Airport Owners Front-Runners to Build Hotel ; Multi-Million Pound Plans for Three Hotels and Three Business Parks Have Been Approved in and Around Durham Tees Valley Airport. Now a Race Is Under Way to Get the Developments Started, Peter Mccusker Reports Feature

The Journal › January 07, 2009

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WE don't see this as a race, we have a strategy in place and we intend to see it through." These are the words of Hugh Lang, group airports director, of the Peel Airports Group, which owns Durham Tees Valley airport.

Late last year Peel won approval to build a 100-bed, pounds 8.5m hotel 300 metres from the existing terminal building. It hopes work will start by the spring.

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Airport Owners Front-Runners to Build Hotel ; Multi-Million Pound Plans for Three Hotels and Three Business Parks Have Been Approved in and Around Durham Tees Valley Airport. Now a Race Is Under Way to Get the Developments Started, Peter Mccusker Reports Feature

But two other developers have also approval for hotels at the airport - and have signalled their intention to press ahead with their plans.

The owner of Darlington Football Club, George Houghton, won approval for an 80-bed hotel last year and developer Lancaster House was given approval for a pounds 4m, three-star, 130-bedroom hotel in October.

Mr Houghton said: ...

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