Hotel sector growth continues for Liverpool

The tourist trade in Liverpool's on the up, with the number of hotel rooms in the city growing rapidly.

A new report says that growth's outstripping comparable cities.

Tonight the city's latest hotel gets a grand opening in a building that played a big part in Liverpool's maritime history.

Our reporter Tim Scott's been to have a look:

Michael Dewey, general manager of the Beatles-inspired Hard Days Night Hotel, says tourism growth is contributing to Liverpool's hotel industry.

It comes as a new report on the future of hotels in Liverpool predicts further growth in the market over the next ten years to keep up with demand.

A new report on the future of hotels in Liverpool predicts further growth in the market over the next ten years to keep up with demand.

The ‘Liverpool Hotel Futures 2014’ report, commissioned by Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and Liverpool Vision, assesses the prospect of future hotel development across Liverpool, what types of hotel are required, as well as the drivers for growth.

Since the last study in 2011, 17 new hotels and serviced apartments have opened adding 1,529 rooms/apartments, with a further new hotel opening by the end of 2014.

Between 2011 and 2014, it was primarily budget hotels and apartments, but the report states that: “The latest wave of new hotels is upscale with 2014 seeing the opening of the first new four-star hotel in five years and two new boutique hotels.”

The report also says that “Liverpool has had by far the greatest and most sustained growth in hotel supply of any of its comparator cities.”

Click here to read the full report.