New £20m Marriott resort opens in North Staffordshire

About 20 new careers have been designed with the opening of a brand new £20m Marriott hotel in North Staffordshire.

Courtyard by Marriott Keele Staffordshire formally opened its doors at the Keele College Science and Innovation Park yesterday. (Feb 1)

The 150-bedroom hotel is to begin with just open for critical employees, but once lockdown restrictions are eased guests will have accessibility to the new Scholars Cafe and Bar, a coffee shop, two assembly rooms for up to 30 persons and a health suite together with 180 automobile parking spaces.

Scott Randall, typical supervisor of Courtyard by Marriott Keele Staffordshire, heads up the staff with head chef David Savage.

He said: “We are thrilled to be eventually opening our doors. Courtyard by Marriott Keele Staffordshire gives high excellent accommodation in and a stunning, picturesque environment on Keele University’s campus. We search ahead to welcoming our to start with company and supporting regional important workers in the coming months.

“We envisage that our guests will be a mix of individuals visiting Staffordshire for leisure or small business routines as very well as attendees viewing the university, to meet with firms based on the Science and Innovation Park or households viewing Keele College students.”

Peter de la Perrelle, handling director of Tower Lodge Administration which operates the lodge underneath a franchise arrangement with Marriott Worldwide, claimed: “This marks a huge milestone for the hotel but also for Tower Hotel Administration in what has been a extremely testing 12 months for the hotel sector.

“To open up a new resort beneath the present-day ailments is an extraordinary achievement and I would like to acquire this option to desire Scott and his workforce the very best of luck with this new obstacle.”

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Nick Gostick, head of Keele University’s Science and Innovation Park, added: “The opening of an global chain hotel at Keele University’s Science and Innovation Park is great information not only for the park’s small business community, but also the county of Staffordshire.

“The Courtyard by Marriott Keele Staffordshire will be a welcome position for overnight lodging for visitors to above 50 companies who are based mostly on our park as well as people to the college for the plethora of occasions that consider area during the yr. We also envisage that the lodge will assistance regional development as a fantastic spot for persons travelling to Staffordshire and South Cheshire for company purposes.”

The Marriott’s opening follows the start of the Hilton Backyard garden Inn in Hanley in Oct and the re-start of the DoubleTree by Hilton Stoke-on-Trent in November.