Discover Britain Magazine - September 2011
"Base2Stay is a new, central, über-cool hotel in an historic 1850s building..."
Pink Paper - 1 August 2011
"Our recommendation is the new hotel chain Base2Stay. With branches in London's Kensington as well as Liverpool, they're the boutique hotel group with style – and we love them..."
De Telegraaf - 29 July 2011
"In addition, each room has a kitchenette with microwave, refrigerator and complimentary tea and coffee..."
Liverpool Daily Post, Business Week - 29 June 2011
"Robert Nadler, chief executive of base2stay in Seel Street, said: 'It's great that this city has a lot of hotel rooms because it has an excellent product to sell'..."
Sydney Morning Herald - 26 June 2011
"base2stay is a smart budget option housed in a former printworks, cork warehouse and engineering depot..."
Hip Guide, Hip Bites Newsletter - 23 June 2011
"Robert Nadler's stellar apartment-style hotel is superbly located right in the middle of a neighbourhood called the RopeWalks which gets my vote for best nightlife and shopping..."
Liverpool Echo - 9 June 2011
"base2stay on Seel Street was the first hotel of its kind to be opened outside London..."
Liverpool Daily Post - 9 June 2011
"...burgeoning companies in the UK, such as base2stay, which opened its first hotel outside London there. Robert Nadler, chief executive of the 106-bedroom venue, which was unveiled last year, said 'When base2stay chose Liverpool, we were immediately drawn to the RopeWalks...'"
ACP Rail Newsletter - 1 June 2011
"We walked from Liverpool Lime Street Stations to our trendy hotel, base2stay Liverpool..."
Bent - June 2011
"The idea is simple: there are no hidden charges and because the hotel is stripped of all the services and extras you don't use anyway, the prices are kept as low as possible..."
Birmingham Mail - 20 May 2011
"If you're looking for a quality hotel in Liverpool with the minimum amount of fuss, there's only one base2stay..."
Stuff.co.nz - 18 May 2011
"We're in luck with our hotel, base2stay, a renovated brick warehouse in the heart of Liverpool's RopeWalks area..."
AOL ParentDish - 6 May 2011
"Located in Liverpool's RopeWalks, the city's bohemian design and entertainment quarter, base2stay offers four-star comfort, and each room has its own mini-kitchen, making it particularly family-friendly..."
National Geographic - May 2011
"Ease into the apartment lifestyle with base2stay, which offers contemporary accommodations in London and Liverpool with concierge service, mini kitchens, and free Wi-Fi..."
Haunted Magazine - May/June 2011
"After lunch we headed back to base2stay and were taken to our room, which to our surprise and delight was the Secret Garden Suite. Split over two levels, the living area has two couches, a 36" HDTV, kitchen and bathroom, while on the mezzanine floor we found an extra large double bed, a second 36" HDTV and a dressing area..."
CODE - May 2011
"Displaying a passion for art and ecology, the structure features over 500 works by artist Ronald Diennet in the lounge and throughout the hotel’s 106 rooms, and embraces a sustainable philosophy by recycling 80% of its waste and implementing energy saving policies..."
The Irish Mail on Sunday - 24 April 2011
"After that it was back to Liverpool’s base2stay which is, to use a much-maligned term, a ‘concept’ hotel. The room was top spec and catered particularly well for music lovers – the TV has a preprogammed media library with a well-chosen range of music – and there was also a neat minikitchen. The ‘concept’ is that the hotels are in cities where there’s so much on offer you wouldn’t want to stay in your hotel, so they offer discounts at nearby restaurants instead..."
North Wales Daily Post - 23 April 2011
"...while this boutique RopeWalks hotel is minimalist in style, it’s been put together with class and finesse..."
The News, Portsmouth - 2 April 2011
"A former beeswax factory, the hotel was fantastic, with great views over the Mersey. The rooms were gorgeous and the price lower than you’d expect for such a stylish hotel, with every mod con..."
Conde Nast Traveller - April 2011
"Sleek, innovative and well designed, base2stay Liverpool ticks pretty much all the boxes..."
The Times - 26 March 2011
"...Off the reception a cool lounge is filled with black leather designer chairs, exposed brick walls and bright, arresting modern art; plus books on the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono..."
The Daily Star - 24 March 2011
"...check out a new kind of funky, boutique hotel. At the four-star base2stay, located in a restored print works at the heart of the city's buzzing RopeWalks area..."
The Travel Editor - 22 March 2011
"base2stay is a selection of basic but trendy apartments set in a former print works right in the heart of the RopeWalks. Each room has a mini kitchen if you want to save money on eating out and save your pennies for hitting the clubs..."
Liverpool City Council Website - 22 March 2011
"Robert Nadler, chief executive of Liverpool's newest hotel, the 106-bed base2stay in Seel Street, and a member of The Mersey Partnership's visitor economy committee, said: 'Business tourism is a key driver of the region's economy and this development with mean thousands more midweek visitors coming to Liverpool every year. It's great news for the city'..."
Liverpool Daily Post - 21 March 2011
"The base2stay Liverpool, which opened last September in a former print works in Seel Street as part of a £14m development, is a finalist for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - North West awards in the Building Conservation and Tourism & Leisure categories..."
North West Evening Mail - 18 March 2011
"...ideally located in Liverpool’s historic and vibrant RopeWalks district. A former warehouse and print works, the building underwent a recent £14m renovation to create a 106-room boutique hotel, which satisfies the new trend for budget luxury tourist accommodation..."
BA High Life - March 2011
"Most-read hotel reviews on bahighlife.com..."
Red Magazine Online - 19 February 2011
"The hotel is surrounded by the vibrant RopeWalks quarter, the recently completed Liverpool ONE shopping centre is just five minutes' walk away and Tate Liverpool is also nearby..."
All About You - 14 February 2011
"...with crisply furnished rooms in soothing shades and impeccable design details, such as kitchenettes tucked behind sliding doors..."
The Times Online - 11 February 2011
"A former printworks in the RopeWalks area offers a great blend of business traveller-friendly modernity and the city's proud history..."
Woman & Home - February 2011
"Newest digs are at the warehouse conversion base2stay..."
Lincolnshire Echo - 29 January 2011
"After ringing the bell – security is reassuringly tight – and passing through its glass doors, the interior that greets you is a decidedly uncluttered wood brick and white paint affair..."
LondonHotelsInsight.com - 21 January 2011
"...I was aware that the company behind Base2stay Kensington (often featured on this blog as one of London’s best eco-friendly hotels) had opened a new Base2stay in Liverpool. And the fact it had already zoomed to the number one spot on TripAdvisor for Liverpool hotels after a few short months spoke volumes..."
SevenStreets.com - 17 January 2011
"New minimalist hotel base2stay - based in the Ropewalks - has thought of everything, but then discarded the things you don't really need. It's a smart concept and a smart hotel..."
Design Exchange - 6 January 2011
"Clarissa Nadler was responsible for the interior design throughout, giving consideration to detail which gives the hotel a personal feel. Each room is different but decorated with a neutral color scheme, which highlights the structural features of the historical building. Though rooms vary in size and occupancy, each is complete with art (over 400 pieces by artist Ronald Diennet are used throughout), a minikitchen and a sleek HDTV..."
ConferenceLiverpool.com - 4 January 2011
"This city center hotel is located in Liverpool, close to Neptune Theatre, Clayton Square Shopping Centre, and Liverpool Playhouse..."
The Scotsman - 3 January 2011
"This Victorian building's former uses include spells as an engineering factory, saw mill and cork importer..."
His and Hers - January 2011
"One of the more exciting additions to Liverpool's hospitality industry over the past 12 months is undoubtedly the design hotel without pretentions, base2stay..."
BA Highlife - January 2011
"The hotel seems to have thought of everyone: international plug sockets for foreign guests, a desk with an Ethernet connection for high-speed internet access for business travellers, larger kitchens for families, pull-out sofe beds if a friend wants to stay over (with no questioning looks from the management the next morning), while the design fans will love the funky furnishings especially the cool Flos tab 1 lamp..."