Recent hotel refurbishments in Wales & Scotland

Metropole, Llandrindod Wells, mid Wales

Luxury hotel and spa, The Metropole in mid Wales, is on the final leg of its £5m refurbishment programme with the upgrading of a further 10 bedrooms. The latest project represents a five-figure investment, and follows on from last year’s launch of a state-of-the-art extension to the hotel spa. The Metropole is a family-run business, and MD, Justin Baird-Murray, and his sister, finance director, Sarah Hill, are the fifth generation of the family to run the hotel in 117 years, a unique achievement in Wales. They launched the extensive refurbishment programme nearly five years ago, resulting in an upgrade to The Metropole’s current four-star status.

The Metropole is a member of Welsh Rarebits and Historic Hotels of Europe.

Macdonald Hotel’s programme of refurbishments

Holyrood Hotel in the heart of Edinburgh has unveiled the first phase of a significant bedroom refurbishment as part of a wider rejuvenation of the city hotel that is also part of Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, winners of AA Hotel Group of the Year 2013/14.

With 91 bedrooms set to benefit from a design transformation, the first raft of executive bedrooms on the 5th and 6th floors have recently been unveiled. This has seen 34 rooms undergo a full redesign, with the addition of new Choice Sofa furniture upholstered with Kobe and Osborne and Little Fabric, additional soft furnishings and Fox Linton curtains, Mattisons beds and stunning Porcelanosa bathrooms complete with walk in drench showers. www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/investment

Craigellachie Hotel, near Elgin, north east Scotland

The Craigellachie Hotel, in the beautiful village of Craigellachie near Elgin has opened recently after refurbishment. Craigellachie is in the heart of the Malt Whisky Trail, halfway between Aberdeen and Inverness in the north east of Scotland. In the centre of the village, the hotel is ideally located for walking the Speyside Way, fishing, playing one of the many golf courses and enjoying the rugged countryside of Northern Scotland. www.bespokehotels.com/craigellachiehotel