Advantages: Excellent leisure facilities, good reception staff Disadvantages: Sullen bar staff, poor service, the no-smoking brigade will be outraged, the sink/toilet scenario in the en-suites, Expensive drinks
...and landed on the Menzies Avant Hotel in East Manchester (well Oldham to be correct) and 10.9 miles from Salford; with a 10:30 start, it would do. Trouble is, their website was quoting £120 for a double room, way outside my subsistence rate. Laterooms were offering around 300 hotels on the Manchester search, so it was time for the hotel search on laterooms, and in its usual style, it came up with £65, as did Activehotels.
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Menzies currently have 15 outlets across England and Scotland, their website can be found at:
http://www.menzies-hotels.co.uk
Menzies Avant Hotel Windsor Road Manchester Street Oldham OL8 4AS Tel: 0161 627 5500
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sue.51 26.05.2004
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Advantages: Spacious rooms, En suite, Fantastic service Disadvantages: High prices
As part of a job I accepted I had to undergo a weeks training course, which meant that accomodation was on offer in Manchester. I already lived in Manchester, but decided that it would be nice to stay in a classy hotel even if it was only 10 minutes from my home. Upon arrival I was welcomed and instructed where to find my room, where I had to insert a card into the door to gain access.
Upon opening the door I found the room spacious and fairly luxurious ... ...live there for a long period of time. The en suite facilities were excellent and cleaned to a sparkling shine. A TV and radio in one corner, and a phone to order room service or contact reception nearby.
I dumped my things and proceeded to the bar area where a few other people on the course were meeting. The bar area was in the basement, but still remained as classy as the rest of the hotel with shiny brass poles and large open walkways. The bar ...
biogenetics 23.12.2003 (26.12.2003)
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