International Hotel Derby in Derby … As a consultant, I tend to find myself living out of hotels. When it comes to the international, I have never left disappointed. In total, I have stayed at the hotel on four different occasions, surprisingly twice under the old management, and twice under the new management. Although I was more than happy with the facilities under the old management, the new manager has definitely made a number of positive changes, and the hotel is definitely going places. The manager is a bloke probably in his thirties, and he's very approachable and friendly, always ready to listen and try accommodate in any way he can. Makes a massive change from all these franchised hotels, where if there is a serious problem, you have to call up corporate headquarters and listen to really bad music while being kept on hold! even after the wait, they can easily just tell you to get lost, which has happened on more than one occasion to me. I have always really enjoyed my stay at this place. The hotel has a good…
International Hotel Derby in Derby … My partner and I checked into the hotel on Friday 11th August as our friends were holding their wedding reception there on the Saturday. Although I had initial reservations about staying at this hotel due to the many negative reviews I'd read by ‘googling' the hotel, as we checked in I thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. We were given room eighty-one of the East Wing several buildings away from the main hotel (which meant that we'd have to walk five minutes before getting to the main building to use the bar or for breakfast and also outside a main road bus stop!) but the room was pleasant and with it being away from the main building, it was also quiet. However, first impressions were that the room could do with a good going over with a vacuum cleaner as thick layers of dirt and dust were clearly visible under the dressing table, the TV unit and the wardrobe. The room also had not been dusted in a while as I had to wipe away a thick layer of dust from the TV and remote…
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