They were taken over in a peculiarly nasty hostile takeover
about ten years ago and the group was asset stripped.
Who made the takeover bid?
The 'Granada Group', an outfit that ran a particularly nasty selection of
motorway service stations did the dirty deed. They owned a very profitable
TV station that was used as equity to finance the deal.

Forte was an evil piece of ****. One of the largest corporate donors
to the Tory Party in the Thatcher era. He wanted to cut his workers'
wages and rights as near to the point of slavery as he could, so he
bought himself a government to do it.

Holiday Inn cannot possibly be any worse.

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