Significant investment has been promised for one of Liverpool's best-known hotels after being bought by a German group.
30 James Street has been snapped up by Hamburg-based RIMC Hotels & Resorts, which is aiming to "create an exciting and unique offer", for an undisclosed sum.
Known as the 'home of the Titanic', having been the headquarters of the White Star Shipping Line, the grade II-listed hotel features 63 bedrooms along with the Carpathia Champagne Bar and Restaurant on the seventh floor.