How the Staindrop Hotel is rebuilding its business

The Star, Sheffield

After years of controversy, in which the hotel was converted into a hostel for homeless people, then used to house asylum seekers, the Staindrop Hotel is now back in business - and management are fighting to bring back the once popular local fixture.

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00:00From outside, the Stainedrop Lodge Hotel looks like what you'd expect from a friendly local

00:04B&B, yet online it's been mired in controversy.

00:09During the Covid-19 lockdowns, the property was used as a hostel for homeless people before

00:13becoming a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

00:16And so, when owners took over the business earlier this year they were faced with a problem,

00:21as people both locally and from further afield still associated it with asylum seekers.

00:26Even throughout this past week, the hotel has been named online in a widely shared list

00:30of 200 confirmed asylum seeker hotels, despite the fact that this isn't the case.

00:36Nevertheless, management are working to help rebuild the once popular business and say

00:40that after months of refurbishment, local people are beginning to return to the restaurant and

00:44bar with the hotel in use for customers once again.

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