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Modular budget hotel concept Qbic is set to open in Manchester, its second UK site following its London’s Whitechapel opening five years ago. Work has begun on converting John Dalton House in Manchester, a former office block, into a 261-bedroom Qbic hotel, which is due to complete in February next year.
The brand has one other property, the Qbic Amsterdam WTC (World Trade Center), which launched in 2007.