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MISS WORLD HOPEFUL Jobs boost as new hotel opens
Miss Newcastle Alisha Cowie A NEW hotel will open in Newcastle city centre on Tuesday - creating more than 80 jobs.
The four-star Maldron Hotel, on Newgate Street, is part of a £100m development on the site of the former Newgate Centre shopping mall.
Owned by Ireland’s Dalata Hotel Group, it is the first Maldron to open in mainland UK. The new jobs have been created through a combination of hotel positions and the group’s housekeeping partner WGC.
The team will include general manager Anna Wadcock, who started her hotel career in 1999 as a receptionist at the Quality Hotel, which once stood where the Maldron now is.
The site also has a Grain and Grill Restaurant, led by head chef Andrew Scott, as well as an outdoor courtyard area for alfresco drinking and dining.