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A leading hotel in Coventry has been shortlisted for a major award.

The Telegraph Hotel, which opened in 2021, has been shortlisted in the New Tourism Business category of the West Midlands Tourism Awards.

The hotel, which was created from the former offices of the Coventry Telegraph and celebrates its mid-century design, has already scooped two major awards and was named as one of the UK’s Top 100 Hotels in the UK by the Sunday Times, just months after opening.

It will learn if it has been successful at an awards ceremony to be held in Wolverhampton in March, and all the category winners will go on to the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2023.

Amy Windsor, General manager of the Telegraph Hotel, said the award shortlisting not only reflected the success of the hotel, but also its role in bringing business into the very centre of the city.

She said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted but now we want to go on to win. We believe the hotel has been a gamechanger for hospitality in the city.

“The city centre of Coventry has undergone a transformation in recent years but has always struggled to attract overnight visitors. We know that many of our guests are either coming here on leisure trips for the first time or are staying in the city on business and would, previously, have booked hotels outside the city centre.

“Not only is that good for our business and our Forme & Chase restaurant is performing very well, but it is also very beneficial for other tourism businesses in the city centre. “For example, we regularly have guests who stop with us having visited the Belgrade Theatre, and being able to stay in the city centre in a destination makes the visit that much more attractive and allows the theatre to draw in an audience from farther afield.

“We overcame real challenges to open during the Covid pandemic, but the fact that Coventry was UK City of Culture at the time helped us attract not only guests but also a whole stream of outstanding reviews nationally and internationally and we have carried that forward.”

Last year, Telegraph Hotel won Hotel of the Year at the Bespoke Hotel Awards, beating more than 100 other hotels from across the UK to land the top title, and was also awarded the ‘Liberty’ Award for the Best Boutique Hotel, and the Blue Badge Accessibility Awards.

The Telegraph, created by Complex Development Projects from the former Coventry Telegraph offices as part of a two-year, £20 million investment programme, has 88 individually designed air-conditioned bedrooms, including loft style penthouse suites on two levels.

The hotel features an all-day cocktail bar and restaurant dining experience, Forme & Chase, that features a seasonal and locally-sourced menu, rooftop bar Generators with views over Belgrade Plaza and versatile function rooms that can cater up to 140 delegates or guests for conferences and weddings.

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