bloc™ Gatwick to open in Summer 2013

• More choice for passengers as Gatwick plans to add a boutique bloc™hotel to its airport hotel portfolio
• Set to open at Gatwick’s South Terminal in Summer 2013

2012-09-06 — /travelprnews.com/ — Gatwick Airport is delighted to announce its agreement with bloc™ hotels to open a 244 room property at the airport in early Summer 2013. The hotel is the result of a long leasehold agreement between Gatwick Airport and bloc™ hotels in association with Boxbuild Ltd.

The new property, which will be bloc™ hotels second opening after Birmingham, boasts an excellent landside location within the core of Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal, adjacent to departures and the new security area, and just a minutes walk from the arrival and check-in areas.

The multi-million pound project will see the redevelopment of Gatwick’s former office building Norfolk House into a 244 room hotel, representing a new standard in stylish and affordable accommodation. Each room will be equipped with the latest Samsung technology, Italian Artemide ambient lighting, Egyptian cotton linens and luxuriant towels. Specially created ‘sleep zones’ with the highest specification sound proofing will ensure a restful stay for even the most sleep-deprived guests.

“The opening of the bloc™ Gatwick will revolutionise the airport stay experience. We will provide high quality, intelligently-designed rooms with facilities that have traditionally been the preserve of five star hotels, but in the best possible airport location and at affordable prices,”said Rob Morgan, Founder of bloc™ hotels.

Emma Rees, Gatwick’s Head of Real Estate said: “Given passengers’ demand for greater hotel choice, this new development will be fantastic news for our business and leisure travellers when it opens next Summer. Revolutionising the under-utilised office space at Norfolk House to better serve the needs of our passengers, is just an example of how we are innovatively looking at ways to improve the passenger experience and investing in infrastructure to transform the South Terminal into a more modern and contemporary space.”

bloc™ hotels pioneered new construction technologies with the opening of their Birmingham property in 2011, using specially commissioned hotel room pods. As the Gatwick property involves the conversion of an existing building, the processes and techniques used have been evolved to suit the environment, with factory manufactured bathrooms and unique pre manufactured wall systems being used to form the rooms and corridors.

bloc™ hotels aims to expand into major transport hubs and city centres with established infrastructures both in the UK and beyond. They have recently agreed the expansion of their 73-room Birmingham property to feature an additional 24 apartment style long stay rooms and continue to identify further sites for development.

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