A LUXURY hotel has been sold as part of a deal worth nearly £400m.

The Hilton Hotel, Masthead Close, Dartford, is one of 15 hotels sold by the UK Hilton Group to Managed Hotels Unit Trust in a deal worth £382.4m.

The hotels will all continue to be Hilton branded under long-term agreements, with the first deal running for 30 years.

Close to Bluewater, the 178-room hotel is one of 70 Hilton-run hotels in the country and has 112 employees.

A spokesman said: "We have sold the physical assets of the hotel but Hilton operation and management will continue.

"There are to be no changes to the staff and no redundancies have been announced."