Since you'll need the info soonish and I'm going offline soon, I'll post this anyway :P If you don't like them then whatever :D
We do actually have some nice hotels here at alright prices, contrary to popular beleif. There are three really nice hotels all at different locations along the front.
Cliffs is located at the Northern end of the promenade, after North Pier. It's quieter at this end and about a 10 minute walk to the town centre but it's minimum 2 nights (from £25 pp). Again, on the prom, but this time very close to North Pier and the town centre is the
Claremont - two night minimum again but really, really nice. Further South, near South Pier, the Pleasure Beach and the Sandcastle and the Golden Mile (arguably the buisiest and best part of the prom) is the
Viking - loads to do at this hotel. It's really nice and from £25 pp but there's no minumum night thing at this one :)
Our promenade is absolutely amazing at the moment aswell. It's not completely finished yet but if you've been here before and haevn't yet seen the progress of the massive regeneration project you won't recognise the promenade at all, it's 1000x better! :P