RESIDENCE INN LOOKS NORTH FOR OPENING

group's long-stay brand – in the country.

The hotels will be located in the University Quarter, a ten-minute walk from the city centre and close to Manchester Oxford Road train station. The Regency will feature a 120-seat restaurant, bar, club lounge and fitness centre, plus meeting and events spaces with capacity for up to 200 delegates.

Marriott hotels will open its first Residence Inn in the North of England, with an extendedstay property due to open in Manchester in late 2020.

Cycas Hospitality will operate the 155-room property located in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

– a ten-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station.

Eighty-four independent serviced apartments are already open as The Northern Quarters while the phased refurbishment takes place.

“We’re confident that the central location will tap into the growing demand for alternative accommodation options from business and leisure travellers,” says Asli Kutlucan, Chief Development Officer at Cycas Hospitality.

Hotel development is at a record high in Europe, according to the Hotel Monitor 2020. Germany leads the way with 379 projects in the pipeline followed by the UK with 281 in the works. London will see a further 10,000 new rooms open in 2019 and 2020, helping to keep rate rises in check