Llandudno 'spy hotel' on market for ?2.4m during 'craziest time' in living memory
Through canny management, its owner is standing up to economic headwinds. But times are tough for him and tough for the sector
Crippling staff shortages have left at least one Llandudno hotelier hoping the weather is not too sunny and trade not too brisk. Despondency in parts of the resort?s hospitality sector has been compounded by eye-watering price rises and penny-saving customers.
Peter Hibbert has placed his ?2.4 million hotel on the market to ?test the waters? but so far there?s been little interest. Given the state of the sector, he?s not entirely surprised.
The 60-bedroom Evans Hotel, housed in an attractive Victorian building on the corner of Vaughan Street and Charlton Street, has welcomed holidaymakers since 1865. To keep it afloat, Mr Hibbert must scrutinise every penny spent: when egg prices doubled overnight last year, from 7p to 15p, and tomatoes became ?like caviar?, he began buying food in budget supermarkets to keep costs from spiralling further.
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