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The team spent the day at Wellacre Academy, our partner school, for its careers fair, talking to students about careers in hotels, kitchens and hospitality.

Hospitality is a brilliant place to start a career, and we love meeting the next generation.

New for 2027. Book the table, share the link with the office, and lunch is on the table when you arrive.

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Our wine dinners are back in 2027, starting in February with a French wine dinner, then Château Roubine rosé in April and English Wine Week in June, with more through the year.

See the 2027 dates

Christmas is on at Lock 84, with a festive menu from £35 and our Festive Afternoon Tea from £29.50. Groups can book festive dining too.

See what’s on and book a table

Our Head of Guest Experience, Adelina Misina, won the Front of House Customer Service award at the Manchester Hoteliers Association’s 21st annual ball at Emirates Old Trafford.

It makes it two years running for The Reach, after Chris won the Back of House award in 2025. Guests and the team have known it for a while, and it is lovely to see it recognised by hotels across the city. Congratulations, Adelina.

When Manic Street Preachers and Suede co-headlined Co-op Live on Halloween, we sent one lucky winner and a guest to the show in style.

The prize was two VIP tickets in the Hideaway Lounge, a night with us at The Reach and a bottle of Prosecco.

Co-op Live is an easy trip from the hotel, so we make a great base for a big night. Stay for the gig.

We partnered with Ivy & Duke to give one dog lover a Manchester city break with their four-legged friend.

The winner enjoyed an overnight pet-friendly stay, breakfast the next morning and a cosy Ivy & Duke dog bed to take home.

Plan a dog-friendly stay.

On Saturday 31 October, Aberdeen Wine Company, the team behind Angus the Bull wines, took over Lock 84 for a five-course winemaker’s dinner.

Each meaty course was paired with one of their wines, including Black Angus sirloin with their Single Vineyard Cabernet.

A big congratulations to Daniela Amado, our Employee of the Quarter for July to September 2026.

The award celebrates everything she brought to the team over those three months. Thank you, Daniela, for making a real difference to your colleagues and our guests.

We partnered with the National Football Museum to give one family the ultimate Manchester trip.

The prize was a family ticket to the museum and an overnight stay in one of our interconnecting family rooms.

Visit the National Football Museum or plan a family stay.

Accessible travel writer Carrie-Ann Lightley stayed with us while writing her accessible guide to Manchester for The Independent.

Accessibility at The Reach

Our Winemakers series headed to Washington State with Chateau Ste. Michelle for an evening of food and wine at Lock 84.

Five courses, from torched trout and wild mushroom risotto to pan-seared duck and beef tenderloin, were each paired with a Chateau Ste. Michelle wine, from a delicate Riesling to a rich Cabernet Sauvignon.

For the second year running, The Reach has achieved Green Tourism Gold.

It belongs to the whole team. Sustainability in a hotel comes from everyday decisions across the bedrooms, the kitchen, the restaurant and the way we look after guests.

Read about sustainability at The Reach

This International Beer Day we raised a glass to our neighbours. Our Lock 84 IPA is brewed with Seven Bro7hers Brewing Co. here in Greater Manchester.

We partnered with LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Manchester to give one family a summer break to remember.

The prize was a family ticket to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, an overnight stay in one of our interconnecting family rooms and breakfast for the whole family.

Plan a family stay.

Thanks to Rick Scholes and the team at Grandpa Greene’s in Saddleworth, there is now a freezer of their ice cream in our lobby. A proper local treat for families on a summer city break.

This summer we launched a Kids’ Breakfast Buffet at Lock 84, packed with favourites, fresh fruit pots and snacks to fuel a day out in Manchester.

We also gave afternoon tea a child-friendly twist with jam sandwiches, warm scones and cakes to decorate, and kids ate free with a paying adult through the school holidays.

With interconnecting rooms and some of the city’s best free days out nearby, it made for a great family base. Plan a family stay.

Guests can now pre-order their favourite room treats before they arrive, so everything is ready and waiting the moment they check in.

It is the easiest way to make a stay feel special. Browse the Lockkeeper’s Store.

With our favourite weekend of the year coming up, we partnered with Manchester Village Pride to give away the ultimate Pride getaway.

The winner received two weekend tickets to Manchester Village Pride, an overnight stay at The Reach and breakfast for two the next morning. We are just a short walk from Canal Street.

For English Wine Week we teamed up with our good friends at Balfour Winery for an evening of English wine in Lock 84. Five courses, each paired with a Balfour wine, from heritage tomato with whipped Lancashire cheese and Nanette’s Rosé to a summer pudding with Vimto jelly and Leslie’s Sparkling Rosé.

The spiced mackerel Scotch egg with Liberty’s Bacchus was the star of the night. The Cheshire Magazine wrote about the evening in its feature The World in a Glass.

We hosted June’s Manchester Market Place Business Networking, run by Parallel Events. Guests arrived to a summer cocktail or a glass of wine, followed by a spread of Lock 84 small plates.

Meet and work at The Reach

Manchester is home to some brilliant local brands, and you will find them all over The Reach. Salford Rum from Salford Distillery behind the Lock 84 bar, Seven Bro7hers on tap, and Brew Tea Co. tea and Worker Bee coffee in your room to start the day.

Proudly Mancunian.

Our Executive Chef Chris Hall brought a new spring menu to Lock 84, full of bold ideas, seasonal ingredients and a few unexpected twists.

Highlights included our steak sandwich and a spicy spin on tater tots. See what is on at Lock 84.

Members of the team walked the Cheshire Ring canal loop, around 103 miles across 6 canals, 4 counties and 92 locks, starting from Lock 84 on the Rochdale Canal, right beside the hotel.

We walked to raise £500 for the East Manchester Community Boat Project, towards a generator for its community boat, Community Spirit 2, which gives free days out on the water to people who are disabled or disadvantaged. A huge well done to everyone who took part.

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For National Brunch Month we teamed up with Brew Tea Company, the Manchester tea makers whose tea we serve in our rooms and at Lock 84.

One lucky winner and a guest won an overnight stay at The Reach, brunch for two at Lock 84, a hamper of Brew Tea Company goodies and a tea tasting at their HQ.

Discover Brew Tea Company

We teamed up with Manchester Film Festival to give one lucky winner the ultimate festival experience.

The prize was two festival passes, an overnight stay at The Reach and breakfast the next morning to fuel a day of exploring the city.

Our first Winemakers Tasting of 2026 welcomed award-winning South African winery Flagstone to Lock 84 on 25 March, with five courses each paired with their wines.

To celebrate, we gave one lucky pair the chance to win tickets to the evening.

We teamed up with Albert Hall, one of Manchester’s best-loved music venues, to give one lucky winner a night to remember.

The prize was two tickets to any show at Albert Hall, a £60 bar tab for the night, an overnight stay at The Reach and breakfast the next morning.

Stay for the gig.

Eyewear brand IOLLA joined us for a weekend pop-up shop in February, inviting guests to try on styles from their collection.

We love bringing something new to the ground floor, and it was great to see Lock 84 full of people trying on frames. Thank you to the IOLLA team for joining us.

We manage our lost property with Faundit, and simply using it helps plant trees with Tree-Nation.

In 2025 that added up to 50 trees, offsetting 1.4 tonnes of CO2. Most of them are avocado trees for the Plant to Stop Poverty project in Tanzania, where fruit trees give local communities food and an income while forests are restored.

Sustainability at The Reach

Our General Manager Peter Nye joined the Marriott Business Council UK Provinces team for an evening of plogging around Manchester, picking up litter on the move.

Colleagues from Marriott hotels across the country filled bag after bag, gave a little back to the city and got to know each other along the way. Thank you to Moxy Manchester for hosting.

It is all part of Serve 360, Marriott’s commitment to doing good in the places we live and work. Read more about our sustainability work.

Gordo from Confidentials came for lunch and gave Lock 84 15 out of 20, praising a team that makes everyone who walks in feel welcome.

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Our Executive Chef Chris Hall won the Back of House Customer Service award at the Manchester Hoteliers Association’s 20th anniversary ball at Emirates Old Trafford, a night that raised over £40,000 for charity.

We teamed up with our friends at Popcorn Shed for a Halloween giveaway.

One family of four won a movie night in our Jessop Suite, with free-flowing Popcorn Shed popcorn, pizza and breakfast the next morning.

Discover Popcorn Shed or see our suites.

On Saturday 27 September 2025 we launched bottomless brunch at Lock 84.

To celebrate, we gave away a table for four at the launch, with a brunch dish each and a double magnum of Whispering Angel to share.

See what is on at Lock 84

We were proud to be the official hotel partner of Manchester Pride 2025.

Guests could book an exclusive Pride package, with their stay at The Reach and their Manchester Pride ticket together. We are right by the canal and just minutes from Depot Mayfield and the Gay Village, so it was the perfect base for the weekend, with cocktails at Lock 84 to start the night.

Thank you to everyone who stayed and celebrated with us.

The Reach at Piccadilly turned one in July 2025. The whole team gathered outside the hotel to mark the day, a year on from opening our doors as part of Tribute Portfolio.

Thank you to everyone who stayed, ate and met with us in our first year, and to a brilliant team who made it all happen. Here is to many more.

Confidentials joined us for one of our Lock 84 supper clubs, with Chris cooking and Myles Rowland from Balfour Winery pouring the wines.

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Our Executive Chef Chris Hall sat down with Confidentials to talk about his career, the Manchester touches on the Lock 84 menu and why he cooks with Vimto.

Read the interview

We had the honour of welcoming our franchise partners from Marriott International and some of our key clients to meet Manchester United players Christian Eriksen, Luke Shaw and Altay Bayındır at The Reach.

Marriott Bonvoy is the Official Hotel Loyalty Partner of Manchester United, and the players could not have been better company with our team and guests. Our General Manager Peter Nye hosted the Q&A, and it was a day none of us will forget.

We welcomed a group of third-year International Hospitality students from Manchester Metropolitan University to The Reach for a look behind the scenes.

The team showed them around the hotel and Lock 84 and talked them through how a Tribute Portfolio hotel runs day to day, from the front desk to the kitchen. Plenty of good questions too.

Helping the next generation into hospitality matters to us. See our current roles.

East Manchester Community Boat Project is our charity of choice, and we are very proud to support them.

Founded in 1994 and based at Portland Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne, EMCBP gives free canal boat trips to disabled and disadvantaged children and adults. More than 50,000 passengers have enjoyed the waterways thanks to their work.

In 2024 the generosity of our team and guests helped raise nearly £6,000 for the charity. A highlight of the year was representing The Reach as a sponsor of their 30th celebration, where our General Manager Peter Nye met HRH Princess Anne.

We will keep supporting them, and our team later walked the Cheshire Ring to raise more. Find out more about EMCBP.

Tom Otley from Business Traveller came to stay for the magazine’s Tried and Tested reviews.

He found a welcoming and stylish hotel close to the centre of the action, with great service and a design that has been well thought out.

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The Luxury Editor stayed in one of our Deluxe Doubles with Balcony, brought their pet along and tried the small plates and cocktails in Lock 84.

They called The Reach a very welcome addition to the city, with friendly staff and a great food and drink offer, and they highly recommend it.

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On 9 July 2024 we opened The Reach at Piccadilly, the third Tribute Portfolio hotel in the UK, with 215 rooms, eight suites and Lock 84, our restaurant and bar on the ground floor.

The design by ICA Studios takes its cue from the Rochdale Canal outside, drawing on the coal, cotton, timber, wool, limestone and salt once carried along it.

Read more in the Manchester Evening News, Hotel Designs and Boutique Hotelier.