Hilton Birmingham Metropole

The Birmingham Metropole hotel opened in 1976. The current hotel was originally built as two adjacent hotels. The Warwick block (which now houses the single rooms) was originally called the Warwick Hotel. The hotels remained separate until 1987–88 when they were connected by a glazed tunnel and the two hotels were merged under the Metropole brand.[3]

The hotels were operated by Metropole Hotels until 1996 when Lonrho sold the chain to Stakis Hotels, [4][5] which renamed the hotel Stakis Birmingham Metropole. Ladbroke bought Stakis in 1999[6] and rebranded the 48 Stakis Hotels within their Hilton Hotels brand, with the property renamed Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Hilton sold the hotel, along with the Hilton London Metropole, to the Tonstate Group in 2006 for £417m.[7] Tonstate sold the two properties to Henderson Park for £500 million in 2017.[8]

The Kings Suite extension was built in 1985–86.[9] The car park was redesigned and the car park kiosk and walled borders were built in 1988–89.[10] An extension was added in 1988–89[11] which now includes the executive rooms. The main entrance, concierge and lounge where extended and rebuilt in 1993–94.[12] The swimming pool, LivingWell Health Club were constructed in 1994–95; the swimming pool was designed and built by Rydal Engineering.[13][14] The conservatory extension to the Millers bar was built in 1998–99.[15]

The UK’s largest accommodation and conference hotel outside London has over 65,000 square feet of indoor space, with 33 different meeting rooms available, catering for 2 to 2,000 people who can be accommodated in 790 guest rooms. This capacity becomes the reason why many international awards and events are held in the hotel.[16][17]

Hilton Birmingham Metropole was nominated for an England's Leading Conference Hotel in 2015.[18]