UK: World lodge model YOTEL has introduced plans to broaden its portfolio within the UK and Europe with the opening of YOTEL Belfast.
Slated to open in late 2026, the new-build lodge, that includes 165 rooms, might be located within the historic Shaftesbury Sq. in central Belfast, simply minutes’ stroll from a few of the metropolis’s hottest sights, together with Queen’s College and the Botanic Gardens.
Rohan Thakkar, chief improvement officer at YOTEL, stated: “We’re delighted to deliver YOTEL to Belfast, a metropolis that shares our unwavering ardour for innovation and creativity. YOTEL Belfast marks an thrilling step ahead in our international franchise technique and strengthens our portfolio because the thirty fifth signed lodge, bringing our whole key depend to almost 8,000.
“We’re thrilled to accomplice with Andras Accommodations, one of many main and largest operators within the area,” added Thakkar.
YOTEL Belfast may even be house to a meals and beverage idea, a 24/7 health centre and a gathering room.
Rajesh Rana, director of Andras Accommodations, stated: “We’re excited to be bringing ahead this venture on a landmark web site within the metropolis. The funding of £17 million will present a contemporary lodging choice for international travellers and create prime quality jobs for the neighborhood, establishing the lodge as a serious asset to the rising tourism market in Belfast.
“The event will play an vital position in remodeling Shaftesbury Sq., offering bodily regeneration and bringing guests to this vital space. Our architects have finished a beautiful job of designing a constructing that’s fashionable however sits comfortably with the native context.
“We at the moment are embarking on the planning course of and consulting with neighborhood teams earlier than starting improvement in 2025,” he added.
YOTEL’s growth into Belfast is a part of the model’s broader technique to introduce its lodge idea to extra cities throughout Eire, the UK and all over the world, with new openings at the moment deliberate in Tokyo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and extra.
A Proposal of Software Discover has been submitted to Belfast Metropolis Council, kickstarting the planning course of for the proposed improvement.
