The Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel is a training base and hotel opened on the Loughborough University campus in November 2018. The hotel is run by Imago Venues, the service that manages conferences and events at Loughborough University. The Hotel is part of Loughborough University's Student Village project which sees 617 new student bedrooms in new halls of residence opening in October 2018 and October 2019. The project is being managed by Faithful+Gould.

Facilities

The Elite Athlete Centre has 44 bedrooms, all of which meet accessibility standards. 20 of the bedrooms are altitude rooms, with the aim of facilitating

altitude training Altitude training is the practice by some endurance athletes of training for several weeks at high altitude, preferably over above sea level, though more commonly at intermediate altitudes due to the shortage of suitable high-altitude locations. A ...

, specifically the Live-high, train-low philosophy. Guests have access to Loughborough University's sporting facilities, including the High Performance Athletics Centre, one of two

UK Athletics UK Athletics (UKA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics officials. The orga ...

National Performance Centres.

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