Multibuild has been awarded 2 new hotel construction contracts by hospitality giant Whitbread.
The Stockport-based company will build a 35 bedroom extension to the Premier Inn at Southport and a new 20-room Premier Inn in Crewe.
Budget hotel operator Travelodge is currently offering rooms at just £9 per night.
The offer is available on this special page on their website and is valid for bookings made now for stays between February and April 2009.
Rooms for other dates are also available from £19 and £29 provided bookings are made 7 and 21 days ahead respectively.
A pub near Nantwich is holding what it claims will be Cheshire’s biggest beer festival this month.
Novemberfest takes place at the Bhurtpore Inn at Aston from November 12 to 16 2008 and will feature 80 real ales, plus 150 bottled Belgian and German beers.
Admission to the beer festival is free. For further details call 01270 780917.
Travelodge has announced that it will open 22 hotels across the country between now and Christmas. New hotels in the North West will include the Travelodge Blackpool Tower and the Travelodge Blackpool Tower. Both are opening late December.
The budget hotel group is currently offering thousands of rooms at only £19 for stays in December and January. They can be booked via this special page on their website.
Tourism businesses in the North West were honoured at the Northwest Tourism Awards last week. The event was held at St George’s Hall in Liverpool on October 22 and was hosted by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Winners and finalists included:
Large Hotel of the Year
Marriott Worsley Park Hotel and Country Club, Manchester (Winner)
Cottons Hotel and Spa, Knutsford
Macdonald Old England Hotel and Spa, Bowness
Big Blue Hotel, Blackpool
Marriott Liverpool City Centre Hotel
Small Hotel of the Year
White House Manor, near Macclesfield (Winner)
Appleby Manor, Appleby
The Shireburn Arms Hotel, Clitheroe
Bed and Breakfast of the Year
Augill Castle, Kirkby Stephen (Winner)
Number One, South Beach, Blackpool (Highly Commended)
Moss Lodge, Rochdale
42 Caldy Road, West Kirby
Sand Hollow Farm, Burwardsley
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Manchester Art Gallery (Winner)
Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston
South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton in Furness
Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition, Kendal (Winner)
Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre, Cotebrook
Farmer Ted’s Farm Park, Ormskirk
Smithills Hall, Bolton
Mersey Ferries Manchester Ship Canal Cruises
Self Catering Holiday of the Year
The Beach House, Blackpool (Winner)
Staying Cool, Manchester (Highly Commended)
Premier Apartments, Liverpool
Mellow Brook Cottage at Harrop Fold Farm, Macclesfield
The Lodge Holiday Cottage, Hayton
Holiday Park of the Year
Park Cliffe Camping and Caravan Park, Windermere (Winner)
Newton Hall Holiday Park, Blackpool
Manor Wood Country Caravan Park, Coddington
Excellence in Business Tourism
The Rheged Centre, Penrith (Winner)
Park Royal Hotel, Warrington (Highly Commended)
Barton Grange Hotel, Preston
Manchester United
The Conference Centre at LACE, Liverpool
Taste of England’s Northwest
Roses Tea Room, Heswall (Winner)
The Hollies Farm Shop, Cheshire (Highly Commended)
The Village Bakery Melmerby
Northcote Manor, Langho
Isinglass Restaurant, Urmston
Tourism Experience of the Year
Manchester International Festival (Winner)
Tate Liverpool - Turner Prize (Highly Commended)
Shacklabank Free Range Walking, Sedbergh (Highly Commended)
Byways Breaks, Cheshire
Downy Duckling Experience, WWT Martin Mere
Lancashire Food Festival, Accrington
Cholmondeley Fireworks Concert and Garden Party
Excellence in Customer Service
Gary Henshall - Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool (Winner)
Julie Lyons – De Vere Carden Park Hotel, Chester
Daniel Fairweather, Windermere Marina Village
Pam Simpson – World of Glass, St Helens
Madge Butler - Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport
Sustainable Tourism Award
Palace Hotel, Manchester (Winner)
Cote How Organic Guest House, Rydal (Highly Commended)
RSPB Leighton Moss Nature Reserve, Silverdale
Carden Park Hotel, Chester
Tourism for All Award
The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven (Winner)
The Trafford Centre, Manchester (Highly Commended)
Wyre Estuary Country Park
The National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley
Tourist Information Centre of the Year
Congleton TIC (Winner)
Fleetwood TIC (Highly Commended)
Manchester Visitor Centre
St.Helens TIC
Keswick TIC
The Nantwich Food and Drink Festival will be held this year from Friday September 26 to Sunday September 28. The festival will showcase the best in food and drink from Cheshire and North West England.
Highlights include a CAMRA Beer Festival, cookery demonstrations including celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo, a farmers’ market, and gourmet food marquee featuring over 90 regional producers and restaurants.
For a complete programme of events and details of how to purchase tickets visit the official website.
Crewe train station will be transformed next week when around 100 performers take to the platforms. The world premier of Station/Stationery will run from September 25 to 29, with shows at 7 pm and 8 pm each nigh.
Commuters and audiences will be encouraged to re-engage their sensory curiosity through performance and installation works. Cheshire Dance claim it will be the most ambitious performing arts project ever undertaken at a UK train station.
For free tickets call Cheshire Dance on 01606 861770.