Sir Richard Branson has chosen Edinburgh as the location for his first Virgin Hotel outside the United States.
According to reports in the Edinburgh Evening News, the hotel will be developed through a conversion of the India Buildings at the top of Victoria Street, in the former registry office near the Royal Mile.
The property will be converted into a 225-bedroom luxury hotel, which will also include multiple drinking and dining outlets as well as event spaces.
It is due to open in 2020.
The first Virgin hotel opened in Chicago in 2015 and was based in an historic downtown office building.
There are further sites planned in San Francisco, Dallas, New Orleans, Nashville and New York.
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