A couple's wedding dreams were shattered after their venue was turned into a red list quarantine hotel just weeks before their big day.
Jon Shaw and Wendy Thornton were due to get married at the Bromsgrove Holiday Inn on July 17 after 18 months spent planning the wedding.
The bride-to-be was enjoying a hair and make-up trial for the big day when she received a devastating call from the hotel to say the venue would no longer be available.
The couple, from Redditch, Worcestershire, said the news came completely out of the blue, having had a food tasting session with the hotel's chef, at which they chose their wedding meal, on June 8.
The hotel, on Kidderminster Road, closed to the public on Thursday as it prepares for use as a quarantine base.
Jon, 55, said the new development was just the latest difficulty he and Wendy had had with their venue.
Jon Shaw and Wendy Thornton wedding dreams were shattered after their venue was turned into a red list quarantine hotel just weeks before their big day
Tieran Bhuhi, spokeswoman for IHG, which runs Holiday Inn, said she could not comment on the approach to quarantine or hotel selection. Pictured: The Bromsgrove Holiday Inn, where the couple were due to wed
'The Holiday Inn has been messing us about and none of this has been pleasant at what should be a happy time,' he said.
'The hotel hadn't been replying to our messages for ages and then, with 28 days to go, they suddenly phone to say we can't get married at the hotel.'
Jon said the venue did offer alternative dates or locations, like the Holiday Inn in Perry Berry but it was too short notice for the couple to register the wedding in a new area for the same date.
'A poor events co-ordinator was tasked with phoning up all the couples who had weddings cancelled and she sounded really
