The Grand Hotel gives first look of £15m expansion

Yorkshire’s Grand Hotel & Spa – the region’s only AA-rated five-star hotel – has revealed 100 luxury new hotel rooms opening in early 2018.

The development will almost double the number of five-star hotel rooms in York, and help to generate an additional £1.7m of annual visitor expenditure for the local economy.

The new luxury rooms have been designed to provide guests with an ‘opulent’ experience and combines the traditional values of its historic setting along with modern facilities.

The interiors of the new rooms will include marble-finished bathrooms, luxury bath products and Egyptian cotton linen.

Design practice Twenty2 Degrees are behind the look of the rooms, and the firm sought inspiration from The Grand’s Edwardian past as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway – the building’s original 1906 resident.

The new accommodation is part of the hotel’s £15m expansion and refurbishment, which this summer saw the opening of The Rise, a Yorkshire tapas-style small plates concept. This included the refurbishment and relocation of Hudson’s by Craig Atchinson, The Grand’s three-AA-rosette restaurant.

Next year, the hotel’s development and expansion will include the addition of two new areas: a luxury executive lounge with complimentary dining, as well as an arrival lounge.

Philip Bolson, general manager of The Grand Hotel & Spa, York said: “We have been working on this development for the best part of two years, and we’re extremely excited to unveil the first rooms in our new accommodation development – it will increase our total bedrooms from 107 to 207.

“The Grand offers a supremely luxurious experience for our guests, and we’re thrilled to be able to share the experience with even more visitors as well as providing a boost to the York tourism and leisure economy.”