York hotel to get fitness centre – and a new name – after £3m investment

It has already had £3 million lavished on it.

Now York’s Monkbar Hotel is going to get the same amount again as part of a complete rebrand.

The hotel, on St Maurice’s Road, will see it converted into DoubleTree by Hilton York. The number of rooms will increase from 125 to 140, and it will get a new fitness centre.

The property’s regeneration, due for completion later this year, will also include a re-configured reception and “new dining concept”.

‘Great for York’

General manager of the hotel, Graham Usher, called the conversion “a milestone in the hotel’s 27 year history”.

Finished this autumn

The move to bring the Monkbar Hotel into the DoubleTree brand follows Hilton signing a franchise agreement with Leisurepoint, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shiva Hotels.

DoubleTree by Hilton is a fast-growing, global portfolio of nearly 500 hotels with more than 117,000 rooms in gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation destinations across six continents.

The Monkbar Hotel is scheduled to join DoubleTree by Hilton in late autumn with the construction of new guest rooms, followed by improvements to the public areas and existing bedrooms.

After the previous £3 million investment, which added and event space, it became a 4 star hotel.