Monday, May 15, 2006
Which Hotel Will Move Into Kinmel Hall?
Which Hotel Will Move Into Kinmel Hall?
It's about as prime a setting for a luxury hotel as you could wish for, a stately manor tucked into the Welsh countryside. Kinmel Hall near Abergele in Wales has been dubbed the "Welsh Versailles." The 19th century mansion house is need of a new tenant who can turn the beautiful but bedraggled estate into a five-star hotel. Derbyshire Investments, the current owners of the hotel, say that several hotel chains are interested and that plans to convert the home to a hotel will be reviewed by the Conwy County Council. Currently the building can only be used as a Christian conference center since it was bought for this purpose in 1975.If the council changes that then the hoteliers can start bidding on the the opportunity to lease the estate. One potential problem is that the hall is in need of space to build a golf course but the Festherstonhaugh family, which owns the surrounding land, is not interested in selling since they already own a golf course nearby.
The article doesn't list the names of the hotel chains involved but I would guess that Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons are high on the list. Which hotel chain would you like to see take over this property?
It's about as prime a setting for a luxury hotel as you could wish for, a stately manor tucked into the Welsh countryside. Kinmel Hall near Abergele in Wales has been dubbed the "Welsh Versailles." The 19th century mansion house is need of a new tenant who can turn the beautiful but bedraggled estate into a five-star hotel. Derbyshire Investments, the current owners of the hotel, say that several hotel chains are interested and that plans to convert the home to a hotel will be reviewed by the Conwy County Council. Currently the building can only be used as a Christian conference center since it was bought for this purpose in 1975.If the council changes that then the hoteliers can start bidding on the the opportunity to lease the estate. One potential problem is that the hall is in need of space to build a golf course but the Festherstonhaugh family, which owns the surrounding land, is not interested in selling since they already own a golf course nearby. The article doesn't list the names of the hotel chains involved but I would guess that Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons are high on the list. Which hotel chain would you like to see take over this property?
