The Arora Group has announced that as part of its ongoing portfolio review, and strategy to dovetail its specialisms across the construction, property and hotel sectors, it has purchased the occupational lease and business of The Hilton, London Stansted Airport and will now operate the hotel.
Arora has a strong presence in the Gatwick and Heathrow regions, and this entry into the Stansted area as a franchisee will leverage the Company’s expertise in airport areas, and will complement Arora’s existing status as the landlord at The Hilton, London Stansted Airport.
The hotel has 239 bedrooms, food and beverage outlets, conferencing, swimming pool and gym facilities. It is a six minute journey away from the airport terminal and 30 minutes from Central London, with 700 on-site car parking spaces.
Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group, said, “This is a great opportunity for Arora to work with this major brand in a franchisee capacity, building on our valuedrelationship as landlord for a number of Hilton-operated hotels.
“We benefit from an unrivalled understanding of hotels in the UK’s airport regions as developers, operators and franchisees and we are really looking forward to bringing thisexpertise to this key location.
“Through the franchise agreement,we will be able to leverage the specialisms of the Arora Group’s property and hotel divisions to provide our hallmark excellence in end-to-end service, continuing to serve the customer-base which has enjoyed the hotel facilities over previous years.”
This announcement follows Arora Group's announcements earlier this year regarding the development of two new hotels, directly connected to London Heathrow Terminal 4 – the Crowne Plaza London - Heathrow Terminal 4 and Holiday Inn Express London - Heathrow Terminal 4and the recent opening of the landmark InterContinental London - The O2.