Newcastle Airport hotel opens
11.12.11
The DoubleTree by Hilton Newcastle Airport, located just a short walk from the terminal and the express car park, has opened. The newly built, 179-room hotel is also just 15 minutes from the city centre.
The hotel’s guest rooms feature complimentary wired or wireless high-speed internet access; soundproof windows; 37-inch, flat-panel televisions; spacious work desks; MP3-compatible clock radios; refreshing Crabtree & Evelyn Citron bath and body products; and in-room tea and coffee making service. Guests will also enjoy an array of hotel services, including a well-equipped fitness centre, inviting coffee lounge, valet service, laundry service and gift shop.
Guests can also enjoy Fratellos restaurant, which serves Italian cuisine and freshly prepared local favourites for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, a wide selection of beverages at the Colombus Bar and 24-hour room service dining. The hotel also has more than 2,200 square feet of flexible meeting room space and an attractive ballroom.
The new airport hotel is operated by Cairn Hotel Group under a franchise license agreement with a subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide. Guests will benefit from the characteristic qualities found at more than 270 DoubleTree by Hilton hotels and resorts in 22 countries around the world, including the warm welcome of the brand’s legendary chocolate chip cookie presented to every guest upon check-in.
Aran Handa, director of Cairn Hotel Group, said: ‘As a family business based in Newcastle we are delighted to open this very well-located hotel. With more than four million passengers travelling through Newcastle Airport each year, our team is excited to be greeting our first guests to the north east.’
