NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, 05/22/2009 - Blue Rainbow Apartments, a Manchester based aparthotel company scooped the 'Self Catering Accommodation of the Year' award at last night's tourism awards.

Fresh from a win of a Visit England Gold Award last week, a city centre based hotel company beat off stiff competition at last night’s Manchester Tourism Awards to win yet another tourism acclamation. Blue Rainbow Apartments won the ‘Self Catering Accommodation of the Year’ award for scoring high in all categories for their Manchester based five star aparthotel. The company was shortlisted alongside a group of high performing hopefuls from a range of self catering destinations in the Greater Manchester region including national chains Bridge Street and Premier Apartments.

Blue Rainbow Apartments are located in the Deansgate Locks area of the city in a dedicated 80 apartment building. The company boasts five star amenities including a 24 hour reception and an indoor Japanese garden to Egyptian cotton bathrobes and the world’s most advanced hotel in-room entertainment system.

Nominees were judged by an independent panel of mystery guests, some sites were also secretly filmed as part of the judging process– Blue Rainbow included. Blue Rainbow Apartments were praised for their customer service and the judges were particularly impressed with the companies Braille guest directory. The award was presented to the company directors, Will Hannah and Jason Abbott.

Speaking on the night, Managing Director, Will Hannah said: “Winning this award is an excellent achievement for our business. Blue Rainbow Apartments is supported by a team of dedicated and committed individuals who work over the odds to meet the extremely high standards we provide to all our guests. We believe that as well as having the best serviced apartment product in the region, we also have one of the finest hospitality teams in the region, and we could not have accomplished this without every single one of them.”

This year the annual awards were held in the Palace Hotel and presented by Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsey, in a room filled with over 400 tourism and hospitality industry professionals. Organised by Marketing Manchester, the awards were conceived to support the superb level of tourism across the Greater Manchester area.
Speaking on the night, Andrew Stokes Chief Executive of Marketing Manchester commented on the night that the awards recognise “...the best of the best...”

Blue Rainbow Apartments is an award winning privately owned based 5 star luxury serviced apartment company run by a team with over 30 years experience in the hotel industry. They have long been the UK leaders in providing ultra high quality, flexible accommodation for both business and leisure travelers.

The Blue Rainbow ApartHotel -gives guests the opportunity to experience a unique level of service and quality never before been seen in this sector, combined with the benefits of city centre apartment living.
Blue Rainbow Apartments is Manchester’s only 5 star serviced apartment hotel company.

Established in 2005 with a scattering of apartments throughout Manchester, Blue Rainbow Apartments are now firmly established in a dedicated 80 apartment 9 floor building in the Deansgate area.
Each apartment comes with a 42” HD TV, a fully fitted Poggen Pohl kitchen and fine Italian furnishings. Complimentary toiletries are provided by The White Company and Salavtore Ferragamo. Secure underground parking and a 24 hour concierge are also onsite.

Blue Rainbow Apartments (bluerainbowapartments.com) recently won a Visit England Gold Award for their five star aparthotel.

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