SHIRE HOTELS HAS opened a 36-room. contemporary-style hotel on the outskirts of Bristol, close to junction 16 on the M5.
Lodgeonthepark.com is situated on the Aztec West Business Park, just north of the city. Rooms come with a large desk, a flat-screen plasma TV and free wireless broadband, and, in a claimed first for a UK hotel, Starbucks is providing the catering.
Rates are from £79.50 a night, including VAT, and from £65 at weekends.