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The Premier Inn chain’s new flagship hotel opposite the Westgate Centre in Oxford will be ready to open this summer. New drone images of the 90-bedroom hotel on Paradise Square show the building nearing completion across the road from the Westgate Centre. Carter Lauren, the principal contractor for the Whitbread development, has been building the hotel for Premier Inn with on-site controls and working practices to ensure social distancing and protect site workers and members of the public from the spread of coronavirus. The new city centre Premier Inn takes shape Picture: Carter Lauren Construction Richard Aldread, head of construction in the UK regions and Ireland for Whitbread, said: “Oxford Westgate is one of our strategic hotel openings this year. The location ticks all the right boxes for our customers and the hotel will be our flagship in the city when it opens this summer.