Britain's largest budget hotel chain, Premier Inn, is creating a new cheapie hotel on water.
The Floatel will be built in Hartlepool Marina during 2009 and the company says it will be the first time a budget hotel has been purpose-built on water. The hotel will have 54 bedrooms with ensuite bathroom, TV and Internet access. The hotel's design will allow it to float vertically with the tide and the horizontal movement will be restricted by sleeved piles driven into the marina. The waterfront hotel will be linked to an existing Premier Inn by a pedestrian ramp and an external platform lift.
