The Bright Hospitality Group has acquired the 37-bedroom Staindrop Lodge hotel (picture) in the north Sheffield suburb of Chapeltown as its tenth site.The hotel itself was substantially extended in 2003 and now features ‘1806 Brasserie’ restaurant.
Singapore-based Fragrance Group has purchased the 45-bedroom Corbyn Head Hotelin Torquay. Corbyn Head Hotel has a restaurant and bar, an outdoor swimming pool and terrace plus a range of meeting and event spaces accommodating up to 100 delegates It joins the groups other recent purchase in Torquay: The Palace Hotel.Corbyn Head Hotel will be operated by Bespoke Hotels.
Donnington Manorhotel with 63 bedrooms in Sevenoaks, Kent and Frensham Pond Hotel & Spawith 53 bedrooms in Farnham, Surrey have left the Best Western consortium. Both hotels are now members of the Classic British Hotels.