GOLDEN TULIP, the Dutch owned hotel franchise company, is beginning to make its mark in the UK. After opening its first British property in Manchester in 2002, Newcastle Gateshead was recently launched together with the Tulip Inn Portsmouth, which opened its doors to the public on 15 November 2004. The Tulip Inn Leeds Castleford is expected to be ready in March whilst in Dublin a two-acre site at the entrance to Airside Retail and Business Park near Dublin Airport has been acquired for a 155-room hotel ” its largest hotel to date. Golden Tulip (UK) says it is currently in negotiation at a number of hotel sites across the UK for both the Tulip Inn and Golden Tulip brands. Discussions at locations in London, Belfast, Coventry, Cambridge, Epsom and Swindon are at an advanced stage, while planning permission for extensions at the Tulip Inn hotels in Manchester and Portsmouth have been submitted.
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