high wycombe england area served united kingdom website http www.jupiterhotels.co.uk 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 after experiencing cash flow problems . the elcot park hotel in newbury was one of the hotels in this chain along with multiple others in large locations such as edinburgh glasgow london birmingham manchester and yorkshire . the business was founded by john jarvis who floated it on the london stock exchange in 1996 when it was valued at about 495 million . 1 the company was taken private in 2003 in a management buyout for 159 million . 2 many of the ramada jarvis hotels in britain had sebastian coe health clubs . the clubs were also open to private members . the clubs had full gyms and pools with steam rooms saunas spa and massage rooms and hairdressers . ramada jarvis went into liquidation on 30 september 2011 as a result of a severely restricted cash flow caused by the group s principal bankers calling in loans before their term . 26 hotels were acquired by jupiter hotels limited a 50 50 joint venture between patron capital and west register part of the global restructuring group of the royal bank of scotland group . those hotels have been re branded mercure under a franchise agreement with accor . the joint venture investors are injecting 40m with debt financing of 71m provided by rbs hsbc and bank of ireland which were the original lenders to jarvis . 3 not all the ramada jarvis hotels were included in the jupiter hotels deal so the ramada heathrow and the ramada glasgow airport continue to trade as ramada hotels each as a franchise . the gloucester hotel and country club is now owned by hallmark . on 2 july the ramada heathrow property was re branded as the doubletree by hilton london heathrow airport . references edit leftly mark 24 may 2009 . ramada jarvis mulls options to tackle credit crunch . the independent . retrieved 2009 06 17 . mesure susie 12 december 2003 . jarvis backs management buyout bid . the independent . retrieved 2009 06 17 . bold ben 3 october 2011 . accor buys franchises to 24 hotels following rbs backed ramada jarvis buyout . c & it conference & incentive travel magazine . haymarket media group . archived from the original on 8 november 2013 . retrieved 8 november 2013 . external links edit doubletree bristol website formerly the ramada jarvis bristol ramada glasgow airport website doubletree london heathrow website formerly the ramada jarvis heathrow mercure leicester the grand hotel website formerly the ramada jarvis grand hotel leicester v t e hotel chains in the united kingdom budget britannia hotels comfort inn days inn easyhotel holiday inn express hotel formule 1 hotel ibis ibis budget innkeeper s lodge metro inns premier inn sleep inn travelodge uk yotel mid market apex hotels best western gb clarion hotels crerar hotels four pillars hotels holiday inn the hotel collection jurys inn mcmillan hotels mercure hotels novotel park inn park plaza hotels & resorts peel hotels principal hayley quality hotels swallow hotels thistle hotels wetherspoons upscale full service belmond champneys clermont hotels & residences corus hotels crowne plaza club quarters dorchester collection doubletree epoque hotels exclusive hotels fairmont hotels and resorts four seasons hotels and resorts hand picked hotels hilton hotels & resorts hotel du vin intercontinental malmaison mandarin oriental marriott hotels & resorts morgans hotel group maybourne hotel group radisson hotels ralph trustees renaissance hotels rocco forte hotels sofitel starwood hotels swiss tel taj hotels resorts and palaces defunct crest hotels ramada jarvis the real hotel company stakis hotels trusthouse forte this article about a hotel or resort in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ramada jarvis & oldid 680188650 categories hotel chains in the united kingdomhotel and leisure companies of the united kingdomcompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangedefunct hotel chainsunited kingdom hotel stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2015 at 08 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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