September 2022…// room2 hometels has announced a wonderful opportunity for a General Manager position at the new room2 Belfast set to open in the Spring of 2023.

The successful candidate will help to create the new room2 Belfast community, bringing the space and hometel concept to life. They will direct, lead, coach and train the team to empower them day to day and help their growth and development at room2, while managing the day to day of the hotel.

The General Manager role will also involve creating inspiring, culturally led experiential events and workshops, introducing potential partners and collaboration opportunities, and recognising sales opportunities.

The Belfast property, which will consist of 175 rooms spread across nine floors, will offer a café/restaurant, coffee roastery, meeting and workspaces, gym, bar and lounge. Belfast is the fourth addition to London based real estate investment and development company Lamington Group room2 hometel collection, following the opening of room2 Chiswick, London, in December 2021. 

Charlotte Hammond, People and Culture Manager at Lamington Group says “Our Belfast GM is going to be someone who is passionate about delivering 'can't wait to return' experiences for guests in a uniquely room2 way but is even more passionate about developing the team that they have around them so all our colleagues can have the opportunity to be the happiest version of themselves at work. 

The General Manager and Regional Sales Manager roles are just the start, we will be kicking off wider recruitment in the early part of 2023 and I am looking forward to meeting interested individuals as part of the interview process. Anyone who would be interested in learning about our future roles at Belfast, I would encourage them to visit room.com/Belfast and register their interest in our future career opportunities".

room2 hometels are also looking for a Regional Sales Manager, to own and manage a geographical region of UK&I and be ultimately responsible for developing new business opportunities for a set of defined segments from that region. By developing and implementing a clear sales action plan, the Regional Sales Manager role will involve prospecting activities to ensure a healthy pipeline of opportunities to convert, be the Account Manager for accounts that fall outside of the portfolio of the Key Account Manager and will select the highest producing accounts to oversee and manage personally. 

Hometels combine the best elements from Airbnb, serviced apartments and boutique hotels in an offering designed to appeal equally to corporate and leisure guests. On the first floor, four meeting rooms will provide ample space for events and networking whilst a large kitchen offers an ideal setting for cooking masterclasses, and workspaces give the needed seclusion often sought out in city hotels.  The new opening will also offer a laundry room, a 40m2 gym, eight suites and seven accessible rooms. Recycled and reclaimed materials will be used throughout with nuances of the Irish city's skyline. Championing local producers and suppliers is a key brand pillar for the Lamington Group, and woodwork items used in the Belfast property all being sourced from within the city. 

Find out more on the roles, visit room2 hometel's LinkedIn page here. To find out more about room2 Belfast and any future career opportunities please visit www.room2.com/belfast. 

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For more information, please contact Grifco PR at room2@grifcopr.com.

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About room2: room2 is the UK's first hometel brand, conceived in 2015 by Lamington Group. The brainchild of brothers Robert and Stuart Godwin, former members of the British Olympic Development Sailing team, hometels combine the best elements from Airbnb, serviced apartments and boutique hotels in an offering designed to appeal equally to corporate and leisure guests and those seeking alternative forms of residential accommodation. With innovative features such as 24-hour stays as standard, mattress selection, room2's highly flexible offer provides kitchens in most rooms and is available from one night to one year. 

room2 currently has three operational locations, in Southampton, Hammersmith and room2 Chiswick, which opened in December 2021 marking the world's first fully whole life net zero hotel. room2 has a further pipeline of live projects across the UK with a Gross Development Value of over £100 million, featuring a mix of wholly owned assets and those pre-leased to room2 by development partners. room2 has signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism and is committed to accelerating climate action to cut global tourism emissions. room2's Southampton property was recently rated as the top hotel in Southampton by TripAdvisor thanks to guest reviews. 

About Lamington Group: Lamington Group is an independent family-owned real estate investment and development company, which was founded in the 1960s and is based in West London. Led by Managing Director Robert Godwin, the group has made the commitment to only build and operate to whole life net zero standards for any new properties that started being developed after the launch of their net zero roadmap in September 2021. Lamington Group has a family of brands comprising room2; Lamington Apartments; Lamington Developments; Lamington Lettings and Missionworks, the first foray into co-working spaces.