BRITISH HOTEL BRAND DEBUTS IN LONDON AND LIVERPOOL

NEW Uk-based hotel brand The Resident has launched with four properties in central London and one in the heart of Liverpool.

The group has taken over former Nadler Hotels in Covent Garden, Soho, Victoria and Kensington and opened a new property in Liverpool city centre. All the properties’ 379 bedrooms and public areas will be fully refurbished by the end of March.

Resident hotels’ interiors reflect its roots with fabrics and furnishings from British designers such as Paul Smith, plus textiles in the rooms and lobbies sourced from Scottish-based Bute fabrics.

The group plans to expand with up to 1,500 hotel rooms in the UK in the next seven years. Room rates at the hotels start from £219 per night in London and from £109 in Liverpool.

As I write this, the UK is moving closer to the eye of the coronavirus storm, and we are seeing an increasingly significant impact on not only people’s livelihoods but their everyday lives.

The business travel sector, and indeed the travel industry as a whole, is an enormous force for good in the UK and right across the globe. Not only is it a very substantial employer, but it’s also a very human industry that brings people together.

Business travellers are the people who forge the deals and build the relationships which make global trade possible, so the business travel industry will be at the heart of the UK’S economic recovery. For our industry to get to this point, we must first weather this storm.

So, for now, the BTA is focused on communicating closely with its members, sharing ideas and insights, campaigning for the support they need, and helping them get through this difficult time.

We look forward to a time when we can get Britain moving but, for now, our focus must be on bringing together often competitive businesses to achieve our common goal – beating coronavirus together as an industry and a nation.

Chief Executive Officer