Bed, Breakfast and Bubbly Too; Edinburgh's Sheraton Hotel has Been Buoyed by Manager Peter Murphy and His Eye for a Novel Service, Reports Steven Vass

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THERE are not many people who can say they have turned a water- filled hole in their roof into a world-class business venture. But Peter Murphy, the general manager of the five-star Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh is one of them.

Of course, it helps that the hole in question is a heated rooftop spa that sits at the top of the Sheraton's One Spa pampering complex. It is a six-storey building with three split-level spas, complete with massage rooms, steam rooms, saunas and heated recliners.

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Bed, Breakfast and Bubbly Too; Edinburgh's Sheraton Hotel has Been Buoyed by Manager Peter Murphy and His Eye for a Novel Service, Reports Steven Vass

Along with the highly regarded Santini Italian restaurant that opened at the same time in 2001, it has helped to turn the hotel around.

The 1990s were not kind to the Sheraton. From 1994 until several months before One opened, the hotel was in the middle of the building site created by The Exchange project, which sought to convert nine acres of surrounding wastelan...

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