The MGM Muthu Glasgow River Hotel, formerly the Erskine Bridge Hotel & Spa is situated on the banks of the

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Erskine Erskine (, sco, Erskin, gd, Arasgain) is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire, and historic county of the same name, situated in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde, providing the lo ...

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. The hotel takes its name from the nearby

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and Clyde River. Originally named the Esso Motor Hotel Erskine, it opened in 1971. It was originally planned and owned by the oil company

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. It was Scotland's second motor based hotel as Esso had already opened another unit in

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Ownership

The hotel started out as the

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of Erskine. Since then it has changed ownership four times. Esso sold the business to the Crest Hotel Group. Then it was sold to the

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of hotels and then to the Cosmopolitan Hotel Group, who renamed the hotel to the Erskine Bridge Hotel & Spa. In 2020, it was sold to its current owners, MGM Muthu Hotels, who renamed the hotel to the MGM Muthu Glasgow River Hotel.

Construction

The hotel was built by Daniel Construction Company (now

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) at a cost of £1m. The on-site architects were

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. The hotel interior was designed by Cope Notter Design Associates. There is park and fly facilities for

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, gym, swimming pool and conference suites at the hotel. There was also a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course.

References

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