Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is to open a 120-bedroom hotel at the former Caleys department store in Windsor this summer. [25-Feb-2010]
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]
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]