Highland capital unveils £16 million four-star training hotel

A PLANNED £16 million hotel offering training for disadvantaged youngsters was unveiled yesterday.

Developers have launched a funding drive for the four-star hotel at the new Inverness Campus site on the outskirts of the city.

The training hotel, the brainchild of housing association Albyn Housing Society and the Calman Trust, will have 120 rooms, including 40 self-contained apartments designed as short-term accommodation.

Calum Macaulay, chief executive of Albyn Housing Society, said: "While there are existing hotels run on social enterprise principles in the UK, none compare to the size and scale of this project. The hotel will offer overnight and longer stay accommodation and will be like any other four-star hotel.

"The hotel will plough profits back into the community whilst providing young people with real opportunities."