Big news from Scotland today: Breaking Travel News is reporting that Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a franchise agreement with MAP Property & Leisure Developments Angus to open the first Wyndham Hotels & Resorts branded property in Scotland.
Wyndham Grand The Angus will be located next to the Forbes of Kingennie Resort, close to Dundee. The hotel will be the second Wyndham-branded property in the UK, joining Wyndham Grand London Chelsea Harbour in London, and is expected to open in 2015.
Wyndham Grand The Angus will have 187 guest rooms and ten two-bedroom luxury lodges alongside an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Darren Clarke, Open Champion 2011-12.
Other facilities will include a spa with eight treatment rooms, an infinity pool, a Jacuzzi, gym and two dance studios.
There will be several bars and restaurants, including a signature fine dining restaurant for up to 50 people, a hotel restaurant seating 130, a hotel bar accommodating approximately 80 people and a clubhouse bar with capacity for 100.