The move will mean the group has a hotel in “every south coast county”, with the new properties coming in Kent, West Sussex and Cornwall.
The first of the new batch of hotels will be in the village of Bridge near Canterbury in Kent where work starts on The Pig at Bridge Place next week with the hotel due to open this autumn.
Formerly Bridge Place Country Club, the 28-room hotel will be set within a 16th century manor house, restored gate lodge, a new Coach House and seven ‘hop pickers’ huts, created from reclaimed materials found on an island within the grounds.