Thistle Hotels Launch Lazy Sundays

Thistle Hotels invite guests to throw out the alarm clock and enjoy a long lie with the launch of Lazy Sundays.

2010-10-09

LONDON, ENGLAND, October 09, 2010 (Press-News.org) Thistle Hotels is inviting guests to join them for long, leisurely lie-ins with the launch of Lazy Sundays, a brand new package available across its hotels nationwide that allows guests to truly maximise their weekend break away.

From just GBP70.50 per person*, guests can check with Thistle on a Saturday and stay right through until Sunday evening with an extra-late check-out of 6pm at no extra charge, helping to avoid the usual Sunday morning rush. Guests will receive a free newspaper to read in bed and can enjoy breakfast as late as 12 noon or choose a full Sunday lunch as an alternative - all included within the Lazy Sundays package.

Whether customer are spending a romantic weekend away with their partner, looking for a hotel to accommodate a wedding party or taking a shopping trip away with friends, Lazy Sundays helps the customer to make the very most of the weekend, giving them two full days to enjoy for the price of one and allowing more time to explore the destination city, or enjoy a rare lazy Sunday in bed.

Additionally, if customers decide to extend their Lazy Sunday break, they can take advantage of an extra overnight stay on the Sunday at a discounted price, from only GBP23.50.

Lazy Sundays are available for booking from October 4th at www.thistle.com/lazysundays across Thistle's portfolio of high quality, full service hotels, based in excellent, central locations across the UK, including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Bristol, London and Brighton.

Simon Farr, Regional Operations Director for Thistle Hotels, commented: "Lazy Sundays lets you enjoy a real home-from-home experience at any one of our stylish, comfortable hotels - waking up when it suits you, enjoying a late breakfast, taking your time to explore your chosen city or staying in bed all day if you wish. Our hotels are based in fantastic central locations across the UK, so why not truly maximise your time away with Lazy Sundays from Thistle."

Notes to editors:
*Lazy Sunday package prices vary within the Thistle portfolio. For individual hotel pricing details and to book, customers can refer to www.thistle.com/lazysundays.

About Thistle
Thistle Hotels is part of Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited which operates many UK Hotels. Thistle has 33 hotels across the country, many in superb city centre locations, including Manchester Hotels and eleven London Hotels, which includes Covent Garden Hotels and Buckingham Palace Hotels. With a selection of restaurants and a choice of excellent health and leisure facilities, Thistle has something to offer everyone.

Thistle Hotels is the first hotel group to achieve Hospitality Assured accreditation, across its entire UK portfolio. Created by the Institute of Hospitality, the Hospitality Assured standard measures the quality within customer facing businesses across the hospitality, tourism and leisure industry.

Website: http://www.thistle.co.uk/

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