Ramada Jarvis was a chain of 4 star and 5 star hotels mostly located throughout the mainland of the United Kingdom, with a few managed internationally. The group's 42 hotels in the UK and five overseas went into liquidation in 2011.
History
The business was founded by former Hilton International Chairman and Chief Executive; John Jarvis in 1990 as Jarvis Hotels.[1] Jarvis quickly purchased the 41-hotel Embassy Hotels chain from Allied-Lyons, initially, for a total of £202 million[2] with the intention of building up a conference and short breaks-focused chain over five years before selling the chain on to a trade buyer.[3] One of the 41 hotels which formed the deal was The Parkway Hotel in Leeds, of which Jarvis' father had once been the manager. The deal was later revised to a total figure of £186 million and completing in July 1990[4]