A £16m training hotel for disadvantaged youngsters is scheduled to open in 2014 in Inverness, Scotland.

The four-star hotel will be run on social enterprise principles and is a joint venture of the Albyn Housing Society and the Calman Trust. It will have 120 rooms, of which 40 are to be designed as self contained apartments.

As an early model of the hotel, the Calman Trust is to open Artysans, Inverness' first fully commercial social enterprise café. Featuring specially designed training kitchens and workshops, the café aims to employ four full-time staff and offer training for up to 42 young people in 2011, growing to 106 places by 2013.

Dr Isobel Grigor, chief executive of the Calman Trust, said: "The current offering of school, education or work doesn't suit a number of youngsters. By offering training within a work environment, individuals will be able to develop skills for the workplace in a meaningful way. "An hotel offers many opportunities for training. Young people will work alongside professionals in all areas, including reception, maintenance, housekeeping, the kitchen and food service."