Posted on 19 Feb 2008

A new hotel at Ratho Park close to Edinburgh Airport has been given the green light by Edinburgh City Council planners this week.

Developed by The EDI Group Limited (EDI), the 97-bed hotel will go on site in April 2008, opening to guests next year.

Set in landscaped grounds and operated by Travelodge, the hotel will include a restaurant and café/bar together with car parking for 70 cars.

The hotel is expected to generate around 25 jobs, for staff in reception, bar café and housekeeping roles.

The hotel will eventually sit alongside a new 3-storey office building: together these represent the second phase of EDI’s successful development at Ratho Park. The first, now fully occupied phase was completed in 2005.

3D Reid have designed both new buildings for EDI. Their brief from EDI was to “design a building of quality that does not look like a traditional Travelodge”.

As a result,the building is of a high quality contemporary design and finished in quality materials. A simple palette of stone, render, zinc and glass will complement the colour and texture of the adjacent office building.

Two minutes from the M8/M9 Interchange and just five minutes from Edinburgh International Airport, the new developments are well located for companies that require good transport links.

Speaking on behalf of The EDI Group, Neil Johnson, Senior Development Surveyor, said how pleased he was to be driving forward plans for a second phase of development at Ratho Park:

“Ratho Park is ideally located and we’re confident that the second phase will build on the success of the first, bringing more jobs to the area.

“The new Travelodge will help meet the demand for low cost, quality and well located hotel accommodation for both leisure and business travellers.

“There will also be knock on benefits for the local economy both during the construction phase and once it is completed, as well as to other businesses involved in supplying and servicing the hotel.”

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