FortySeven

What FortySeven does

Forty-Seven Hotel Manchester Ltd operates a single luxury boutique hotel trading as 'Forty Seven' (also styled 'Forty-Seven') from a Grade-II listed 1868 building known as Lancashire House, located at 47 Peter Street in Manchester city centre. The property offers accommodation in lavish suites and bedrooms, paired with an on-site cocktail bar concept called The Peterman that serves hand-crafted cocktails, breakfast, lunch and afternoon bites. The hotel targets affluent, style-conscious travellers seeking design-led city breaks, alongside local Food & Beverage customers and business travellers, and is positioned as 'intelligent luxury' that juxtaposes bold contemporary interiors with the building's heritage architecture.

The business runs a direct-to-consumer model. Bookings are transacted primarily through the hotel's own website (fortysevenmanchester.co.uk) using the Mews booking engine, with a best-rate guarantee and exclusive benefits offered for direct reservations. Distribution is supplemented by membership in the WorldHotels Crafted collection, which provides access to global worldhotels.com traffic and the WorldHotels Rewards loyalty programme. Additional monetisation streams include The Peterman bar and monetary gift vouchers sold via the ibookedonline.com platform. Sales, press, events and meetings enquiries are outsourced to KRO Hospitality.

Commercially, Forty-Seven is a privately held UK limited company with no disclosed external funding, parent entity or institutional investors. It operates from a single physical site, has approximately 18 employees, and reports no proprietary technology, patents or AI capabilities. No revenue, ADR or occupancy figures are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

FortySeven

Legal name

Forty-Seven Hotel Manchester Ltd

Website

https://fortysevenmanchester.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forty-Seven operates a single luxury boutique hotel in a Grade-II listed 1868 Manchester building, offering accommodation, the on-site Peterman cocktail bar, and gift vouchers to affluent leisure and business travellers via direct booking and WorldHotels distribution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hotels

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Traveler Accommodation (7211), Accommodation (721)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Heritage & Historic Boutique Hotels (THAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Private House Hotels & Small Luxury Inns (THAGADAL)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel services
• Luxury hotel accommodation
• Cocktail bar dining
• Heritage property hospitality
• Hotel gift vouchers

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Accommodation: Hotel room bookings comprising lavish suites and bedrooms. The property offers direct booking with rate guarantees and exclusive benefits for direct bookings.
2. Food & Beverage - The Peterman Bar: On-site bar offering hand-crafted cocktails, breakfast, lunch, afternoon bites, and signature cocktails. The Peterman is a distinctive bar concept drawing on the heritage of the Petersfield area.
3. Gift Vouchers: Monetary gift vouchers sold through ibookedonline.com platform, allowing customers to purchase hotel stays as gifts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Forty Seven operates a single-property luxury boutique hotel at 47 Peter Street in Manchester, housed in a Grade-II listed 1868 building (Lancashire House) that pairs heritage architecture with bold contemporary interior design. The hotel offers lavish suites and bedrooms alongside The Peterman cocktail bar, with reservations made direct via its own website and the Mews booking engine, and giftable stays sold via monetary vouchers.

Product overview

Forty-Seven is a boutique hotel operating as a single-property luxury accommodation provider in Manchester. The hotel offers lavish suites and bedrooms as its core product, complemented by The Peterman cocktail bar serving hand-crafted cocktails and food. The hotel participates in the WorldHotels Crafted Collection and WorldHotels Rewards loyalty program, allowing members to earn and redeem points. Additional services include gift vouchers and event/meeting spaces. The hotel is located in a Grade-II listed 1868 building (Lancashire House) on Peter Street.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Peterman: Bar located within the hotel, offering hand-crafted cocktails, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon bites. Named after the slang term for a safecracker.

Products and services

• Forty-Seven Accommodation

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WorldHotelscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerForty Seven is part of the WorldHotels Crafted collection, a network of independent boutique hotels. This partnership provides global distribution through worldhotels.com, access to WorldHotels Rewards loyalty program members, and marketing through WorldHotels brand channels. The Crafted collection is dedicated to showcasing independent hotels that transform the ordinary into the extraordinary through innovative design and creativity.
• Mews (Booking Engine)coreTechnology or IntegrationMews provides the hotel's booking engine and distributor system (app.mews.com) enabling direct online reservations. The platform offers rate management and distribution capabilities for the hotel's direct booking channel with guaranteed best rates.
• KRO Hospitality (Sales & Marketing)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerKRO Hospitality manages sales, press, events, and meetings enquiries for Forty Seven. Contact email [email protected] handles commercial relationships and partnership opportunities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Ainscow Hotel: Independent boutique hotel on Trinity Way, Salford, with on-site restaurant and bar—comparable independent boutique competitor in the Greater Manchester area.
• Hotel Gotham: Manchester boutique hotel set in a heritage building with bold contemporary design language—essentially the same positioning playbook as Forty Seven.
• Hotel Gotham Manchester: Independent boutique luxury hotel in central Manchester also positioned in the design-led, heritage-rich segment. Direct competitor for the same affluent travelers Forty Seven targets on Peter Street.
• Dakota Manchester: Design-led boutique hotel brand operating a Manchester property with on-site F&B and cocktail bar, closely comparable to Forty Seven's offering and positioning.
• Cow Hollow Hotel Manchester: Small independent boutique hotel in a converted Victorian warehouse in Manchester city centre, directly comparable heritage-to-boutique play.
• King Street Townhouse: Boutique hotel in Manchester city centre offering luxury accommodation and a rooftop bar, competing for the same design-conscious leisure and business guests.

Broad incumbents

• The Edwardian Manchester: Established luxury heritage hotel (former Free Trade Hall) in central Manchester offering lavish suites and destination dining, a broader-scale incumbent competing in the same luxury tier.
• The Midland Manchester: Iconic historic Manchester hotel with extensive meeting and event infrastructure, an incumbent competitor with scale advantages in corporate and group travel.

Emerging players

• Native Manchester: Apartment-style aparthotel concept in Manchester targeting design-conscious short-stay guests, offering an alternative boutique experience in the same market.
• Artist Residence London: UK independent boutique hotel brand operating heritage buildings with bold interior design, providing a comparable independent boutique playbook and scale benchmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fortysevenmanchester

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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