A BRIGHOUSE hotel is getting a new look and a change of name.

The 71-bedroomed Premier Lodge Hotel, at Wakefield Road, is being re-branded as a Premier Travel Inn.

Staff at the hotel, led by general manager Steve Gray, will host a champagne reception and open day next Wednesday to celebrate.

The hotel stands next to The Old Mill Chef and Brewer restaurant by the River Calder.

Refurbishment follows last summer's takeover of the Premier Lodge chain by leisure group Whitbread.

The group paid £505m for the 132- hotel Premier Lodge chain, which is being merged with its own Travel Inn business to form the Premier Travel Inn chain.