BDL hooks up with Ramada

Glasgow-based BDL Hotels is to branch out from running hotels under the Express by Holiday Inn brand, and plans to open two Ramada hotels in the next four months.

They will be the group’s first openings with a company other than InterContinental Hotels, through which it currently operates 13 hotels - 10 Express by Holiday Inns, two Holiday Inns and one Crowne Plaza.

Under the latest agreement, with Ramada International Hotels & Resorts, part of the Marriott chain, BDL will open a 150-bedroom Ramada Encore hotel in Park Royal, west London, in April.

Another Ramada Encore will follow in Swansea, possibly in April as well. Two more Express by Holiday Inns are also in the pipeline, one in Newport and the other in Bedford.

The Ramada Encore hotel will include a Wok Around the World restaurant and a Hub bar and café.

They will be the group’s first openings with a company other than InterContinental Hotels, through which it currently operates 13 hotels - 10 Express by Holiday Inns, two Holiday Inns and one Crowne Plaza.

Under the latest agreement, with Ramada International Hotels & Resorts, part of the Marriott chain, BDL will open a 150-bedroom Ramada Encore hotel in Park Royal, west London, in April.

Another Ramada Encore will follow in Swansea, possibly in April as well. Two more Express by Holiday Inns are also in the pipeline, one in Newport and the other in Bedford.

The Ramada Encore hotel will include a Wok Around the World restaurant and a Hub bar and café.