£35 a night Tune Hotel coming to Waterloo instead of easyHotel
Work is under way to convert the former Lambeth Building Society HQ into a 79-room hotel. It will be the first UK branch of the far-eastern Tune Hotels chain rather than easyHotel as previously announced.
Tune Hotels currently operates low-cost hotels in Malaysia and Indonesia and has ambitious expansion plans. The chain claims to offer a 5-star experience at a 1-star price.
The new hotel will be at the corner of Westminster Bridge Road and Baylis Road, close to Lambeth North tube station.
The company's chief executive Mark Lankester recently told The Star newspaper in Malaysia that he is considering charging as little as £35 a night when the Waterloo hotel opens later this year.
The building was previously the headquarters of Lambeth Building Society which merged with the Portman Building Society in 2006 and was soon subsumed into Nationwide.
Planning permission for the conversion of the building was granted by Lambeth Council last year.
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