Britannia buys Bournemouth hotel

BRITANNIA Hotels has acquired a 145-bed hotel in Bournemouth for around £3m.

The deal takes the total number of venues owned by the Hale-based group to 44.

It has bought the Carrington House hotel from Bromsgrove-based Forestdale Hotels which is owned by Akkeron Hotels. Akkeron, controlled by James and Nicola Brent, bought Forestdale three years ago when it had 18 hotels and a turnover of £30m.
 
Britannia, headed by Alex Langsam, also owns Pontins after buying it out of administration in 2011, and the London Road fire station in Manchester which was the subject of a failed compulsory purchase bid by Manchester City Council in 2011. It wanted to take control of the building which has been unused for around 25 years and sits on a key “gateway” site close to Piccadilly station.
 
Earlier this year Britannia bought the Waterside Hotel in Peterhead, Scotland and the Britannia Hotel Edinburgh. Britannia has confirmed the latest deal on its website but could not be reached for comment.