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The Demise Of Mint Hotels Is Not Something To Chew On

Bye bye free in-room iMac

Say it isn't so! Terrible news over the weekend says that Mint Hotels are going over to the dark side - and are set to become Hilton DoubleTrees and Hilton Garden Inns.

According to Caterer Search, the chain (seven in the UK plus a new one in Amsterdam) was bought on Friday (for £600m) by Blackstone, which plans to convert them all into the aforementioned Hilton brands.

Ghastly news! What will happen to the tech-savvy rooms, mental special air con, living walls, cheap lunch deals and awesome little walking tours. A cookie at check in won't make up for that. Or the imminent demise of the free WiFi (Hilton Garden Inns offer WiFi for free while Doubletrees typically do not.)

All we can do is hope for the best. Until then, let's have a minute's silence now.