Slough’s first double-decker hotel opened its doors
three months ahead of schedule, becoming the first time Marriott International has combined two hotel brands under one roof in the UK.
Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council, both hotels are operated by specialist hotel management company Cycas Hospitality, who in 2018 opened Marriott’s first dual-branded property in Europe under the Moxy and Residence Inn brands in Amsterdam. The development was built via Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) – a joint venture between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd.
The 244-room hotel complex forms part of a major development transforming the town’s former library site, which also include 64 new apartments and 4,000 sq.ft of restaurant and retail space.
2 February 2021
The first double-decker hotel in Slough opened its doors today three months ahead of schedule, becoming the first time Marriott International has combined two hotel brands under one roof in the UK.
Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council, both hotels are operated by specialist hotel management company Cycas Hospitality.
The company was responsible for the first dual-branded Marriott property in Europe in 2018, launched under the Moxy and Residence Inn brands in Amsterdam.
The development was built via Slough Urban Renewal, a joint venture between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments.
The 244-room hotel complex forms part of a major development transforming the town’s former library site, which also include 64 new apartments and 4,000 square foot of restaurant and retail space.
The new hotels on Slough s old library site have opened to guests A double decker hotel in the heart of Slough opened its doors yesterday - making a UK first for the parent hotel chain and the council. The Moxy and Residence Inn hotels form part of a wider residential, retail and leisure hub built on the former Slough library site at the junction of Bath and Windsor Roads. Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council and delivered via Slough Urban Renewal, SUR - a property partnership with between the council and Morgan Sindall - the dual brand hotels have been built and fitted-out three months ahead of schedule.
Marriott International opens first UK dual-branded property
February 1, 2021
Slough’s first double-decker hotel opened its doors today three months ahead of schedule, becoming the first time Marriott International has combined two hotel brands under one roof in the UK.
Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council, both hotels are operated by specialist hotel management company Cycas Hospitality, who in 2018 opened Marriott’s first dual-branded property in Europe under the Moxy and Residence Inn brands in Amsterdam. The development was built via Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) – a joint venture between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd.
The 244-room hotel complex forms part of a major development transforming the town’s former library site, which also include 64 new apartments and 4,000 sq.ft of restaurant and retail space.
25 three-bed houses Planning officers managed to agree with the developers on having 20 per cent affordable housing at the site, equal to 42 homes – which goes against the affordable housing guidance of 35 per cent. The developers, Slough Urban Renewal – a property partnership between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments - say this due to viability issues and high costs of decontaminating the land as well as build costs. Objectors feared approving this scheme would cause mass congestion and an overspill of parking to neighbouring streets.
The layout of houses on the former Montem lesiure centre site This was the concern of Chalvey councillor Mohammed Sharif (Independent) who said this might be breaking parking policies the council has set for itself.