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Hotel numbers on the rise in north east
HOTEL numbers in the heart of NewcastleGateshead have soared almost 70 per cent in the past five years and rooms exceed 5,000 for the first time, according to a new survey.
Since 2002 hotel bed space across NewcastleGateshead has grown by 42.6 per cent with the addition of 12 new hotels and serviced apartments.
An increase of almost 67 per cent has been seen specifically in the heart of the city centre,
according to the survey commissioned by Tourism Tyne and Wear.
It is believed that this demand for hotel rooms is due to mid-week business visitors and city break visitors. The rapid growth of Newcastle International airport has also been a factor.
HOTEL numbers in the heart of NewcastleGateshead have soared almost 70 per cent in the past five years and rooms exceed 5,000 for the first time, according to a new survey.
Since 2002 hotel bed space across NewcastleGateshead has grown by 42.6 per cent with the addition of 12 new hotels and serviced apartments.
An increase of almost 67 per cent has been seen specifically in the heart of the city centre,
according to the survey commissioned by Tourism Tyne and Wear.
It is believed that this demand for hotel rooms is due to mid-week business visitors and city break visitors. The rapid growth of Newcastle International airport has also been a factor.
Full steam ahead ...
IT'S FULL steam ahead for one of Nottinghamshire's most historic monuments as £1.1m of extra funding is set to give it a new lease of life as a tourism hotspot.
Bestwood Winding Engine House, one of the last remaining monuments to the area's coal mining history, is to be restored thanks to a £963,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) £295,000 from the Greater Nottinghamshire Partnership and additional funding from the County Council.
The cash injection means the imposing Victorian building, England's only remaining in situ vertical mounted winding engine, will be rescued and restored and opened to the public all year round for the first time.
IT'S FULL steam ahead for one of Nottinghamshire's most historic monuments as £1.1m of extra funding is set to give it a new lease of life as a tourism hotspot.
Bestwood Winding Engine House, one of the last remaining monuments to the area's coal mining history, is to be restored thanks to a £963,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) £295,000 from the Greater Nottinghamshire Partnership and additional funding from the County Council.
The cash injection means the imposing Victorian building, England's only remaining in situ vertical mounted winding engine, will be rescued and restored and opened to the public all year round for the first time.
