Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Northern Ireland; Belfast;
Location of affected unit(s)
Belfast
Sector
Hotel / Restaurants
Accommodation And Food Service Activities
Accommodation
55.1 - Hotels and similar accommodation

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

Graffan Properties Ltd, a firm that develops hotels, is to open a new hotel in Belfast and create 100 new jobs. The Fitzwilliam Hotel will have 131 rooms and will involve an investment of 20 million GBP. Lord Mayor of Belfast Jim Rodgers said:

‘[The development of the hotel] means increased jobs for area residents, growth opportunities for local business owners and forward movement on a rejuvenated Belfast tourism trade,’

The hotel will be managed by Hotel Partners, a specialist hotel management company, and is expected to be open by February 2009.


Sources

  • 21 August 2007: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Graffan Properties Ltd, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65719, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65719.