Apex Hotels

Apex Hotels
Industry Hotel
Founded 1996 (1996)
Founder Norman Springford
Headquarters Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Number of locations
 5 cities, 10 hotels
Area served
 United Kingdom
Website www.apexhotels.co.uk

Apex Hotels Ltd is an operator of three star and four star hotels, owned by former accountant Norman Springford and his family.[1] Based in Edinburgh, the company operates nine hotels in the United Kingdom.[2]

Hotel locations


History

Executive Chairman of Apex Hotels, Norman Springford, was previously an employee of the Inland Revenue and owner/operator of a number of public houses, bingo halls, and the Edinburgh Playhouse. In 1996 Norman opened his first hotel, the Apex International Hotel, in Edinburgh. The group now own 9 UK hotels across London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.[3] In recent years, Apex Hotels re-opened the historic Waterloo Hotel on Edinburgh's Waterloo Place in March 2009,[4] and converted a former office block on Copthall Avenue near London Wall into the Apex London Wall Hotel in November 2009[5] and developed the Apex Temple Court Hotel at Serjeant's Inn on Fleet Street, which opened in March 2012.[6] The newest hotel to the group was the Apex City of Glasgow Hotel, which opened in October 2015

The Edinburgh Grassmarket hotel is used as a venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, managed by Sweet Venues.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The Times - Norman Springford and family
  2. ↑ Apex Hotel - List of Apex Hotels Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Apex Hotels - About Archived June 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Ian Springford Architects - Apex Waterloo Place Hotel development Archived January 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Ian Springford Architects - Apex London Wall Hotel development Archived January 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Ian Springford Architects - Apex Temple Court Hotel development Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Edinburgh Guide
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