"Sorry, we're closing down": Devon hotel tells guests to leave
A seaside hotel in Plymouth told its guests over breakfast that they would have to leave as it was closing down.
The Quality Hotel on the Plymouth Hoe told its guests in the hotel to vacate the premises by 11am while others on their way to Plymouth had their bookings cancelled, the Plymouth Herald reports.
One guest from the US arrived to bolted doors. He said he had not been told of the closure when he spoke to hotel staff the day before.
Speaking to the Herald, he said: "This morning as I was driving down from London, Expedia called to say there was no accommodation for me. They have sent me an email with some alternative options but have been offered a refund if I don't like any of them.
"We wanted the sea view here. You can stay at places on the Barbican but you do not get the same view of the water."
In May, it was reported that the hotel would be knocked down for shops, houses and offices to be built on the site.
It's not the first time guests have been thrown out of a hotel at such short notice. Last year, a Scottish hotel closed without informing its guests who were still inside.
The Glenisla Hotel, near Alyth, closed while a Danish couple and a woman from Dundee were still staying there.
The owner was reportedly taken ill and left. A cleaner then arrived to cook breakfast and tend to the guests but she told them that the hotel was closing permanently there and then.
The guest from Dundee said: "I got up... and there was nobody in the hotel at all, and the owners cars that had been parked outside were not there."
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