Advantages: Location. New and modern Disadvantages: Awful club level package. Decor not to everyones taste.
Owing to the recession the hotel industry has been one of the hardest hit areas and as such, we have seen some of the most excellent deals come out as room rates drop back to prices charged in the 1990?s. Staying in the UK for the summer I decided to take advantage of some of these rates and looked into the special offers available from Crowne Plaza.
As a treat for myself and the other half, I decided we would go to Manchester for the weekend. It is a city I haven?t really explored much before and thought it would be a good weekend trip. I had seen the newly opened Crowne Plaza on this years Apprentice and the hotel and rooms looked very modern and stylish and when I saw the promotional prices I thought why the hell not and off we went.
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I booked my two night stay at www.crowneplaza.co.uk As a member of their priority club ...
Advantages: cheap, clean, friendly Disadvantages: No frills, a 15-minute walk from the city centre
Last year I was asked to sort a block booking for a political conference on a very tight budget. Finding a hotel in Manchester for less than £70 a night proved an almost impossible task. Even the pubs charged more. The only option was the Stay Inn, on the northern edge of the citycentre.
I was not expecting much as I'd read some pretty begative reviews on the internet but as it turned out they were both unfair and inaccurate.
Let's deal with the negatives first. The hotel's location, a good 15 minute walk from Deansgate, means you have to be fairly fit and able-bodied to take advantage of its proximity to town. After dark, you'll probably need a tax which is £5 or so from Albert Square.
The area is not exactly posh but the goood news is it is rapidly getting better as a result of the new housing ...
Advantages: City Centre - range of Activities, easy access. Friendly place to meet. Disadvantages: Often very crowded, quite small compared to The trafford centre. Food Court is also a bit small.
If you live in Manchester or have heard of the Arndale Centre you may be aware of the traditional name given to it. In south Manchester it was always referred to as a public convenience, due to the dirty yellow cladding on the exterior of the building. This even today, 34 years since it was built, still remains on the outside of the Arndale tower. What has changed however is the exterior of the rest of the building. In 1996 the building, as with M&S, was ripped to shreds by a bomb left in a small HGV on Corporation Street and to the relief of many mancunians, the bomb took the yellow cladding with it. The arndale was left in a terrible state and work commenced on repairing it, as part of "the new Manchestercitycentre". The exterior was clad with a lovely red brick colour and a lot is now glass fronted, it is a major improvement from ...
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