Two guests at one of Glasgow’s leading hotels have been hospitalised.

A further 40 customers reported illness in what is believed to be an outbreak of the stomach-bug known as norovirus.

The NHS for Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) reported that an estimated 24 hotel guest and 14 members of staff at the Hilton Hotel experienced vomiting and diarrhoea believed to have been brought on by the bug, while two of the guests were taken to Gartnavel General Hospital suffering severe symptoms – although both are expected to show fast and full recovery. NHSGGC has begun its investigation at the five-star hotel to determine the prevalence of the norovirus.

While some of the affected guests made a rapid recovery, seven customers who had stayed on that showed signs of the symptoms had been asked to remain in their hotel rooms in order to contain any potential outbreak. The hotel group, which has a proud record of health and safety, says it is working with local health officers to provide all guests with the best possible assistance in dealing with the bug. NHSGCC said staff had been ‘exemplary’ in dealing with the crisis, while it also said that the hotel could not be faulted on its precautions for the prevention of such an outbreak and is continuing to try to find the source of the virus.

Additional cleaning measures have already been put into place and the hotel remains open for business, aside from the swimming pool which is undergoing extensive sanitation.