Rezidor to open airport hotel
Rezidor Hotel Group is to open a Radisson Blu Hotel at East Midlands Airport.
The new-build property, with 216 guest rooms, is scheduled to open its doors in the first quarter of 2012.
The group already operators Radisson Blu and Park Inn hotels in Manchester, London Stansted, London Heathrow and Edinburgh.
The Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands Airport, will be 800 meters away from the main terminal and alongside the M1.
It will have a restaurant, bar/lounge, coffee shop, 750 square meters of conference and event space, fitness centre and indoor pool.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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