A new hotel which is due to open in Birmingham early next year has launched its recruitment drive to fill 150 roles.

Park Regis, in Broad Street, is expected to open in March and will have 253 rooms and a bar and restaurant on the 16th floor.

The hotel, which will be the brand's first in Europe, is hosting open days at University College Birmingham from December 1 to 4 and the jobs are due to start in January and February.

The hotel is being built inside the vacant Auchinleck House above the Five Ways Shopping Centre by Colmore Tang Construction and developer Seven Capital.

It was due to open in October but Colmore Tang confirmed earlier this month the completion date had been put back by six months after changes were made to the food and beverage offer and balcony area.