Bespoke Hotels acquires Sheffield Park Inn
The 111-bedroom hotel, situated in the popular Quayside quarter of the city, was purchased from Ernst & Young acting for Royal Bank of Scotland. All former Park Inn employees have been retained including hotel manager Ian Slater, who has been with the property since 1999.
“We are well placed to meet the demand from visitors attracted by the city’s busy social, sports and leisure scene,” he said. “In addition, The Metropolitan caters for midweek conference and business visitors who are in need of good quality hotel accommodation at a reasonable price.
“We are already experiencing an uplift in bookings since we rebranded.”
Hotel improvements
Bespoke is about to embark on the two-year renovation plan throughout the property, creating fresh, stylish public spaces, and a contemporary brasserie-style restaurant and bar. Other improvements include the refurbishment of the hotel frontage and associated petrol station.
Robin Sheppard, chairman of Bespoke Hotels, added: “At Bespoke, we take the essential character of each individual business and its environment, rather than trying to impose a one-size-fits-all approach.
“We pride ourselves on our hotels’ individual and sometimes quirky personalities, but add what makes all Bespoke hotels special: a commitment to great service, a flair for hospitality and recognition that guests want to be treated like an individual, not a room number.”
Bespoke management
The Sheffield Metropolitan Hotel is a full service, mid-market hotel, catering primarily for business and leisure visitors to the city. It has become one of over ninety properties in the Bespoke Hotels portfolio of UK and overseas properties.
The news comes just over a month after Bespoke took on the management of the entire Oxford Hotels & Inns portfolio,comprising 34 three and four-star properties across the UK.
The hotels joined Bespoke’s existing sub-brands Beloved, a collection of four-star deluxe hotels, and Befriend, the three-star value-for-money options.
