The hotel will be decked out with an art deco interior

The Quay Hotel in Deganwy is the final part of a �46m new marina development on the River Conwy.

It will have 74 suites, including five penthouses, a 128-seat restaurant, luxury spa and pool and an art deco-style interior.

Tourism bosses hope it will help the north Wales economy by improving the standards of accommodation on offer.

Dewi Davies, the director of Tourism Partnership North Wales, said the area needed more top quality hotels.

"North Wales is one of the top holiday areas in the UK and really to match that asset with five star provision is what we have got to do," he said.

Is it really needed and will it really bring the jobs into the area which they say it will? John Lowe

"That brings in higher-spending customers, and higher spending customers lead to higher quality jobs in the industry."

Developer Alan Waldron said the hotel could help the nearby resort of Llandudno.

"There is a big need for high quality hotels in this area," he said.

"There is a big push to bring the big conferences back to Llandudno, and one of the big shortfalls was the lack of quality accommodation."

Mr Waldron said the hotel, which is due to open in June 2006, would be the "jewel in the crown" of the marina development, which includes a number of waterside homes.

It is thought Llandudno could benefit from the new hotel

He added: "Deganwy Quay is set to re-establish itself as an integral part of community life, bringing a further 100 jobs to the area and added income to the locality due to the influx of hotel guests, visitors to the marina and home owners".

But John Lowe, who lives in Deganwy, said the local community had not benefited from the new marina, and wondered if the hotel would be any different.

He said: "Is it really needed and will it really bring the jobs into the area which they say it will?

"At the moment the marina development is not bringing much into the village as such."

However, developers have claimed opposition to the hotel is minimal.