Britannia Hotels

Britannia Hotels is a British budget hotel group with 64 hotels in Great Britain. The company also owns the Pontins Holiday Parks.

Since 2010 Britannia Hotels has been a subject of criticism over the hygiene and maintenance of its locations; consumer group Which? repeatedly found the chain to be the worst in the United Kingdom since October 2013. The criticism has contributed towards the growing general perception of Britannia Hotels as "Britain's worst hotel chain".





== History ==





=== Foundation and early years ===

Britannia Hotels was founded in 1976 with the purchase of the Britannia Country House Hotel in Didsbury, Manchester. Its chief executive, founder, and largest shareholder remains Alex Langsam. Langsam is a non-domiciled UK resident, registered as living in Austria for tax purposes since 1999. His net personal worth was valued at £90 million in 2013 by The Sunday Times.

The company's head office is Halecroft, a Grade II* listed building in Hale.