www.fairviewhotels.com/