InterContinental Edinburgh - Haymarket

BDL have been appointed to manage the new InterContinental Hotel in Edinburgh’s Haymarket. The hotel will be the first franchised InterContinental and bring the brand to Scotland for the first time.

Kirk Kinsell, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, IHG, said: “This landmark deal will give us our first InterContinental Hotel in Scotland”

Confirming the InterContinental hotel deal, John Nesbitt, managing director of Tiger Developments, said: “Bringing InterContinental to Scotland’s Capital is good news for us and good news for Edinburgh.

“The InterContinental Hotel will be ideally placed to meet the needs of business and leisure travellers seeking world class services and facilities.”

The project will create in the region of 400 jobs during construction, another 1,600 following completion whilst injecting an additional £8.75 million visitor spending in Edinburgh

The current proposal has 200 bedrooms, conference floor with 6 state-of-the-art conference rooms, leisure club with pool and spa facilities and a sky bar.

The hotel is due to open in 2012.