Plans for an on-site hotel at Bristol Airport have been approved and work on the 251 room facility could well start this year with completion targeted for 2012/13. The hotel will be around 100 metres from the terminal building and will carry an internationally recognized brand that will be selected over the next few months, in partnership with the developer, Pedersen Airport Hotels. The hotel development will generate 140 full-time equivalent jobs once completed.
Bristol Airport is currently the ninth largest airport in the UK measured by passenger numbers, but is the only one of the top 15 airports in the country without on-site hotel accommodation.