Barceló Hotels

The Hotel Collection

Industry	Hotel
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Unit 4 Salisbury House, Wheatfield Way, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 1YG , United Kingdom
Number of locations	Aberdeen, Brighton (2), Blackpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Cheshire, Cotswolds, County Durham, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Manchester, Stirlingshire, Torquay, Warwickshire.
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Grant Hearn (CEO)
Parent	Amaris Hospitality
Website	www.thehotelcollection.co.uk

The Hotel Collection (formerly Puma Hotels Collection until 2013, Barceló Hotels until 2012 and the Paramount Group of Hotels before that) is a group of mid market hotels operating in the United Kingdom. The company operates many 4-star hotels in locations across Scotland, England and Wales, including, The Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, The Marine Hotel in Troon, The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate and The Imperial Hotel in Torquay and Blackpool (now The Imperial Hotel Blackpool). The Hotel Collection offers a total of over 2,800 bedrooms, 220 meeting rooms for up to 600 delegates, and spacious grounds. The group also includes 18 health & leisure clubs.

The Hotel Collection started as Paramount Hotels in 1994 with four hotels: Shrigley Hall in Cheshire, the Angel Hotel in Cardiff, the Prince of Wales in Southport (since sold to Britannia Hotels) and the Palace Hotel in Buxton. It then purchased the Cheltenham Park Hotel in Cheltenham. In 1997 three further hotels were acquired from Forte Hotels: the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, the Imperial Hotel in Torquay and the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. In 1999 the Old Ship in Brighton was purchased, and then the group acquired four hotels from the Scottish Highland Group, comprising the Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh, Redworth Hall in County Durham, the Marine in Troon and the Stirling Highland Hotel in Stirling. In 2000 the group bought the Oxford Hotel, just outside Oxford city centre. Dawnay Day Hotel Management Limited was created in 2004 to manage the portfolio of hotels on behalf of the Dawnay Day Group. The previous management which have since set up QHotels with 3 former Paramount Hotels, the Queens in Leeds, the Midland Hotel in Manchester and Chesford Grange in the South East of England.