New Leonardo Hotel in Chester city centre to open in November

25 October 2021

Leonardo Hotels has confirmed that its new Chester hotel and Italian-inspired Corvo café, bar and restaurant will launch on November 4 in the city centre.

Leonardo Hotels signed an agreement for a 94-bed hotel within the Grosvenor Shopping Centre on Pepper Street this summer. Premier Inn had pulled the plug on its own plans for a hotel, along with a Bar + Block restaurant, at the vacant site in the spring.

The hotel chain had been due to take on the lease for the completed building within the centre, but had decided against it after "the developer went into administration during construction" resulting in "long delays".

Jason Carruthers, managing director for Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotels UK, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be opening our first Leonardo Hotel in Chester.

"The city has a truly unique atmosphere and we’re excited to be located right in the centre, surrounded by its ancient history and culture, from the Roman Amphitheatre and Gardens, which are just footsteps away from our door, to Foregate Street, which is brimming with shops and cafes.

“In the run-up to Christmas, there’ll be thousands of visitors to the city, coming to experience the markets, do some Christmas shopping and sightsee and we’re so pleased to be able to open in time to be part of that."