Starboard Hotels are on the acquisition trail. The have recently acquired the Best Western Carlton Hotel located on Blackpool's North Shore with plans to gradually refurbish the 58-bedroom hotel. The group has just completed acquisition of its first Scottish hotel, the 71-bedroom Holiday Inn Express Greenock near Glasgow.
Starboard Hotels, a franchisee of the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) and the Wyndham Hotel Group, also operate the Days Inn Wetherby and the Holiday Inn Express Burnley.
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