Talbot Gateway - Holiday Inn Blackpool
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Summary
Supporting the regeneration of Blackpool's Talbot Gateway with a four-star Holiday Inn
Robertson has completed the construction of a new hotel in Blackpool, providing quality town centre accommodation for hundreds of visitors and creating a stronger local economy with more jobs.
6,617 m2
gross internal floor area
144
bedrooms
50
jobs created
Located next to Blackpool North Railway Station and a short walk from the town’s main attractions, the new Holiday Inn hotel forms an important part of the £100 million regeneration of Blackpool town centre.
The project began with the demolition of the former Wilko’s retail store to make way for the five-storey hotel development and car park.
The new Holiday Inn’s lower ground floor accommodates a hotel gym, plant rooms, back of house, utility supply intake positions and storage, together with public conveniences and retail units facing the new tram terminus.
The ground floor includes the main entrance foyer and reception, management offices, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, and back of house facilities, while the four upper floors comprise of the 144 ensuite hotel rooms, housekeeping/linen room and consumables stores and comms rooms.
Generating over £4.5m worth of support for local community
Being socially responsible in all that we do is crucial to the success we’ve achieved to date and to the continued sustainability of our business.
Using the National TOMs Framework – which measures social value – it calculated that £4.65m worth of support had been generated for the local community. This included 40 local people finding work over the course of the project.
In total, during construction, the site hosted 14 local people to complete 863 weeks of apprenticeships, providing invaluable training and learning opportunities, while 87 weeks were also spent by individuals undertaking work placements and pre-employment courses.
In addition to this, local organisations, schools and colleges also benefited from the scheme:
- Students from Blackpool and the Fylde College enjoyed site visits, a virtual work programme, construction talks, and an insightful ‘Women in Construction’ event.
- Project team members volunteered more than 50 hours and £500 worth of materials to Counselling in the Community, as well as helping with the renovation of its hub to facilitate the delivery of expanded mental health and counselling services.
- The project team also assisted Blackpool Coastal Housing and Blackpool Council’s Positive Steps into Work employment support team, providing CV advice, mock interviews, job search support and general career advice.
Chaka (top right) on-site; students on a site visit; and our social impact assistant at a local college's careers event
Regenerating Talbot Gateway
The new Holiday Inn hotel is part of a wider regeneration project for Blackpool including retail units and improved public transport links, with a new tram terminal, all within the Talbot Gateway central business district.
The building is part of the larger Talbot Gateway Development with the hotel forming the centre point and link to the new tramway station and Blackpool North Train Station.
Bringing four-star accommodation to the area, the hotel accommodates hundreds of visitors. As of January 2025, the hotel employs 70 people with 98% being from the Blackpool area.
