From 2028, travellers will be able to check into a new Premier Inn at Edinburgh Airport.
Planning permission has been granted for the 218-bedroom hotel on Eastfield Road. Whitbread Plc, owners of the Premier Inn brand, worked with development company Riverstone Hotels Ltd, to secure permission.
Currently, Premier Inn serves the 16 million passengers who use Edinburgh Airport every year from two nearby hotels.
In the new location, guests will be able to walk from the main terminal building to the hotel in less than 10 minutes.
The hotel will feature a mix of Premier Inn’s latest style bedrooms, including its popular Premier Plus rooms, as well as the welcoming ‘The Social’ space on the ground floor.
Designed to be powered solely by electricity generated by renewable sources, there will also be a car park with space for 100 cars.
Edinburgh Airport Premier Inn is one of three new hotels Whitbread is investing in within the city – offering more than 500 new affordable rooms for travellers.
The brand currently welcomes more than one million customers to its 14 trading Premier Inn and hub by Premier Inn hotels within the Edinburgh City Council area.
It estimates that its guests contribute more than £32 million in external expenditure to the city every year.
Premier Inn customers can choose from more than 85,000 Premier Inn rooms in 850+ locations across the UK and Ireland.
Jill Anderson, Acquisition Manager for Whitbread, said: “Edinburgh Airport is in growth mode. Passenger numbers are increasing steadily and the list of direct destinations is growing longer every year. As the airport continues to succeed and grow, so are we by investing in additional bedrooms for our customers to enjoy – in this instance, so close to the terminal that they will be able to walk from the airport to the new hotel in less than 10 minutes.
“Securing the ‘mind to grant’ notice for the 218-room hotel is a vital step in delivering the new location for our customers. We will work closely with Riverstone to agree the final details and ensure progress is made quickly, so we can add more than 200 new, affordable hotel rooms at the key gateway into Scotland as soon as possible.”
