Westminster City Council has awarded Sulzer Infra CBX a 15-year contract for the management of two hotels. This agreement opens up a new business area for SI CBX, extending its infrastructure management skills, delivered to commercial organisations, into the public sector.

Under the contract, SI CBX takes on responsibility as both leaseholder and service provider for the properties, located in Hackney and London's Docklands. Both hotels enable Westminster to provide quality accommodation for people unable to be housed by the Council in the short to medium-term.

The contract is set to generate around £1 million a year in revenue for Sulzer Infra CBX and will also see the company employ the existing team of staff engaged in managing the facilities and the service provision.

Keith Hamer, FM Director at Sulzer Infra CBX, said: "This is a new venture for us. SI CBX is now working across the full spectrum, from high quality office facilities, through manufacturing sites, to residential accommodation. In each case, our broad span of skills and experience ensures that we can add value in the context of the consumer's own objectives. For Westminster we'll be demonstrating our skills in the management of good quality accommodation and setting the standard by which others will be judged."

Anna Lagerkvist