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The Lume, a new 19-storey hotel development featuring Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites, both hotel brands of IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) will officially open this September in Manchester.
Owned by M&L Hospitality and managed by Cycas Hospitality, the 328-room dual-branded hotel will be located in Oxford Road, within walking distance of the city centre.
Crowne Plaza Manchester – Oxford Road, will occupy the lower 12-storeys, and features 212 guest rooms, a 120-seat restaurant, bar, fully equipped 24-hour gym, club lounge and seven meeting rooms able to cater to over 200 delegates.
The extended-stay brand Staybridge Suites, which is making its Manchester debut, is located on the upper seven floors. Offering 116 modern studio and one-bedroom suites.
Staybridge Suites guests also have access to a terrace on the 18th floor with panoramic views of Manchester, access to the 24-hour gym, laundry facilities and complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast in the “Hub” kitchen. The brand also hosts ‘The Social’ three evenings a week, an informal opportunity for guests to mingle and get to know their on-site team over complimentary drinks and nibbles.
The Lume hotel development is ideally located within the Oxford Road Corridor which boasts a workforce of 60,000 people and is home to The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The dual-branded hotel development forms part of the University of Manchester’s Campus Masterplan, which includes the wider redevelopment of Alliance Manchester Business School.
General manager, Andrew Fletcher, said: “With the opening date just weeks away, we’re really excited about how combining two hotels under one roof will give business as well as leisure travellers a new way to experience Manchester.”
“As the way people travel evolves, we wanted to give guests the more flexible accommodation options we know they’re looking for, whether they’re staying for a few nights or a few weeks.
“The Lume will, for the first-time, offer travellers to the north of England the choice of two different hotel styles in one central location. We’re therefore looking forward to combining personalised home-from-home touches with an on-site restaurant, buzzing bar and extensive meeting facilities in a way that visitors to Manchester haven’t had before.”
