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Jambos pitch in with plans for new 25 bedroom hotel at Tynecastle Park in UK first
Home is where the Jam Tarts is
Rob Casey
By BUSINESS REPORTERSCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP football club,
Heart of Midlothian, has unveiled its plans to
launch a new 25-bedroom hotel and events
space as part of its ambitious growth plans in
early 2024.
Integrated within the main stand at
Tynecastle Park in the west of the city, this will
be the UK’s first club-owned and operated hotel
inside a football stadium.
The Tynecastle Park Hotel (TPH)will offer
a choice of individually styled guest rooms,
including family, executive and accessible
rooms. There will also be a club lounge and
a choice of six new dedicated meeting,
conference and event spaces.
The 25 guest rooms are being designed to a
high specification, offering comfort and quality
throughout, including en-suite shower rooms
with marble finish, monsoon showers and
emperor-size beds. Selected guest rooms will
use the latest technology to provide guests with
the option of a live view of the pitch or city
skyline on HD plasma screens.
The well-established and award-winning
Skyline Restaurant, which sits on the top floor
of the main stand will be open seven days aweek offering overnight guests and non-
residents the finest Scottish seasonal menus.
The new TPH will have “easy access to the
city centre, Edinburgh Airport and Murrayfield
Stadium for people looking for high quality,
contemporary accommodation as part of an
Edinburgh city break”.
Ann Budge of TPH and Heart of Midlothian
Football Club, promises a truly unique hotel
experience. The hotel will be owned and
operated entirely by the club.
Ms Budge said: “The hotel rooms and
additional conference and events space will
offer the club an ideal opportunity to host evenmore events at Tynecastle while appealing to
the millions of visitors that Edinburgh attracts
each year as the UK’s second most visited city.
“As well as our vast supporter base both in
the local area and from further afield, we hope
to attract international visitors and guests from
around the UK looking for high quality,
contemporary accommodation as part of an
Edinburgh city break.
“It’s not just a hotel for football fans. It is
ideally positioned within a few minutes of the
city centre, Murrayfield Stadium and the
Edinburgh tram line. Also located on the right
side of the city for Edinburgh Airport, this willbe a perfect location for all types of visitors,
including business travellers.”
Driven by a vision of self-sustainability,
community and growth, the Tynecastle Park
Hotel is owned and managed completely by the
football club. The success of the hotel directly
supports the ambitions of the club.
The opening offer of dinner, bed and
breakfast will be available from £150 per room
per night, based on two people sharing.
Limited guest parking will also be available.For further updates from Tynecastle Park Hotel
go to http://www.tynecastleparkhotel.comLooking back in time this January...
Compiled by Jerry Ozaniec, Membership Secretary of the Old Edinburgh Club.
Email: [email protected]1ST
In 1661, King Charles II, on his accession to
the English crown, wrote to the presbytery of
Edinburgh, emphasising his determination to
support the presbyterian form of church
government established by law in Scotland.5TH
In 1593, the council decided that there
should be a more thorough watch and guard
kept within the town due to public disorder.14TH
In 1872, the Skye Terrier Greyfriars Bobby,
which is said to have kept a vigil at his
master’s grave in Greyfriars Churchyard, died.
And in 1880, the first popular meeting of the
Edinburgh Photographic Society was held in
Queen Street Hall.18TH
In 1823, The Scotsman noted that the work
of ornamental improvement of the North
Loch and adjoining grounds continued
including the planting several full-sized trees.23RD
In 1874, the city saw a Grand Illumination
to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria’s
second son, Prince Alfred, to the Grand
Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, the only
surviving daughter of Emperor Alexander II of
Russia; the Scotsman wrote: “The grand
feature of the illumination will be the lighting
up of the valley between Princes’ Street andthe Old Town...fire burned at intervals will
throw a weird glare over the Castle Rock”; the
event included a firework display which was
“directed as far as possible so as to fall within
the range of the Castle banks between the
esplanade and the railway.” Most buildings in
the centre participated including the Imperial
Hotel, the Post Office, St George’s Church and
the Albert Hotel.
A full list is published online at
http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.ukKing Charles II