Budget hotel group, Motel One has announced three new properties for the UK, one in both Newcastle and Glasgow and a second in Manchester.
The German company will open Motel One Newcastle in early 2016, Motel One Manchester - Cross Street in autumn 2017 and Motel One Glasgow in 2018.
The 222-room Newcastle hotel will be located in the city centre and will combine a renovated building of 50 rooms with a new 172-room property.
The Manchester hotel will contain 301 rooms and will join Motel One Mancheter - Piccadilly, which opened earlier this year (see news, June 21).
Motel One Glasgow will feature 374 room, making it Scotland's largest hotel by number of guestrooms. It will be located next to Glasgow Central Station.
By 2018, the group plans to be operating seven hotels with about 1,900 rooms in the UK.
Motel One currently has four hotels in the UK - two in Edinburgh, one each in London, and Manchester Piccadilly.