Pub operator Young's launches new hotel in Wandsworth

11th January 2011, 8:19am

Brewer and pub operator Young's is launching a new hotel next week in Wandsworth.

The new accommodation wing at its Alma pub in Wandsworth will open following an investment of £2.7 million. The brewer aims to reinvent the concept of the traditional coaching inn by offering eating, drinking and sleeping, all under one roof.

Young's has added boutique-style bedrooms that include several suites. A Garden Suite has two bedrooms and two bathrooms as well as use of a private garden, while three Tonsley Views rooms, named after the local streets, feature floor-to-ceiling windows with views over the neighbouring rooftops.

Designed by award-winning hotel designers RDD (Browns Hotel, Compleat Angler and Guoman Tower Hill), The Alma's bedrooms feature "bespoke" furniture, textured fabrics and Osborne & Little wallpaper. In-room facilities include Egyptian cotton bed linen, flat screen TVs, complimentary WiFi, White Company toiletries and mini-bars.

Meanwhile the pub and dining room have also been refurbished. Guests can eat in the pub's dining room or the bar itself and tuck into English comfort food and pub classics, using fresh ingredients sourced wherever possible from British suppliers. 

The drinks offer includes speciality beers and cask ales from Young's Brewery and Sambrook's brewery in nearby Battersea, as well as an extensive wine list.

Overnight stays are priced at £99 for bed and breakfast. 

Patrick Dardis, Young's retail director, said: "This is a natural evolution for the brand – the coaching inn concept allows us to keep our pub identity whilst adding value and quality to our estate."

Young's has invested a total of £6m in its hotels and will see it add over 100 rooms to its portfolio in 2011, including one new-build property in London.

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• 22 May 2012 - Young’s pub group raises over £40,000 for Help for Heroes charity
• 27 May 2011 - Pub operator Young's non-executive chairman steps down
• 03 Jun 2010 - Fish for Life wins prestigious award for Young's

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