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Hospitality sector angered by supercasino u-turn

2007-09-26 15:13:23

The government's apparent u-turn on the Manchester supercasino has apparently angered many in the hospitality firm who would have benefitted from a Las Vegas-style gaming establishment.

Gordon Brown's apparent dislike of gambling has caused discontentment in the catering and hospitality sector, which was hoping to capitalise on the entertainment boom in Manchester.

According to Caterer Search, the creation of a supercasino in the east side of the city would have led to thousands of hospitality jobs, some of which would have been at the casino's eateries.

But things are even in worse in Blackpool, which lost out its big city neighbour in the race to win a supercasino license.

Cater Search has claimed that following the loss of the supercasino, Blackpool's roomstock is in "meltdown", with 220 hotels now on the market.

"Our future has to be based on destination leisure, entertainment and fun," Blackpool Council said in the run-up to the supercasino competition last year.