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the World Of Hospitality
Goddard lifflefair
Goddard Littlefair Design
‘The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen’ & ‘Burr & Co’
At The George Hotel, Edinburgh
Award-winning hotel and hospitality designers
Goddard Littlefair have designed the interiors for
the brand new Printing Press Bar & Kitchen at The
George Hotel, Edinburgh as well as a new coffee shop,
Burr & Co. The scope of works at The George – which
additionally includes the ongoing refurbishment of
hotel public areas, a complete refurbishment of all
guest bedrooms and the creation of new bedroom
suites, due for completion in January 2016 – follows
the acquisition of The George Hotel by private
investment group Starwood Capital.
This project is one of four that Goddard Littlefair is
involved with for Starwood Capital, forming part of
its portfolio of city-centre hotels to be re-launched as a
new UK hotel brand in Spring 2016.
spaces plus bedrooms at The Royal, York and works to
The Roxburgh, Edinburgh.
‘The creation of destination bars and restaurants is a
central part of our plan to breathe new life into iconic
hotels across a number of great cities’ David Taylor,
COO of the new company, explained. ‘All the hotels,
the restaurants and bars will have their own design and
reflect the local character of the cities in which they sit.’
Design Story – The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen and
Burr & Co:
The other hotels Goddard Littlefair are working on for
the Group include The Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow,
covering the lobby, bedrooms, F&B offer, conference
and banqueting areas; the public and conferencing
The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen is a 92-cover, 186
sq m restaurant and a 116-cover, 207 sq m bar, which
flow into and adjoin one other in order to maximise
footfall throughout a three-meal service day, with the
bar area open throughout.
The restaurant concept has been masterminded
by chef-restaurateur Des McDonald and includes
the appointment of new head chef Colin Fleming,