Don’t bother to pack your Marriott
Rewards card when staying at its Liverpool South property this autumn, as the
hotel is to defect to the Intercontinental chain from August 1. The four-star
property will be renamed the Crowne
Plaza Liverpool
John Lennon
Airport
The
163-room hotel occupies the original art deco airport terminal and control
tower, and is conveniently located a mile from the airport’s new terminal and
close to major business players like HBOS, Jaguar and Eli Lilly.
So why the
change?
John Paul
Nel, Marriott’s area VP for Northern England
explained to Business Traveller/ABTN that the Liverpool South property was
owned by Neptune Holdings which has now decided to exit the hotel
business. “So the property was put up
for sale and Marriott was outbid by another hotel company [InterContinental].”
“Yes, we
would have liked to have kept Liverpool South but the price was higher than we
were prepared to pay.”
“[Despite
losing this hotel] Marriott remains committed to the UK market. We have four hotels
under development: two Courtyards (Gatwick and Aberdeen), one Marriott (Twickenham) and a
Renaissance (St Pancras).”
Meanwhile
lead-in rates at the Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon airport (to give it the
new name) for stays from August 1 remain the same at £95 a night. But check for any launch offers near the
takeover time.
For more
information go to marriott.com, ichotelsgroup.com.
Report by Alex McWhirter
