Barceló Hotels

thumb|right|180px|Barceló Gran Hotel Renacimiento (***** Hotel in Seville, Spain)
Barceló Hotels UK (formerly the Paramount Group of Hotels) is the UK division of the Spanish privately owned group Barceló Hotels & Resorts. Barceló UK operate 21 4-star hotels in locations across Scotland, England and Wales. Hotels are situated in city and town centres, coastal resorts and countryside retreats. They include the Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway, Worcestershire, the Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, the Marine Hotel in Troon, the Majestic in Harrogate and the Imperial Hotels in Torquay and Blackpool. Barceló Hotels offer a total of over 2,800 bedrooms, 220 meeting rooms for up to 600 delegates, and spacious grounds. The group also includes 18 health & leisure clubs.
==Timeline==
Barceló Hotels UK started as Paramount Hotels in 1994 with four hotels: Shrigley Hall in Cheshire, The Angel Hotel in Cardiff, The Prince of Wales in Southport (Since sold to Britannia Hotels) and The Palace Hotel in Buxton. It then purchase The Cheltenham Park Hotel in Cheltenham. In 1997 three further hotels were acquired from Forte Hotels: The Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, The Imperial Hotel in Torquay and The Majestic in Harrogate. In 1999 The Old Ship in Brighton was purchased, and then the group acquired four hotels from the Scottish Highland Group, comprising The Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, Redworth Hall in County Durham, The Marine in Troon and The Stirling Highland Hotel in Stirling. In 2000 the group bought The Oxford Hotel, just outside Oxford city centre. Dawnay Day Hotel Management Limited was created in 2004 to manage the portfolio of hotels on behalf of the Dawnay Day Group. The previous management which have since set up QHotels with 3 former Paramount Hotels, The Queens in Leeds, The Midland Hotel in Manchester and Chesford Grange in the South East of England. 
Under the new management, in January 2005 the group grew again with the acquisition of three Hanover Hotels at Basingstoke, Daventry and Hinckley. The Head Office was since moved from Morley in Leeds to Hinckley Island Hotel. These acquisitions were followed later that year by Walton Hall & Hotel. In December, a further three hotels were purchased from Furlong, The Lygon Arms, a member of the group small leading hotels of the world, in Broadway, Cotswolds; Billesley Manor, near Stratford-upon-Avon; and Combe Grove Manor, near Bath. In September 2007, Barceló Hotels & Resorts established a 45 year lease to manage the group from the previously owners Dawnay, Day Shore Hotels, now Puma Hotels Ltd. 
Category:Hotel chains
Category:Hotel and leisure companies of the United Kingdom
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