HotelChatter - Tag: Manchester Hotels

Wigan: The Law Goes Luxe: Former Police HQ in Manchester Turning From Eyesore to High End Hotel

Heidi Atwal — 2011-12-20T12:28:15-05:00

A derelict police station doesn't strike us as the most mood setting or lavish of atmospheres, but a Bristol, England-based hospitality group is hoping lend an upmarket touch to one such building in Wigan, located in Greater Manchester.

A local paper reports that the concrete complex, built in the 1970s and abandoned for about a decade, will soon be turned into a 60-bed hotel with the help of Sanguine Hospitality. Just how dire is the property? So frightful a sight that locals have nicknamed it the "Stazi" after the former East German state security headquarters.

Glorious! Thistle Hotels Introduces 'Lazy Sundays' with a Check-Out of 6pm

juliab — 2010-10-21T15:25:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/lazysunday.jpg" class="top"> Theres nothing like a lazy weekend away but its something of a downer when you finish breakfast and realize that check out was half an hour ago. UK chain <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thistle%20hotels">Thistle Hotels</a> feel your pain, though theyve just launched a Lazy Sundays package which lets you stay through till 6pm Sunday. [Insert your favorite line from <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/1397/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-lazy-sunday">Lazy Sunday</a> here. Chronic-what-cles of Narnia!] Youll also get breakfast in bed until midday (another annoyance wanting a lie in, and realizing breakfast ends at 10am) and a newspaper so you have something other than the obvious to occupy your time. Even better, you can swap breakfast for a full on Sunday lunch if you feel like leaving

Manchester: New Kids On The Block Hang Tough At The Lowry

Jenna — 2009-01-19T13:34:36-05:00

Yes, we have a hard time believing the New Kids on the Block — who, were they real kids on real blocks would be neither new nor kids nor living on any blocks of ours — are still getting mobbed outside of their hotels these days. But apparently the boys are still being greeted with screaming fans wherever they go — and to be fair, they warned us about all of this many years ago in their song "Hangin' Tough": "and if you try to keep us down were gonna come right back." Yes, they came right back.