| Birmingham might seem an unlikely city for | | | | rooms and several suites. Prices start at 140 GBP |
| anyone to visit. However, being the home of the | | | | a night rising to 400 GBP for the Principal Suite. |
| International Convention Centre (ICC), the National | | | | The area around Broad street is where most of |
| Indoor Arena (NIA) and a Symphony Hall of | | | | the hotels that provide four and three star |
| international acclaim are just three things that | | | | accommodation are located. Travelodge and |
| attract visitors to the city. Accordingly Birmingham | | | | Novotel are two of the more familiar hotel names |
| has plenty of rooms available in a range of | | | | here. Travelodge charges a 66 GBP flat rate per |
| accommodation from Five Star Hotels to Guest | | | | night, discounts are possible if booking in advance. |
| Houses and rooms in self-catering apartments. | | | | The advertised price for one night in the Novotel |
| Guest Houses and small Bed & Breakfast places | | | | is 155 GBP a night, but again by booking in |
| can be found in all suburbs of the city, but it's | | | | advance this can be reduced by 50%. |
| along the Hagley Road (A458) that you'll find the | | | | At the city end of Broad Street is the Copthorne |
| highest concentration of smaller and cheaper | | | | Hotel. Located on one of the busier inner ring |
| hotels. The area around the ICC and NIA, on | | | | roads at Paradise Circus, the Copthorne is ideally |
| Broad Street in particular, is where a good | | | | located for all aspects of visiting the city, be it |
| selection and range of city centre hotels can be | | | | business or pleasure. A double room is in the price |
| found. | | | | range 85 GBP to 115 GBP a night on a week-day, |
| If you want a classy hotel in the very centre of | | | | in this four star hotel that is part of the famous |
| Birmingham then the Burlington Hotel is the one to | | | | national chain. Close to Broad Street is the Mailbox |
| book into. It is located almost at the junction of | | | | Mall, The mailbox contains many designer shops |
| New Street and Corporation Street, inside the | | | | and some of the best restaurants in the city. |
| Burlington Arcade. It is an independent four star | | | | Here there are two hotels - the classy and chic |
| hotel that, despite having 112 rooms, has a | | | | boutique hotel Malmaison which has double rooms |
| distinctly boutique hotel feel to it. An Executive | | | | starting at 140 GBP and suites at 320 GBP a night. |
| suite costs about 260 GBP a night, but you can | | | | A Ramada Hotel is also located inside the Mailbox. |
| get a standard double room for 135 GBP. Prices | | | | A room here for the night is typically 100 GBP. |
| at week-ends are about half of the week-day | | | | Moving out of the city centre the price of a room |
| prices, which reflects the demand made for this | | | | for the night drops considerably. For example the |
| hotel by business people. | | | | Days Inn Hotel, which is on Hillock Road some 3 |
| Connected to the ICC by its own footbridge the | | | | km from the city centre, where room prices drop |
| Hyatt Hotel on Bridge Street, just off Broad | | | | to 50 GBP a night for this three star hotel. If you |
| Street, is instantly recognisable by the huge glass | | | | want to have a large selection of hotels to |
| tower in which it was built. One night in a double | | | | choose from in one place, head for the Hagley |
| room here on a weekday starts at 120 GBP and | | | | Road to the west of the city centre, which heads |
| rises to 424 GBP for a Deluxe King sized room. | | | | out of Birmingham from the end of Broad Street. |
| There are also the Executive Suites and on the | | | | Along about 2 miles of this one road are more |
| 24th floor, the exclusive 140 square metre | | | | hotels than many smaller cities have in total. The |
| Presidential Suite which is for hire by personal | | | | Quality Hotel is part of that national chain of hotels |
| application. | | | | and has 167 rooms. Located at the city end of |
| The recently opened Radisson SAS Hotel on | | | | the Hagley Road a double room costs 80 GBP for |
| Holloway Circus is not as central as some other | | | | one night. |
| hotels but is ideally located for the Alexander and | | | | A bit further down the road is the two star |
| Hippodrome Theatres. It has 211 rooms with | | | | Norfolk Hotel; you can get a double room here |
| three themes to them; Chic, Fashion and Fresh. | | | | for 40 GBP a night, including breakfast. Whilst it |
| Suites are also available for hire here. A typical | | | | might not be the most impressive hotel in the city |
| weekday price for a double room is 135 GBP | | | | all the 163 rooms have en suite and provide more |
| rising to nearly 300 GBP for a suite. Like the | | | | than adequate accommodation along with a |
| Hyatt, the Presidential Suite is for hire by personal | | | | friendly and caring level of service. The Apollo |
| application only. | | | | Hotel is also a two star one and similar to the |
| In Brindley Place, just off Broad Street and | | | | Norfolk. Prices start at 65 GBP a night for a |
| across the canal from the ICC and NIA, is | | | | double room, but there are offers and deals that |
| Birmingham's Jurys Inn. This has nearly 450 | | | | can halve the price. |
| air-conditioned rooms, nearly all of which are | | | | For anyone needing longer term temporary |
| standard double rooms, with a typical week-day | | | | accommodation in Birmingham renting an |
| price being around 130 GBP. | | | | apartment might be worth considering. |
| Hotel Duvin, on Church Street which is located for | | | | Apartments are available away from the city |
| the city's main commerce area around Colmore | | | | centre at locations such as the Hagley Road or |
| Row, is another recently opened hotel. This is the | | | | right inside the city centre at Brindley Place or the |
| largest hotel owned by the du Vin chain and is | | | | Mailbox. Typical apartment prices are, per week, |
| located in what was once the city's Eye Hospital. | | | | 400 GBP for one bedroom rising to 700 GBP or |
| It is styled on being a boutique hotel and has 66 | | | | more for a two bed roomed one. |