Golden Tulip Hotel

Location - The Golden Tulip Hotel Manchester is located directly opposite Old Trafford Football Ground. It has easy access links into the City Centre and is within walking distance of many attractions such as The Manchester United Museum and Tour, Imperial War Museum and the Lowry Mall. It is located several minutes from the M60 and there is the Metrolink Tram System near the hotel which will take you directly into the city centre. It is five minutes by car to the Trafford Centre and 5 minutes walk to the Lowry shopping outlet which offers free parking if you purchase something there. Arrival - If arriving by car, depending on whether you arrive on a match day or ...  Read the complete review

I stayed in this hotel for up to 5 days a week for the best part of 12 months when I worked on an assignment in Trafford Park a few years ago. It's in an excellent location on the outskirts of Trafford Park (the opposite end to the Trafford Centre), so getting to work was a five minute drive, and getting to the centre of Manchester was a 10 minute drive. The hotel is on seven floors and I always booked one of the two suites which are located above each other on the sixth and seventh floors. Because of the number of guaranteed nights, they gave me an excellent rate. The sitting room was perfect for me, consisting of a comfortable sofa, table, side ...  Read the complete review

I usually stay at the Jury’s Inn in Manchester, but I found myself booked into the ‘Quality Inn’, eeek! If you’ve ever stayed at one you’ll know that the brand name is just a cruel joke. I was therefore delighted to learn that they had been taken over by Golden Tulip and were to have a refit before my stay. I was less delighted when I arrived, at 7:30 on a match day to find that the hotel had been re-branded as ‘The Manchester United Hotel’. Obviously as no MUFC fans seem to come from Manchester or the surrounding area they need an increasing number of rooms in which to store the ‘loyal fan base’. I was ...  Read the complete review