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Macdonald Hotels is to acquire the assets and business of Aviemore Highland Resort out of administration, securing the future of about 300 jobs. 22-Jun-2009 Macdonald Hotels is to invest more than £30m a year in the expansion of its existing hotels, in order to increase the number of rooms by 50% over the next five years. 01-Aug-2007 Macdonald Hotels has sold 24 of its 69 hotels to property investment firm Moorfield for £400m, but will continue to operate the sites on a short-term basis. 29-Jan-2007 Macdonald Hotels is planning to open a £33m 215-bedroom hotel near Piccadilly station in Manchester in October 2007, with the creation of 120 jobs. 17-Nov-2006 Macdonald Hotels is planning to invest about £70m in new acquisitions and the refurbishment of its existing chain of 60 hotels over the next year. 16-Aug-2006 Macdonald Hotels is looking to sell a package of about 20 hotels in a sale and manage-back deal, in order to fund the development of more five-star sites. 13-Feb-2006 Macdonald Hotels is to acquire Edinburgh's Holyrood Hotel and the Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club near Peebles for £34m, and £4m will be invested at the two sites. 07-Dec-2005 Macdonald Hotels is to invest £13m in the expansion and upgrade of 26 of its 60 Vital health and fitness centres over the next two years. 14-Dec-2004 Macdonald Hotels is planning to develop a four-star 140-bed hotel and conference centre at Telecommunications House in Manchester, in a joint venture with Rightacres. 06-Dec-2004 Macdonald Hotels has bought two hotels in Aviemore from Hilton Group for an estimated £25m. 07-Sep-2004 Macdonald Hotels is to invest £8m at the Tickled Trout hotel in Preston, including a new conference and banqueting suite for up to 600 people and the creation of 60 jobs. 26-Mar-2004 Macdonald Hotels is to invest £7m in the expansion of the Hill Valley hotel complex in Whitchurch, Staffordshire, including 80 new bedrooms and a leisure club. 19-Nov-2003 Macdonald Hotels is looking to sell 15 of its smaller hotels through Robert Barry & Co for about £50m. 23-Oct-2003 Macdonald Hotels, the operator of more than 100 hotels in the UK and Spain, has received a £145m takeover approach from its founders. 19-Jun-2003 Macdonald Hotels expects to start work on a £25m project to transform the Aviemore highland resort in 2003, including a pool, health spa, conference centre, cinema and hotel. 19-Dec-2002 Macdonald Hotels is to invest up to £70m in extensions and refurbishments for its chain of 110 hotels over the next three years. 04-Dec-2002 Macdonald Hotels has announced plans to build a £18m four-star hotel in Sheffield, including conference facilities and a leisure centre. 27-Mar-2002 Macdonald Hotels is planning a £40m expansion of the Inchyra Grange Hotel near Grangemouth, including an office complex, conference centre, leisure club and shops. 20-Feb-2002 Macdonald Hotels has outlined plans for a £60m investment in its chain of Heritage Hotels, including 15 health clubs, 500 new bedrooms, ten business centres and ten conference suites. 13-Dec-2001 Macdonald Hotels is to spend £30m over the next two years on its 48 Heritage hotels, including new rooms, leisure and conference facilities. 13-Jun-2001 Compass has sold its 48 Heritage country hotels to a joint venture between Macdonald Hotels and Bank of Scotland for £235m, while 79 Posthouse hotels are being sold to Bass for £810m. 05-Apr-2001 Macdonald Hotels has acquired Barratt International Resorts, which includes 11 resort complexes, for £8.5m. 04-Apr-2001 Macdonald Hotels has announced plans to build and operate up to 10 four-star hotels across the country, in a £100m partnership with Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank Development Capital. 02-Jun-2000 Macdonald Hotels has won permission to build a 111-room hotel in Sheffield's university quarter. 27-Apr-2000 Macdonald Hotels has bought the Riverside Training Centre in Kendal from insurance company Axa for £1.25m. 15-Mar-2000 Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £6m hotel and leisure complex in Inverness. 02-Mar-2000 Macdonald Hotels is in negotiations to acquire 11 hotel management contracts from Hand Picked Hotels, the newly-created group that is seeking to buy hotels from Arcadian. 17-Nov-1999 Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £14m 200-bedroom hotel at Leeds-Bradford International Airport, which could create more than 100 jobs. 11-Jun-1999 Macdonald Hotels has won approval to build a £7.5m four-star hotel and country club on the River Tweed at Cardrona in the Borders, which will create 100 jobs. 21-Apr-1999 Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £6.7m hotel in Dundee, creating up to 150 jobs. 23-Sep-1998 Macdonald Hotels has bought the four-star Bobsleigh Inn at Hemel Hempstead for £2.4m, as part of a strategy to buy and develop provincial hotels. 12-Jun-1998 Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £11.5m 146-room hotel in Edinburgh, close to the site of the new Scottish parliament. 30-Jan-1998 Macdonald Hotels is acquiring the Craxton Wood hotel near Chester for £1m. 20-Nov-1997 Macdonald Hotels has acquired a 50% stake in Barratt International Resorts, which is a subsidiary of the Barratt construction group and owns nine leisure resorts in the UK and Spain, for £3m. 28-Aug-1997 Macdonald Hotels hopes to raise over £20m from a flotation, some of which will be used for expansion. 30-Jan-1996
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