A POPULAR hotel has converted a nearby office building to create 22 additional rooms.

The Oxford Witney Hotel, just off the A40 on Ducklington Lane, Witney, increased capacity to meet increasing demand.

The office building had been empty for several years and the extensive refurbishment was completed between August and December last year to meet demand.

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A range of four-star executive rooms have replaced the building.

The Oxford Witney Hotel is managed by Focus Hotels Management Ltd, whose director, Alun Edwards, said: “With year-round demand from corporate clients and the many leisure groups that want to come to Oxfordshire, we decided it was time to increase the capacity and move the business forward.”