Airport Hotels News Archive

New hotel for Aberdeen Airport

A new flagship luxury hotel has been unveiled for Aberdeen Airport.

The £15 million, 180-bedroom establishment will be sited on Argyll Road, within walking distance of the airport's main passenger terminal.

As well as regular rooms for people travelling to and from the Scottish hub the new Marriott hotel is also set to have a conference room for meetings and social functions as well as a terraced outdoor restaurant.
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New hotels 'planned for Heathrow T5'

One of Scotland's richest men has launched a £70 million venture to build two new hotels at Heathrow Airport, reports claim.

Lord Laidlaw has formed a partnership with Rokeby Developments to build new hotels for the passengers that will use Heathrow's Terminal 5, according to Scotland on Sunday.

The new terminal, which cost over £4 billion and is one of Europe's largest construction projects, is expected to handle around 30 million passengers a year once it opens in March 2008.
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Community-minded travel firms lauded

Conde Nast traveller has unveiled the winners of its 'World Savers Awards', which recognise travel companies delivering the most outstanding overseas experiences to customers concerned about their carbon footprint and impact on communities.

Although passengers flock to airports such as Bristol Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Heathrow each year, many are still concerned about green issues and reducing their carbon footprint.

Of 71 hotels, resorts, airlines and travel operators considered, among the stand-out best were Marriott Hotels, applauded for achieving a 70,000-tonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the last year and conducting waiter-training programmes for underprivileged children in countries including Romania, where orphanages represent a grave social problem.
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IHG offers new Gatwick hotel

Another addition to the InterContinental Hotels Group's (IHG's) portfolio of airport hotels has been announced after the firm declared that the Crowne Plaza Gatwick-Crawley will open later this year.

The scheduled opening of the hotel is set for October and the new Gatwick hotel will be operated as part of a franchise operation under the guidance of both IHG and Crimson Hotels.

The Gatwick Crown Plaza will be one the top airport hotels in the UK after refurbishment work is completed at the site, this development on top of the previous £8 million-worth of investment injected in 2005.
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FHR adds Short Breaks and Holiday Hotels to range

UK travel services company Flight Hotel Reservations (FHR) has increased the number of hotels it offers to include over 5,000 worldwide, allowing travellers and tourists an even greater range of holiday accommodation to choose from.

As well as offering hotels and parking for the UK's major air transport hubs of Gatwick and Heathrow in London, FHR has expanded its hotel list to include bookable accommodation as far apart as Swindon and Morocco.

The company now offers UK short/weekend breaks at destinations such as London - including the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington - to Bristol and Brighton, as well as accommodation all over Europe and beyond.

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Yotel gets off the ground at Gatwick

Air passengers who have early morning flights or long scheduled transfers might be able to benefit from new hotels which are based at airport terminals.
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Apprentice winner to take on airport hotel project

One-time public schoolboy Simon Ambrose was victorious in the final of the long-running Apprentice TV show earlier this week.

The 27-year-old Cambridge University graduate beat the bookies' favourite Kristina Grimes to the much-coveted £100,000 a year job, working for Sir Alan Sugar.

And Ambrose will now train as a chartered surveyor while working on a project to build a hotel and golf complex near Stansted Airport for the former Spurs supremo.
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French regional airports set for strike

UK flyers travelling to regional airports in France may face lengthy delays, after recent reports suggested workers at France's 25 regional airports were set for a strike.

AFX News revealed yesterday that unions were set to take industrial action in a dispute over proposed new legislation, which will allow private investors to stake financial claims in airports.

The dispute does not include France's largest airports, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Orly, which Aeroports de Paris operates.
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New hotel ideal for Luton Airport flyers

Frequent flyers to and from Luton Airport will be boosted by the news that a new Hilton Garden Inn is being built on a nearby business park.

The award-winning upper-mid market brand is part of the famous Hilton family of hotels and the new building in Luton north will the UK's first ever Garden Inn.

It is set to open next year on Butterfield Business Park and will provide Luton Airport flyers convenience and comfort.
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Another new Manchester Airport hotel unveiled

Following the recent announcement that a new Golden Tulip Manchester Airport hotel is in the pipeline, plans for a new 168-room Premier Travel Inn have been unveiled.

Manchester Airport Developments (MAD) has agreed a deal with Premier Travel Inn to build the new seven-storey airport hotel on the M56.

Manchester Airport is the UK's fourth busiest, handling over 22 million passengers last year, and is a popular city airport for business and leisure travellers.
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New hotel for Gatwick flyers

UK travellers will be pleased to know that a new Gatwick airport hotel is set to open in nearby Crawley in 2008.
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Business travellers free from flying fear

Business travellers in the UK have responded to increased terrorism and security fears by insisting they feel as safe travelling now as they did ten years ago.
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Congestion charge a possibility for Heathrow

With Terminal Five looming on the horizon and demand for air travel showing no sign of dwindling any time soon Heathrow could become the UK's second congestion charge zone.
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FHR supports Help a Heart campaign

Travel services company FHR have announced that they will be supporting the British Heart Foundation throughout April, May and June 2007.
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Passenger comfort the key for new Boeing 787

Boeing is set to launch its new 787 Dreamliner next year with enhanced passenger comfort and accessibility cited as key to its success.
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Avoid the cold weather chaos – book an airport hotel

With the return of the cold weather this week many travellers face a stressful trip to the airport. Traffic jams and severe delays brought about by snow, ice and harsh rain can leave many air travellers panicking with minutes to spare before the check-in desk closes or in some situations even missing their flight altogether.
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New Marriott hotel for Gatwick

Gatwick Airport is to benefit from the opening of a new Courtyard by Marriott hotel next year.

The 218-room hotel is to be opened under a franchise agreement with the Kew Green group - which to re-brand the other 11 Courtyard hotels currently open in the UK - and Marriott believes that it will prove a massive hit with travellers.

Ed Fuller, Marriott International's director of international lodging, said: "European business travellers, including those in the United Kingdom, are looking for quality, innovation, functionality, service and style at a fair price.

"We are confident that this newly designed, stylish, contemporary Courtyard with its distinctive European flair will be an immediate hit with the travelling public. It will offer the right price-value balance while delivering the consistency of product and service for which Courtyard is world-renowned."

The Gatwick hotel will be located near to the airport's South Terminal, with guest transportation to the terminal provided and complimentary monorail transit for customers requiring the North Terminal.
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