Macdonald Hotels Ltd is a 3.7 star hotel company based in
Bathgate
Bathgate ( sco, Bathket or , gd, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston, Scotland, Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway (Scotland), M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, West Lothian, Armadale, Blackburn, ...
,
West Lothian,
Scotland
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.
Its main subsidiary, Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, owns or operates hotels and holiday resorts in the UK and Spain.
History
Macdonald Hotels was bought from shareholders by its management in 2003 in a
management buyout facilitated by
Bank of Scotland
The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: ''Banca na h-Alba'') is a commercial and clearing bank based in Scotland and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, following the Bank of Scotland's implosion in 2008. The bank was established by th ...
. The value of the transaction was £590 million.
It expanded rapidly with the purchase of some "Forte Heritage Hotels" from
Forte Hotels after the latter's takeover by Granada plc.
In 2007 the company sold 24 hotels to Moorfield Real Estate Fund.
It subsequently bid for the Management Contract to continue running these hotels but lost out to
AccorHotels.
List of hotels
References
External links
Company websiteMacdonald Resorts websiteThe Scotsman Topic devoted to Macdonald Hotels
Hotel chains in the United Kingdom
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