Hotel Colessio
Hotel Colessio is a luxury boutique hotel located in Stirling, Scotland, housed in a historic Georgian building that once served as a bank and later as Stirling Royal Infirmary. The property underwent a significant £10 million refurbishment under the Aurora Hotel Collection, reopening in 2014 with 40 opulent bedrooms, a ballroom, and a high-end restaurant. In 2018, the hotel was sold to private investors for approximately £6 million, with Focus Hotels Management appointed as the operator. Plans were announced to expand the hotel with an additional 20 rooms, subject to planning approval. Our coverage explores Hotel Colessio’s transformation, ownership changes, and its strategic positioning within Scotland’s boutique hospitality sector.
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Sep- 2020 -1 SeptemberFree to read
Focus Hotels welcomes ‘vital’ staycation boost
Focus Hotels has welcomed a “surge” of staycation bookings which it said has given the group a “vital business boost” as its sites re-opened their doors to the general public. Focus Hotels revealed it has invested in creating “dedicated Staycation sections” on the websites of several of the properties it…
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Nov- 2019 -25 NovemberAppointments
Hotel Colessio follows refurb with new GM
Stirling’s Hotel Colessio has appointed Kevin Keenan as its new general manager. Keenan joins Hotel Colessio from Perthshire’s Murrayshall Country House Hotel and Golf Club, and has over 18 years experience managing hotel teams across the United Kingdom, with time spent at South Devon’s Thurlestone Hotel as well as five…
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May- 2019 -1 MayAppointments
Focus Hotels appoints Lynn Hood as COO
Focus Hotels Management Ltd has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Lynn Hood as COO. Prior to joining Focus, Hood spent eight years at the helm of her successful consultancy business Hotel Prosperity Ltd, working with clients such as Westmont Hospitality Group, De Vere Hotels, RBH and KSL…
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Mar- 2019 -11 MarchHotel Brands
IHG opens first Staybridge Suites in Scotland
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened its first Staybridge Suites in Scotland in Dundee. Staybridge Suites Dundee offers 85 one-bedroom and studio suites and has been converted from an abandoned linen mill. Located in the heart of the city, many of the suites have the original features including exposed brick…
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Nov- 2018 -2 NovemberHotels
Brace of Scottish hotels win ‘national praise’
Two Scottish hotels operated by Focus Hotels Management have been awarded “national praise” and received accolades from Scotland’s Wedding Industry Awards and the Sunday Times Top 100 Hotels for the UK. The new Indigo Hotel Dundee has been voted the winner for Scotland in the Sunday Times Top 100 Hotels…
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Jul- 2018 -27 JulyProperty
Award-winning Colessio Hotel sold for around £6m
An award-winning hotel, the Colessio Hotel, has been sold to a private investment group with plans for expansion for around £6m. The Georgian building on the road to Stirling Castle dates from 1825 when it was originally built as a bank. It features 37 bedrooms in a boutique-style, along with…
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