Visitors to Dundee’s new Malmaison will be confronted by an unexpected guest when the hotly-anticipated hotel opens on December 1 with comic character Dennis the Menace appearing in each of the £15m venue’s 91 bedrooms.
The prominent role played by the badly-behaved boy from Beanotown can be seen in these exclusive pictures, newly-released to The Courier by hotel management.
The snaps also reveal a luxurious lounge, cosy double room with roll-top bath and a smart en-suite with double power shower.
Work to complete the hotel building continues, with finishing touches to be put to public rooms including the bar, foyer and restaurant areas over the coming fortnight.
But general manager Claire Livingston said the hotel is set to dazzle when it does open its doors in two weeks’ time.
“We have Dennis the Menace in all our rooms pictures of his face and of him pulling a catapult,” she said.
“It’s great, because some of our guests might not realise Dennis comes from Dundee, and it’s bound to create a talking point for people. It’s just another way of us doing something different.
“The rooms are unbelievable very Malmaison. And when you see the staircase, it’s definitely got the wow factor.”
Last month, bosses appealed for the public to submit their ideas as they set about naming the £15m hotel’s five new suites.
They’re currently weighing up the hundreds of suggestions which flooded in from Courier readers and on social media and aren’t yet ready to reveal the winners.
The venue is on course to open its doors on December 1, and will celebrate with what it’s touting as “the biggest Sunday lunch in town”.
The venue is already almost fully booked for its Christmas party nights but still has room vacancies, and space for Christmas Day and Hogmanay dinners.
It will also host a small number of private functions before the doors are thrown open to the public.
Among them is the sold-out 120th anniversary dinner of Dundee Football Club a sporting institution which was founded in the same building, then the Mathers Temperance Hotel, in 1893.