I was at the hotel for a conference in early November. This was the hotel for the conference organisers hence why I stayed there.
Arriving at the airport I phoned the hotel to book a shuttle. The airport phones for hotels were broken so I phoned from my cell phone. The shuttle was due to arrive at 1015 but I phoned back to the hotel at 1030 as no shuttle. I thought I may have missed the bus but when it finally arrived at about 1050 the shuttle was obvious and distinctive.
WARNING - The shuttle bus is suited for people only. It is up steps with a narrow entrance. THERE IS NO LUGGAGE RACKS and if you are like me and have a large suitcase you need to sit in front row with the suitcase in the aisle. Luckily shuttle bus was never full otherwise impossible to get luggage on. Very surprised at this - seemed only hotel with no luggage space on shuttle buses.
Lobby and checkin were very nice. The staff throughout hotel were VERY friendly during my stay. However when travelling to room the corner pieces from walls has been removed to enable renovation of hotel, it looks very bad and put a damper on peoples views of hotel from outset.
The room was small by US standards but large enough by European standards. The room was clean and the bathroom was very clean. The room did have a slightly musty smell and the TV was very old and hard to get it to work.
I tried breakfast on first morning, it was not good. Felt like a high school canteen but lower quality. Understand it is primarily a conference centre but they would not pass for a hotel you would stay at when not a conference centre.
I think these are issues that will improve with renovations but due the hotels location I doubt it would be a destination for anything other than conferences.
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