Hotel operator set to open second venue in Leicester

Bespoke Hotels is set to open its second venue under its Hotel Brooklyn brand in Leicester.

The firm will run the 191-room hotel next to Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road stadium. It will open in the summer of 2022 and be the firm’s second venture, after opening its first hotel in Manchester earlier this year.

The hotel is being designed by Squid Inc and will include The Lair Restaurant and Bar, and American-style diner concept Runyon’s, as well as conferencing and events space.

Oliver Redfern, lead interior designer at Squid Inc said: “This hotel has a very unique neighbour in the form of Leicester Tigers rugby club and will most definitely add a little extra inspiration into the design. Architectural features, such as the striking central atrium stretching over five floors, will allow us to take the Brooklyn ethos – a palpable anti-slick, anti-corporate sensibility – to a whole new level. This hotel will be irresistibly familiar: a place where outsiders become insiders, and a destination of true hospitality.”

Robin Sheppard, chairman of Bespoke Hotels, said: “We are thrilled to have secured this fantastic site in Leicester – right next door to the Welford Road Stadium. Being built by our trusted partners Marshall CDP, with whom we have worked several times before, we believe Hotel Brooklyn is a perfect fit for Leicester. It will bring a destination hotel into the heart of the city, attract a new audience of customers and, we hope, become a business of which the city will be truly proud.”