The owners of the five star The Westin Hotel in Dublin have announced that they have decided against renaming it The Westmoreland Hotel due to links to slavery.
Last month, the owners of The Westin Hotel said that they had plans to rename the iconic hotel The Westmoreland Hotel as part of a major rebrand with the name picked in honour of the 10th Earl of Westmoreland, who was a lord lieutenant of Ireland and also a defender of slavery. Now the owners of The Westin have decided that this renaming is unsuitable due to "links to slavery" and the hotel will instead be renamed The College Green Hotel, reports The Irish Times.
The new name will start being used at the end of the year. The hotel has seen a significant "multi-million" investment over the past two years, which included the remodelling of The Lobby and expansion of the hotel's iconic Atrium Lounge as well as 19 bedrooms added to the hotel overlooking Trinity College and Westmoreland Street.
