The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has secured approval for a new hotel plus a hotel school which will be located in the Haymarket area of the city.
The new hotel will be operated by EICC under a franchise agreement with Hyatt Hotels. It will be a four-star hotel with 362 bedrooms.
The new hotel will address conference demand issues for the EICC - which has hosted almost 1.5 million delegates at the conference centre venue since it opened in 1995.
The hotel school will be an integral part of the hotel development. It will address recruitment challenges faced by the hospitality industry in Scotland. It will offer a career path for students and trainees as well as a pipeline of qualified people for Scotland’s leisure and tourism industries.
The new hotel development will occupy one of the most accessible locations in Edinburgh city centre, with excellent road and rail connections as well as good access to Edinburgh International Airport.