Hotel is put up for sale at £5.5m

THE owner of a wellknown Rochdale hotel, which has been put up for sale for £5.5m, has reassured customers due to get married at the venue that it’s business as usual.

Deckers Group, which owns the 53-bedroom Royal Toby at Castleton, say they are confident that any prospective buyer would ‘cherish and protect’ any future bookings.

The Rochdale-based firm has also put The Crimble restaurant in Bamford up for sale for £1.95m.

Helen Cobb, a spokesman for Deckers, said all its restaurants and hotels had been put up for sale, including the 31-bedroom Best Western Pennine Manor Hotel in Huddersfield, which is on the market for £1.25m.

Ms Cobb said: “We are proud of all our venues and colleagues, whom we have informed of this decision prior to releasing sales particulars.

“We have enormous respect and pride for the commitment shown by the whole team, which will continue in the delivery of excellence to all our guests, with business as usual.

“We understand that some of our future guests may have concerns and we would re-assure them that there will be no changes to the business during this process.

“We are equally confident that any prospective buyers will wish to cherish and protect any future bookings as they continue to strive to grow the businesses. Any guests can contact our venues directly and we will answer any specific questions or concerns.”

Tom Cunningham, hotels director at estate agents Savills, which is handling the sale of the properties, said: “Each of these established hotels and restaurants is well known in its local area and has a strong trading history. With the UK’s regional hotel and leisure market remaining buoyant, we expect them to have wide investor appeal both as a group and individual assets.”