Wetherspoon open new pub and hotel in Newport

17th July 2009, 10:08am

Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has created 70 new jobs at its pub and hotel in Newport.

The new-look Queen's Hotel opens today (Friday July 17), on the site of the disused Walkabout hotel and bar in Bridge Street. The company has spent £900,000 redeveloping the site during a 10-week building project.

The pub is managed by Russell Sorrell and the hotel side of the operation, known as the Wetherspoon Lodge, is managed by Jon Lee. Wetherspoon has retained the original name of the premises, The Queen's Hotel.

The hotel offers 29 en-suite bedrooms. The pub features two bars on two floors, as well as a dance floor.

The hotel bedrooms are located on the second floor of the building. Each has en-suite shower and toilet facilities. One of the bedrooms has been adapted for guests with disabilities.

The hotel also has a reception area, a function room with its own bar (which is available for hire), as well as five training rooms.

Manager Russell Sorrell said: "The Queen's Hotel is a well known building and I believe that it will once again play an important part in Newport's social scene."

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