The Malmaison hotel is calling on Dundonians to help maintain the historic building’s local identity by naming five of its suites.
The hotel chain has invited locals to come up with suggestions to ensure a local theme runs throughout the 91-bedroom boutique hotel, which will throw open its doors on December 1.
Malmaison Dundee general manager Claire Livingston said: “We’ve got five suites that we need to name, obviously themed around Dundee and we wanted to get a bit of involvement from the local community.
“We wanted to give names to the suites that meant something to the city. We have some ideas but we want Courier readers to have a say and come up with some suggestions of their own.”
Malmaison Dundee has also used Twitter to encourage Dundonians to pass on their ideas and have already had suggestions including Tannadice and Morgan (after the school) from exiled Dundonian Mike Ritchie, the Fifie (after the former Dundee to Newport ferries) by Barry Strachan, Overgate, Wellgate, Cowgate, Seagate and Nethergate suites by Cormac Andrews and even the local delicacy, the Dundee peh, by Malcolm Macaulay.
More obvious suggestions include The Tay and Discovery suites, which came from Gregg Aitchison.
Claire continued: “The hotel is due to open in around five weeks time and we’re all geared up for that. We’re looking very busy right from the opening week but we do have some dates available for events over the festive season, including Christmas Day meals.”
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