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Aubrey Park – ideal for business events You’ll find the independent, AA four star hotel is hidden amongst a beautiful woodland backdrop of the ancient Aubries Fort, just in-between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead.

Aubrey Park hotel run a 24/7 service and host numerous weddings, corporate meetings and events; whilst serving fresh, seasonal food every day in their Bar and Lounge and Brasserie restaurant.

Their pet friendly hotel welcomes all walks of life, from young families to business clients. With a strong customer-focused philosophy, Aubrey Park Hotel defines their brand by the people who walk through the reception

doors. They boast a strong, friendly team who are connoisseurs in serving an individual, tailored service – and always with a smile. Aubrey Park Hotel not only run a successful hotel and events venue, but pride in taking a holistic approach to business. They do this by practising a strong CSR, near 100% recycling, public events, promoting and supporting local businesses and tourism. In October 2016, the independent hotel opened a brand new conference and events venue called, ‘The Oak Suite’. Tara Brady, Sales Manager at Aubrey Park Hotel is happy to see the new venue complete, as she explains, ‘We’re so excited to be opening

‘The Oak Suite’, which can host up to 200 delegates, this is a great development for our hotel. Its multi-purpose design is flexible enough to host all manner of events such as seminars, large business meetings and staff training days to name just a few’, Tara Brady continues, ‘…it contains state of the art facilities that rival any venue out there!’ ‘The Oak Suite’ will increase the hotel’s ability to serve its local community with better facilities for weddings and other celebrations. It also offers improved employment prospects for local residents and trading prospects for local suppliers of goods and services.

Express yourself at Beales Hotels This New Year make a business resolution to make meetings effortless. Beales Hotels are offering a new concept in conferences by way of Express Meetings. Providing everything you need for a vision review or accounts analysis, your team will be free to concentrate on the issues at hand. LCD projectors, flipcharts, stationery, lunch and refreshments are all included in the price, there are no hidden extras. Offering full or half day packages, companies can choose from the contemporary surroundings of Beales Hotel in the heart of Hatfield or relax in the country house ambience of West Lodge Park Hotel in Hadley Wood. Beales Hotels is Hertfordshire’s oldest family business and one of the country’s oldest hotel businesses. Handed down through the generations since 1769 today boasts two highly rated four star hotels that cater

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for the whole of London and Hertfordshire. “At Beales Hotels I believe we offer a unique service, a proven track record of excellent service passed down through eight generations combined with the very latest in modern facilities,” said Managing Director Andrew Beale. “Businesses in Hertfordshire can choose from the strikingly modern Beales Hotel, where you can stroll across the road to the Galleria Shopping Centre during a break or relax in the 35-acre grounds of West Lodge Park if inspiration is required!” West Lodge Park, just inside the M25 at Hadley Wood, offers extensive conference and banqueting facilities, 59 bedrooms, the Mary Beale

restaurant, terrace bar, an arboretum and a helipad in the grounds. Beales Hotel is home to a stunning collection of modern art, commissioned from students at the University of

Hertfordshire, which adorns the walls of conference rooms, bedrooms and the Talkbar and Outsidein restaurant. For more information please visit www.bealeshotels.co.uk or call 020 8216 3904.