Hotel to be a quay player in the city..

A GLOBAL hotel giant is putting down roots in Northern Ireland with its first hotel here.

Marriott’s facility in Belfast Harbour’s City Quay’s development will open in April.

The £25million, four-star AC Hotel By Marriott is nearing completion and will have 188 bedrooms and a Jean-christophe Novelli restaurant.

Pictured are the hotel’s general manager Lisa Steele with head of sales Amanda Mcbride.