Apex Hotels


Apex Hotels Ltd is an operator of three star and four star hotels, owned by former accountant Norman Springford and his family. Based in Edinburgh, the company operates ten hotels in the United Kingdom.

Hotel locations

- Apex Temple Court Hotel on Fleet Street
- Apex London Wall Hotel near Moorgate
- Apex City of London Hotel near Tower Hill
- Apex City of Bath Hotel
- Apex Waterloo Place Hotel near Princes Street
- Apex Grassmarket Hotel in Grassmarket
- Apex City of Edinburgh Hotel in Grassmarket
- Apex Haymarket Hotel in Haymarket
- Apex City of Glasgow Hotel on Bath Street
- Apex City Quay Hotel and Spa in the City Quay development

History

Executive Chairman of Apex Hotels, Norman Springford, was previously an employee of the Inland Revenue and owner/operator of a number of public houses, bingo halls, and the Edinburgh Playhouse. In 1996 Norman opened his first hotel, the Apex International Hotel, in Edinburgh. The group now own 9 UK hotels across London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.
In recent years, Apex Hotels re-opened the historic Waterloo Hotel on Edinburgh's Waterloo Place in March 2009, and converted a former office block on Copthall Avenue near London Wall into the Apex London Wall Hotel in November 2009 and developed the Apex Temple Court Hotel at Serjeant's Inn on Fleet Street, which opened in March 2012. The newest hotel to the group was the Apex City of Bath Hotel, which opened in September 2017.
The Edinburgh Grassmarket hotel is used as a venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, managed by Sweet Venues.