Huge new Premier Inn to open near major airport will be the largest of its kind in the north of UK

ONE of the UK's largest Premier Inns has been given the go-ahead to open.

The new 276-room hotel will open at Manchester Airport, a short walk from the terminals.

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It will be part of the Mix Manchester hotel district, which is also two minutes walk from the Ground Transport Interchange which connects the airport by train, bus and coach.

The hotel itself will also have some of the Premier Plus rooms, as well as the communal The Social space on the ground floor.

A restaurant will also be on the ground floor, serving food from breakfast to dinner.

It will be the largest Premier Inn in the north of England when it opens.

Construction will start this year by the end of summer, although an official opening date is yet to be confirmed.

Room prices are also yet to be revealed although they start from around £54 at the other airport Premier Inns.

Jill Anderson, acquisition manager for Whitbread, said: "With approval now granted, we’re excited to bring this fantastic new hotel to life and provide the much-needed accommodation for the growing number of passengers using Manchester Airport.”

Gareth Jackson, group property director at Manchester Airports Group, added: "Securing planning permission for Premier Inn’s largest hotel in the North at MIX Manchester is superb news."

It will be the third Premier Inn hotel at the airport, following the success of the second which opened in 2009.

And we recently tried the new Tribe hotel which opened at the hotel.

The new openings are part of Manchester Airport's huge £1.3billion expansion.

The extension of Terminal 2 was completed in 2021, with the final expansion to finish this year.

This includes new security scanners as well as 20 new shops and bars.

The first Wetherspoons pub, a LEGO store and Fever Tree bar will join The Avenue, a shopping street with different brands.

Manchester first opened in 1938, with Terminal One opening in 1962 followed by Terminal 2 in 1993.

The expansion comes after it welcomed nearly 30million passengers last year.

Some of its newest flights include more routes to Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Airways, as well as flights to Southampton and Exeter with Loganair.

Last year, Virgin Atlantic launched flights to Las Vegas from Manchester while Etihad increased flights to Abu Dhabi.

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