22.10.11 £22m Luxury Hotel Opens Ahead of Schedule at East Midlands Airport

A new £22m luxury hotel at East Midlands Airport is welcoming its first guests a full week ahead of schedule.

Originally due to open on 31st October 2011, staff at the new 218 room Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport have spent the last four weeks preparing the hotel to welcome guests. Pride of place amongst the first night bookings is the hotel’s prestigious Presidential Suite, which boasts spacious sitting and working areas.

Daniel Keane, General Manager, Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport, says: “I have to pay testimony to the hard work of everyone involved in the project – from the fantastic construction team that handed this major build project over on time, to my new team of hotel staff who have worked around the clock to get everything perfect for our opening. It’s a real achievement and the highlight of my hotel career to date.

“The hotel is already proving a real hit with a variety of guests – from our ‘Park and Fly’ guests who get a fantastic deal on accommodation and low cost parking, to our wedding customers with our first matrimonial celebration on Christmas Eve! Add to this the fact that we are almost at full capacity in only our second week of business for meetings and conferences and it seems that the area is crying out for a high quality, contemporary hotel across all market sectors.”

The four star hotel includes luxury leisure and spa facilities, free high speed wireless and secure, wired internet access and gourmet restaurant using the best of local produce. A feature wine room is available for wine tasting led by the hotel’s in-house experts. A regular shuttle bus provides passenger transfers to East Midlands Airport.

In addition, Radisson Blu Hotel East Midlands Airport is setting environmental standards for new hotel builds across Europe. Boasting an Energy Performance Certification rating of 2, the hotel is the most efficient in Rezidor’s European portfolio of over 400 hotels. Designed to the highest green credentials, it carbon neutral build supports East Midlands Airport’s aspiration for its ground operations to be carbon neutral by 2012.

The 218 roomed hotel includes:
• 8 executive suites
• Full service restaurant and bar with wine cellar
• Conferencing facilities with function suite
• Full leisure and health facilities including swimming pool, sauna and steam rooms.

The hotel's 195 Standard Rooms feature a flat-panel television, individual climate control and Free high-speed Internet access. Prices start at £99.00 per night.

Fourteen Business Class Rooms include extra amenities designed for corporate guests and discerning leisure travellers. Added touches include the Super Breakfast Buffet, Nespresso® coffee machine, free pay-per-view movies, daily newspaper and Free high-speed Internet access. Prices start at £119.00 per night.

The hotel also has five Junior Suites, two Senior Suites and one Presidential suite. Prices range from £149.00 per night for a Junior Suite to £209.00 per night for the Presidential Suite.

Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts currently operates more than 30 hotels in the UK and the new hotel at East Midlands Airport offers a range of guest, conference and celebration packages available at www.radissonblu.co.uk.