Capital set for new sport hotel in autumn

Scotland’s first sports hotel featuring extra wide beds, specialist treatment rooms and even a secret entrance for stars to sneak in is being built in Edinburgh.

The hotel is located next to Oriam, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre on Heriot-watt University’s Riccarton campus. The centre is used by the likes of the Scottish national football team and the top floor of the four-storey building is aimed specifically at teams of sportsmen and women.

Redefine BDL Hotels, who will manage the Courtyard by Marriott Edinburgh West, worked closely with experts at the high-performance centre – which celebrates its one year anniversary on Saturday – to create the sports hotel.

“The aim of Oriam is to provide our top sportsmen and women with the facilities, access and support services pivotal for successful performance on the international stage,” said Melissa Hutcheon of Oriam. “We have worked extremely closely with the hotel management group to ensure their accommodation is suitable for performance sport groups.

The hotel has been constructed so the rooms are made in separate “modules” in Poland before being shipped over and slotted together like giant pieces of Lego.

The hotel is due to open in the autumn.