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05/07/2010
UK's First Social Hotel Planned
Plans for what will be the UK's first social enterprise hotel have been unveiled.
The Inverness scheme, modelled on a similar project running in the Netherlands, would offer hospitality training for vulnerable young adults.
The 100 room hotel, cafe and restaurant building would be opened in 2014.
Highlands-based charities Albyn Housing and the Calman Trust are seeking funding for the project.
(GK/BMcC)
The Inverness scheme, modelled on a similar project running in the Netherlands, would offer hospitality training for vulnerable young adults.
The 100 room hotel, cafe and restaurant building would be opened in 2014.
Highlands-based charities Albyn Housing and the Calman Trust are seeking funding for the project.
(GK/BMcC)
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