Best Western Crown Hotel Boroughbridge Award Win

Crown Hotel Boroughbridge wins ‘Best’ Best Western Award.

The Best Western Crown Hotel Boroughbridge has received the prestigious Best Customer Service Award from Best Western Hotels.

Emma Lee, general manager of the hotel was presented with an engraved Chrystal Rose bowl by Best Western Hotels UK at the hotel consortium’s annual conference and glittering conference dinner held in Bristol.

The hotel was nominated in three categories and the Best Customer Service Award is considered the most prestigious amongst the organization’s member hotels.

“Winning this award is testament to the great team of people here at the Crown. We are a small hotel with limited resources but we do have a dedicated team whose focus on customer satisfaction has been clearly recognized and rewarded with this fantastic Award” comments hotel general manager Emma Lee.

The hotel has risen in the past year from 108 to 38th in the group’s rankings and was cited to have delivered the most improved service levels and customer satisfaction of all 280 hotels in the group.

For further information please contact:

Emma Lee, General manager
Best Western Crown Hotel
Horsefair, Boroughbridge
North Yorkshire, YO51 9LB
Tel: 01423 322328
Email: emma@crownboroughbridge.co.uk

Press contact:
John Gallery, Great Potential Tel: 07967 032623
Email: johngallery@greatpotential.co.uk

Notes for Editors:
The Best Western Crown Hotel is a 37 bedroomed former 16th Century coaching inn and includes conference suites for up to 120 delegates, restaurant, bar and a leisure club with heated indoor swimming pool and fitness suite.

Photograph attached: Emma Lee (centre) pictured with (right) Rhys Roberts, Chairman of Best Western Hotels GB and (left) his wife Claire Heaven-Roberts

Largest Single Collection of James Herriot Memorabilia to be revealed

The World of James Herriot reopens on 1^st February 2013 with new displays and the largest  ever single collection of James Herriot Memorabilia.

The collection is the first of a range of new exhibition items to be displayed at the Centre which will be unveiled in several stages during 2013.

The World of James Herriot has been undergoing a massive facelift. A band new room has been added to the attraction. The new Memorabilia Room will house all kinds of Herriot-related items, many of them seen here for the first time. Amongst film stills from both big screen releases, you will find loads of unseen pieces from the TV series. There are personally-written letters from James to his fans, signed photos of many of the actors involved in the films and the TV series, and the original Meccano magazine from 1931 in which a young Alf Wight read the article on becoming a veterinary surgeon which was to lead him to Thirsk. This new room will have something for everybody.

The new Memorabilia collection follows the 2012 installation of the restored Austin 7 car used in the original TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

“James Herriot’s legacy just continues to fascinate people and this new collection will help our visitor interpretation work at the World of James Herriot to become even more interesting and enjoyable. 2013 will be an exciting time of revelations”. Comments Centre Managing Director Ian Ashton

A media preview is available at 9am on Friday 1^st February. Journalists and photographers are invited to visit the Centre in advance of the public opening for interviews with Ian Ashton and photograph opportunities.

For further information please contact:

Ian Ashton

The World of James Herriot

23 Kirkgate, Thirsk,
North Yorkshire, YO7 1PL
Tel: 07836737267

E-mail: mail@worldofjamesherriot.com

Notes for Editors:

 

James Alfred Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym of James Herriot, became one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century. His books, a series of stories based on his experiences as a young veterinary surgeon working among the farming community of North Yorkshire, sold in their millions throughout the world. Their great success spawned two feature films in the mid 1970s, followed by a BBC television series, All Creatures Great and Small, which enjoyed global success in the late 1970s and early 80s. Most recently a TV series was commissioned showing the life and times of James Herriot in his younger days.

Breakfast via Twitter

14th January 2013

Book via Twitter Breakfast Club introduced at York luxury hotel and champions the importance of breakfast - local and regional emphasis on the food and setting.

The Mount Royale Hotel York has introduced a new Breakfast Club that aims to encourage York business people and local residents to enjoy the hotel’s locally sourced breakfast. A special 20% price reduction is available for anyone joining the Breakfast Club by following the hotel on Twitter on @mountroyaleyork

Already enjoying a fine reputation for its warm welcome, great food and dining experience, the hotel has introduced the Breakfast Club to champion the notion of ‘breakfast is best’ and support the recently launched ‘Better Breakfast for a Better Britain’ campaign which is supported by MP’s and celebrities.  (www.betterbreakfast.org.uk)

Breakfast has long been regarded as the most important meal of the day but half of us leave the house on an empty stomach. Even those who do manage to eat something in the morning take an average of just three minutes over it – usually as they dash out the door. This is a mistake, say experts, who point to a wealth of studies that suggest eating breakfast makes us more alert, helps keep us trim and improves work and behaviour.

Prospective Breakfast Club members need to simply follow @mountroyaleyork on Twitter to register. Bookings can also be sent via Twitter.  Telephone and email bookings are also welcome.

“Breakfast here is one of the things for which our resident guests most often compliment us and the new ‘Breakfast Club’ will hopefully encourage York residents and business people to experience this and make the most of what has been recognised as the best meal of the day. We are supporting the ‘Better Breakfast for a Better Britain’ campaign with our locally sourced ingredients. ‘Breakfast Clubbers’ will choose from traditional English grill to healthy fruits and the most delicious options of classic dishes such as Eggs Benedict.” comments Mount Royale Hotel director, Stuart Oxtoby.

The ‘Breakfast Club’ is available every morning between 07.00 and 09.30 Weekdays and 07.30 and 10.00 on Saturdays and Sundays. Bookings at weekends essential. 

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For further information please contact: 

Stuart Oxtoby, director, The Mount Royale Hotel, The Mount, York, YO24 1GU 
Tel: 01904 628856
Email: info@mountroyale.co.uk
Website: www.mountroyale.co.uk Twitter: @mountroyalehotelyork

Press contact: John Gallery, Great Potential. Tel: 07967 032623
Email: johngallery@greatpotential.co.uk
Notes for Editors: The Mount Royale Hotel was founded by Richard and Christine Oxtoby in 1967, the hotel was formerly two private houses built during the reign of William IV (1830 - 1837) and offers 24 bedrooms all with wireless internet, there is also a bar with a coal fire and Burbridges Restaurant offering locally sourced produce.  Other facilities include an onsite heated outdoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room and hot tub open all year set in English Gardens and a beauty centre with spa treatments.