IHG Hotels & Resorts is to open its first Garner-branded hotel in Scotland when it takes over an existing property in central Edinburgh.
Garner Hotels, which opened its first UK property in Preston earlier this month, will rebrand the Haymarket Hub Hotel as the Garner Hotel Haymarket Edinburgh in the second half of this year following a £2 million refurbishment.
The renovated 195-room, owned by Palm Holdings, is located close to Haymarket Station and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). Facilities will include a bar and café in the lobby area.
Willemijn Geels, IHG’s vice president of development for Europe, said: “In the past few months, we have opened or signed Garner Hotels in more than six cities across Europe,…