About Us
After a £20 million refurbishment, positioned next to Grand
Central Train Station, The Grand Central Hotel is a
conveniently located and stunning, iconic hotel. Now the
transformation has been completed, the Grand Central Hotel has once
again taken its place as Glasgow's leading four-star hotel.
The Central Hotel played host to many significant celebrity
faces but is probably best known for being the venue to which the
world's first long-distance television pictures were transmitted on
24 May 1927 by John Logie Baird. The Central Hotel has entertained
most of the world's leading politicians, from JFK to Winston
Churchill and Hollywood superstars including Laurel and Hardy and
Frank Sinatra.
The Grand Central Hotel was acquired in 2009 by Principal Hayley
Hotels and Conference Venues, a collection of 24 four and five star
city centre hotels and conference focused venues across the UK and
Europe. Offering a unique mix of conference and meeting facilities,
spectacular banqueting rooms and great locations for that weekend
break, from Edinburgh to Barcelona, to find out more about the
group, visit http://www.principal-hayley.com/