The building started life in 1890 as the headquarters of the Refuge Assurance Company in central Manchester. In recent years the prestigious Grade II-listed Victorian building with its famous clock tower became the Palace Hotel and then the Principal Hotel.
From the 1st October it is all change again. The building will be rebranded the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is part of IHG’s Kimpton branding, an American import which launched in 1981 as a boutique hotel brand and which now has over 60 hotels worldwide in its portfolio. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel will be the fourth Kimpton hotel to open in the UK.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel still has the building’s original Victorian features, including its clock tower and carved wooden staircases.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has 270 loft style bedrooms, many with original features as well as incorporating the latest in-room technology. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has a restaurant and bar plus 17 meeting and events spaces including the largest hotel ballroom in the northwest of England.
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is located opposite Manchester Oxford Road station in the centre of the city.