Social housing chiefs are planning a £2 million strictly kosher hotel in Bournemouth to serve both their clients and holidaymakers.
Agudas Israel Housing Association and the Schonfeld Square Foundation have bid for an existing hotel site in West Cliff, which they intend to refurbish. The resulting three-star establishment will have 33 rooms, a swimming pool, synagogue and kosher kitchen. The hope is to open in the summer.
"The Jewish community has a huge amount of wonderful projects for the vulnerable in our community but there is no Jewish holiday facility for them," said AIHA chief executive Ita Symons. "I'm trying to fill that gap.
"A kosher-eating person can only go to Israel or some places in Europe for a holiday. There is a loss to the community by not having anywhere to go in the UK."
