“Phil, sounds the like the rantings of a drunk man, put the bottle away now and get yer sen to bed. If Speedway and Dog racing were your thing then god help you.”

“Good comment Phil, who says there aren't artistic minded people in Hull, theres loads of creatives and thinkers. Your right its the council that holds us back with their parochial vision, the locals are fantastic and what make Hull a great place. We do need more top hotels like this to make the old town even more vibrant. I see a great future for Hull, always.”

“Why oh why does this City lag behind the rest of Yoskhire.

A development like this should have been done 10 years ago.

Hull is crying out for investment- £200M of investment in the right areas and the City would take off- instead we have white elephants and investments in areas that are not relevant.

The River Hull should have lock gates put on and made non-tidal- with the river dredged and all the mud and silt taken out and put on the farm land around the area (good fertiliser and aiding in flood defences). Hull needs an arena development- along the size and scale of the Sheffield arena- something that can attract bands and tours, WWE and the like- things that generate decent income into the local economy.
The councils we have had over the last 20 years- both labour and lib dem have all been completely blind to the potential Hull has- someone needs to show the way forward.
Look at what has closed down over the last few years- no speedway, no dog races, no real entertainment (except the sports). There is NOTHING to do in the city- except get drunk!! The museum are excellent- but not well advertised. The Art gallery is first rate- but the people of Hull (in general) are not artisticly inclined! The whole are needs people with vision and creativity to get things moving again. What happened to the Quay West development? I travel all over the country and see so many brilliant setups. Why does Hull not have things like these??
The only answer I can give are the backwards looking councils we have had!!
The councillors- if they truly wanted to get this City and turn it into a top 10 city need to get their thumbs from out of their rears and get something done about it all. There are many sites in the area which could be developed to build the status of the area.
GET A GRIP KUHCC!!!!”

“!!!BELISIMO!!! Bravo! bravo!! at last ....could this be the beginnings of a manhatten waterfront scene , this is what I want to see ....some positive influx and a prestigious company too keep em' coming Hull perhaps now Hull can be brought out of the stone ages and up there with the best , just keep those old fuddy council bosses out the way lol”

“this is great news if it happens,as manors other project the old co op and romeos and juliets building,has remained dormant for years now,i hope phil ackrill makes this happen,for a national company like marriott to be involved,is a positive step in hulls regeneration,i think the new bridge over the river hull is to be completed this year,everythings gone quiet on the trinity quays 16 storey building next to myton bridge,if that was built,it would have stunning views over the humber,and when will hulls jewel the fruit market be developed,positive news but a long way to go.”

“I used to work in the hotel business in this city in the early to mid 90's, running a couple of Hull city located hotels.

Even then, Hull was desperately short of excellent quality hotels and whilst there were good quality properties around Hull, that was the problem - they were too far out of town.

Marriott is a very good quality driven company, a world-wide brand and not the sort of company who'd let a Press release such as this to be broadcast, without their support and credibility behind it.

The company for whom I work, regularly brings in senior exective personnel into Hull, and I hear of their problems in locating quality accommodation in the city.

Thus, this can only be great news for Hull, and in some small way, it will ensure that other existing hotels will need to up their game and improve their own establishments if they are to compete.

The fact is that once a major player shows an interest in this city, it will bring others, so this project can only be of major benefit to the well - being and future propsperity of this city.

One last word for all the doubters on here; if you find it this place isn't to your liking, or you cannot see any future for Hull, why do you saty? Move out, move on somewhere else and leave the city to those people who DO see a future for the place!”

“We need a decent hotel or two in hull. I stayed at the 'Qualty' once and it was a ruddy aweful place. squeeky floors and smelly beds... I wouldn't let me dog kip there.
Is that part of the river hull corridor, type of scheme, thingy or what.?”

“Hull definitely needs a good quality hotel, the fact that some of the flea hotels in Hull are struggling is because of exactly that, they are flea pits. Hull desperately needs a good hotel. Anyone of note that visits this area has to go to somewhere like Forest Pines for something half way decent. We need similar here in the city centre. We lack too much that is considered normal for other cities, like decent indoor events arena etc, smilar to MEN or Hallam FM arena Sheffield as well.”

“For those of you who think we don't need another hotel you maybe surprised to hear the city attracts large groups which most of the hotels cannot accommodate. A large new hotel will give Hull City a better choice for leisure and business tourists. The royal nearly going under last year is not a reason for the new hotel not to open. The Royal was owed by a troubled company - the usual reason for companies being unsuccessful. I think great news, new jobs, regeneration and something Hull really does need.”

“All due respect look at the area it will be built, who wants to look out of the window in the morning and see clapped out industrial buildings and brown scum filled water flowing past. It could not be in a worse place.”