Jurys Inn is a hotel group operating across the UK, Ireland and Czech Republic, with 36 locations under the Jurys Inn brand and 7 under the Leonardo brand. In total the company operates 38 hotels in the UK, four in Ireland and one in Czech Republic with some 7,500 rooms between them, served by 4,000 employees. The group was founded in Ireland in 1993, gradually expanding its operating ever since.
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 Jurys Inn in Prague | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hotel |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Founder | William Jury |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 43 |
Area served | Ireland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic |
Key people | Jason Carruthers (Managing Director) |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
| Website | jurysinns |
Jurys Inn is itself a member of the Leonardo Hotels Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fattal Hotels, which operates more than 160 hotels in 16 countries. Fattal runs the operating platform for all 36 hotels under the Jurys Inn brand, as well having the leaseholds for 15 of these.
Jurys Inn is also part-owned by Swedish company Pandox AB, a European hotel property investor with 122 hotels in 11 countries, including the freehold of 20 Jurys Inn hotels.
History
The heritage of the Jurys Group can be traced back to 1881, when William Jury opened his first boarding house in Dublin. The first Doyle Hotel, The Montrose, was built in Stillorgan, Dublin, in 1964 by PV Doyle.
1993 saw the introduction of the Jurys Inns brand with the opening of the Galway and Christchurch (Dublin) Inns, in April and May respectively.
The chain opened its first hotel Northern Ireland in Belfast in April 1997. It expanded into Great Britain with a hotel in London in May 1998.
The Jurys Hotel Group acquired the Doyle portfolio of Dublin, London and Washington DC in 1999, and the newly-enlarged organisation became known as Jurys Doyle Hotel Group Ltd.[1]
Further expansion came in 2001, with the acquisition of two properties owned by Chamberlain Hotels Limited.
The group was then acquired by Quinlan Private in a €1.165 billion takeover in 2008, while the Oman Investment Fund invested €200 million in a 50% stake.[2]
In August 2009, the group opened its first hotel on the European mainland – in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.[3] In 2014, three of the company's London hotels (Islington, Chelsea and Heathrow Airport) were brought under the Hilton Worldwide chain through a franchise agreement and rebranded accordingly – the former two becoming DoubleTree by Hilton hotels and the latter a Hilton Garden Inn.[4][5]
Throughout 2015, Jurys Inn added 9 hotels that previously operated under the Thistle Hotels and The Hotel Collection brands:[6][7] Jurys Inn Cheltenham, Jurys Inn Cardiff, Jurys Inn East Midlands Airport, Jurys Inn Oxford, Jurys Inn Middlesbrough, Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront, Jurys Inn Hinckley Island, Jurys Inn Aberdeen Airport and Jurys Inn Inverness.
In December 2017, the Jurys Inn Group was acquired by Swedish hotel group Pandox and Israeli group Fattal Hotels from US private equity group Lone Star for £800 million (€908 million). This portfolio of 37 hotels includes the entire Jurys Inn portfolio of 36 hotels, along with one hotel at London's Heathrow airport, currently trading as a Hilton Garden Inn.[8][9] [10]
Locations
Under the Jurys Inn hotel brand, the company operates 36 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Czech Republic.
| Location | Hotels | Operating Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen, Scotland | Jurys Inn Aberdeen | September 2009 |
| Jurys Inn Aberdeen Airport | October 2015 | |
| Belfast, Northern Ireland | Jurys Inn Belfast | April 1997 |
| Birmingham, England | Jurys Inn Birmingham | March 2001 |
| Bradford, England | Jurys Inn Bradford | July 2011 |
| Brighton, England | Jurys Inn Brighton | December 2007 |
| Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront | December 2015 | |
| Cardiff, Wales | Jurys Inn Cardiff | October 2015 |
| Cheltenham, England | Jurys Inn Cheltenham | October 2015 |
| Cork, Ireland | Jurys Inn Cork | August 1994 |
| Derby, England | Jurys Inn Derby | June 2009 |
| Dublin, Ireland | Jurys Inn Dublin Christchurch | May 1993 |
| Jurys Inn Dublin Parnell Street | August 2004 | |
| East Midlands, England | Jurys Inn East Midlands Airport | October 2015 |
| Edinburgh, Scotland | Jurys Inn Edinburgh | July 1998 |
| Exeter, England | Jurys Inn Exeter | 2009 |
| Galway, Ireland | Jurys Inn Galway | April 1993 |
| Glasgow, Scotland | Jurys Inn Glasgow | August 2003 |
| Greater London, England | Jurys Inn London Croydon | March 2002 |
| Jurys Inn London Watford | March 2009 | |
| Hinckley, England | Jurys Inn Hinckley Island | October 2015 |
| Inverness, Scotland | Jurys Inn Inverness | October 2015 |
| Leeds, England | Jurys Inn Leeds | February 2004 |
| Liverpool, England | Jurys Inn Liverpool | April 2008 |
| Manchester, England | Jurys Inn Manchester | April 1999 |
| Middlesbrough, England | Jurys Inn Middlesbrough | October 2015 |
| Milton Keynes, England | Jurys Inn Milton Keynes | August 2006 |
| Newcastle/Gateshead, England | Jurys Inn Newcastle | February 2003 |
| Jurys Inn Newcastle Quayside | August 2011 | |
| Nottingham, England | Jurys Inn Nottingham | September 2005 |
| Oxford, England | Jurys Inn Oxford | October 2015 |
| Plymouth, England | Jurys Inn Plymouth | June 2007 |
| Prague, Czech Republic | Jurys Inn Prague | August 2009 |
| Sheffield, England | Jurys Inn Sheffield | January 2009 |
| Southampton, England | Jurys Inn Southampton | May 2005 |
| Swindon, England | Jurys Inn Swindon | June 2009 |
| Watford, England | Jurys Inn Watford | March 2009 |
Awards
The chain has received the following accolades:
References
- ^ "After the acquisition". hotelowner. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Oil-rich Oman invests €200m in Jurys Inns". Irish Times. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "Prague Hotel Opening". Jurys Inn. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ Jurys Inn Islington transformed into a Doubletree by Hilton
- ^ Jurys Inn rebranded as Hilton Garden Inn
- ^ "Amaris Hospitality to complete £100m investment programme with Brighton's Waterfront Hotel re-brand". Big Hospitality. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "After the acquisition". hotelowner. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "jurys-inn-chain-acquired-by-swedish-and-israeli-groups". IrishTimes. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Swedens Pandox to buy Jurys Inn hotels in Lone Star deal". Reuters. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lhrepgi-hilton-garden-inn-london-heathrow-airport/ Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport
- ^ "Business Travel Awards 2017". Business Travel Awards. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Business Travel Awards 2018". Business Travel Awards. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "British Travel Awards 2015 Winners". Mirror. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "British Travel Awards 2016". British Travel Awards. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Business Travel Awards – Previous Winners" (PDF). Business Travel Awards. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Irish Travel Industry Awards – Previous Winners". Irish Travel Industry Awards. Retrieved 2 May 2018.