Glendola Leisure Group is one of the UK’s leading Family-Owned private Hospitality Companies that own and operate Hotels, Pubs, Coffee Roasteries, Restaurants & a Brewery.
We take pride in our unique entrepreneurial approach, leading the way in innovation and creativity.
Our portfolio includes several venues in London including Waxy O'Connor's, the award-winning Irish pub in the heart of London's West End, the renowned World's End Pub & Underworld Live Music venue in Camden and various other pubs across the city.
Our Scottish portfolio is split between Edinburgh and Glasgow and is where we display our artisanal skills from beer brewing to coffee roasting with Shilling Brewing Co and Gordon Street Coffee. The UK hotel portfolio also operates across these two cities.
In Belfast we have ambitions to bring the first “Design Hotel of the World” to Northern Ireland through a regeneration of our Tipsy Bird site which will also see the creation of the Brewers Yard where the company can showcase its beer brewing, coffee roasting and retail expertise.
To create and build iconic businesses capable of enduring over the long term underpinned by our generational family business ethos.
Glendola and its sister company HMI, turns over £65 million and are continually looking to expand the business further.
Glendola Leisure was founded in 1973 by Peter Salussolia who is the Chairman of the Company.
Alex Salussolia, is the Managing Director of Glendola Leisure Group & Hotel Management International.
“Glendola Leisure through entrepreneurship supports an eclectic mix of consumer offers. Each addressing a local market gap or demand rather than fulfilling a national / global consumer desire.”
Alexander Salussolia, Managing Director
Our philosophy is to provide the best hospitality experiences and we are passionately committed to delivering great service in safe, fun and entertaining environments whether it is in bars, coffee shops, restaurants, nightclubs or hotels.
We are obsessed to understand and listen to our customers and staff to ensure that all our brands will always remain outstanding in the areas that they trade.
Some of the stand-out achievements we particularly celebrate are:
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Glendola Leisure was Publican Pub Company of the Year award winner in 1996 and 2004 and has held the Investors In People national training standard since 1994.
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Waxy O'Connors winner of Irish Hospitality Global Awards for Best Cocktail, Best Irish Whiskey Experience, Best Food and more importantly Best Irish Pub in Europe 2017 and 2018.
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Alston Bar & Beef has achieved Scotland’s Best Burger 2015, Restaurant of the Year 2016, Scotland’s Best Gin Bar 2018 and Scotland’s Best Spirit Bar 2018.
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Shilling Brewing Company is the winner of Best Craft Beer Selection at Scottish Entertainment Awards 2018, Best Pub in Glasgow 2018 at Glasgow Awards and Best Craft Beer Venue 2018 at SLTN Awards.
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Gordon Street Coffee was voted Best Scottish Café 2018 and Glasgow Live’s Best Coffee Shop 2019.
The Foundation Group of Companies role is to offer group administration & support to its sister companies – Glendola Leisure Group and Hotel Management International, which runs the Carlton Hotel Collection.
Owner and founder Peter Salussolia is a passionate entrepreneur who embodies the concept of hospitality. Feel at home, be comfortable, indulge and be yourself – this has been his motto for all our guests, business contacts and employees right from the start of the Foundation Group.
Carlton Hotel Collection was set up in 1985 and currently consists of 10 hotels, 7 of which are in the Netherlands, 2 in Scotland and 1 in Belgium.
Shilling Brewing Co. is the first to bring the brewpub experience to the heart of Glasgow.
A place where an appreciation of the art and science of brewing is at the core of what we do and for all to see, taste and enjoy.
Glasgow has been pioneering the perfect pint for over 400 years and the Shilling Brewing Co. is contributing to the next chapter in this story by creating a space where everyone can discover and appreciate beer, straight from the source.
This includes our core range of beers designed to be enjoyed fresh, just meters from where they are brewed, alongside a host of selected beers sourced from pioneering craft breweries.
For more information or to talk to us about wholesale, stocking or live external events and partnerships, please contact us.
Small batch coffee roasters and Great Taste Award Winners, at Gordon St Coffee we will take you on a journey, from green bean to cup. We believe coffee tastes best when it's fresh so we roast everything in our coffee shop, using traditional methods of sight & sound to ensure the perfect cup every time.
Gordon Street Coffee, which undertook its inaugural roast in May 2014, was the first shop in Glasgow’s city centre to roast its own coffee and has now brought the freshest coffee to Edinburgh. Customers can meet the team as they work in our roastery where they are more than happy to answer any questions about the process and see our coffee roaster nicknamed ‘Deidre’ in action.
All of our coffee is available to order online, and if you're interested in having us supply coffee to your office or business check out our "Trade" section.
