Swallow Hotels was an Edinburgh-based hotel chain with a portfolio of 18 hotels, operating in the three and four star sector.
| Industry | Hospitality |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Vaux Group |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | , Scotland |
| Parent |
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History
editBy the 1990s, the Vaux Group had expanded into hotels. The company changed its name to Swallow Group plc, concentrating on the hotels business and incorporating the former Vaux-managed pub estate under the Swallow Inns & Restaurants brand.[citation needed]
The Swallow Group was bought by Whitbread in January 2000. Whitbread sold the pubs to Enterprise Inns in May 2000.[citation needed]
The Swallow brand was subsequently purchased in 2003 by London Inn Group.[1] The hotels traded under the name London & Edinburgh Inns Ltd and went into administration on 14 September 2006.[2]
On 4 August 2009 the Stockton-on-Tees Swallow Hotel closed, as the administrators 'could not trade the hotel profitably'.[3] Its last remaining hotel, in Glasgow, near Ibrox Stadium, was closed in 2014.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Whitbread sells Swallow hotels". The Sunday Times. 26 July 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Swallow Group a year after its collapse into insolvency". The Caterer. 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Stockton On Tees Swallow Hotel Closes". Gazette Live. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "Ibrox Hotel under threat of closure". 13 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2018.