ENGINEERING AWARDS RECOGNISE CREATION OF HULL’S STUNNING STAGE @THEDOCK AMPHITHEATRE http://wykeland.co.uk/news/engineer...on-hulls-stunning-stage-thedock-amphitheatre/
It wasn't a great hotel (at least not recently), but it does indeed look like it's just about to go rather further downhill.
Ahhh, and there's me thinking that the old girl definitely needs some TLC and hopefully Britannia Hotels would provide it. Shame that. I assume their other hotels aren't up to much then.
Having stayed in a few Brittania Hotels on National Coach Holidays the last one at Newcastle Airport, which was fine. I have to say that they do vary. So it's a hit and miss guessing how Station Hotel will work out
Having seen so many pictures of buildings in Hull on Facebook that are no longer there I despair, of course many were removed courtesy of Adolf Hitler but not all. If I had to pick a favourite old picture it would be one of the old Prudential Tower that was destroyed.
They're a budget hotel group, The Grand in Scarbough is one of theirs, they also own Pontins. They have the lowest customer satisfaction rating of any British hotel group on Trip Advisor, several of their hotels have a reputation for being filthy.
My sister and her husband went to watch a play in Scarborough a few weeks ago, and they decided to stay the night in the Grand, and it wasn't very Grand.
Agree John, but this hotel is similar to The Metropole in Blackpool, another Britannia owned one I think, and both of these hotels were built for a different age and the Grand would have lived up to its name in a different era. Opulent I would say they are but have got dilapidated through lack of maintenance and investment and unless substantial investment is forthcoming they these once proud hotels will only deteriorate even more.
That in a away is the sad part, these old hotels really deserve to be brought back to their original grandeur, but they seem to only fall in to the hands of the cheap and cheerful providers.
Which presumably reflects customer unwillingness to pay to stay in an older and more opulent hotel. Maintaining an old building in a grand state costs money. I like the Royal Station. It's my toilet stop of choice on Saturdays when City are at home.
Not sure about customers not willing to pay, plenty of affluent people would pay a premium price to stay there if it was reconned to a premium standard. The problem is that it is much cheaper ( cost effective ) to build new. Steel frame and cladding plus the chance to build higher, not 200 yards away from the Royal Station is the Holiday Inn and they are building on the old LA's site a Hilton or Hyatt. I love to stay in old hotels when possible, you just have to put up with a few quirks.
Not in the city centre, but this is the new £650k road racing circuit being built at Ennerdale... please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Should look fine as long as they maintain them every year instead of like some cities I have been with similar seating and dont' bother, the seats then take on a deathly grey look that beging to splinter and break up, just like any wooden garden fence that lacks a lick of sealing.
The new hotel's going up fairly quickly now, though I still can't see it managing to be finished in time for much of the CoC year.... please log in to view this image
People willing to pay premium prices for older hotels like the Savoy, Claridgess, King George in Paris, Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Hotel Griiti in Venice. Of course location is a factor. Hull, Sunderland, Leicester and Middlesbrough won't attract the patrons of those places no matter how good the hotel.
Sadly true, it would cost tens of millions to renovate The Royal and once finished, you couldn't charge enough to recoup the investment.