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| Donald Trump, now the presumptive Republican nominee for US president, has confirmed he is to visit the UK later this month to attend the official reopening of his hotel and golf resort in Scotland. | |
| The billionaire property developer is to visit the Turnberry hotel at the golf course in Ayrshire on 24 June for its official relaunch following a £200m redevelopment. | The billionaire property developer is to visit the Turnberry hotel at the golf course in Ayrshire on 24 June for its official relaunch following a £200m redevelopment. |
| Trump’s announcement throws up the question of whether David Cameron will agree to meet him, since the event comes the day after the UK’s referendum on European Union membership on 23 June – a vote some polls suggest the prime minister faces losing. | Trump’s announcement throws up the question of whether David Cameron will agree to meet him, since the event comes the day after the UK’s referendum on European Union membership on 23 June – a vote some polls suggest the prime minister faces losing. |
| The Turnberry hotel, which Trump bought in 2014 for £35m, opened to guests on 1 June. It features a £3,500-a-night presidential suite and, from August this year, the Donald J Trump ballroom – “the most luxurious meeting facility anywhere in Europe” according to his publicists. | The Turnberry hotel, which Trump bought in 2014 for £35m, opened to guests on 1 June. It features a £3,500-a-night presidential suite and, from August this year, the Donald J Trump ballroom – “the most luxurious meeting facility anywhere in Europe” according to his publicists. |
| “Very exciting that one of the great resorts of the world, Turnberry, will be opening today after a massive £200m investment. I own it and I am very proud of it,” Trump said in a statement. | “Very exciting that one of the great resorts of the world, Turnberry, will be opening today after a massive £200m investment. I own it and I am very proud of it,” Trump said in a statement. |