Infotel Magazine | Edition 22 | November 2017

2017 Edition 22

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Contents Featured Hotel

A Postcard from

Gleddoch House Hotel Golf & Spa

Manchester

It’s Spa Time

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7 10 18 The Guest Book

Dates for the Diary Chase Lodge Hotel Gleddoch House Hotel Golf & Spa Infotel Business

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It’s Spa Time

Ibis Budget Warrington Lymm Services

Ibis Budget Knutsford A Postcard from Manchester Manchester Hotels

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Sparth House Hotel Infotel Special Offers

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partner properties ready to welcome you

The Guest Book Best Western Orton Hall Hotel

Stallingborough Grange Hotel Lincolnshire

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The Swan The Dabbling Duck Norfolk

Pheasant Inn Berkshire

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Haycock Hotel

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Ferryman Inn Oxfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Five Bells Inn

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Lancaster Hall Hotel London

DATES FOR THE DIARY

What’s On?

November 2017

Alexandra Palace Fireworks Festival 3 - 4 November London >>

Bridgewater Guy Fawkes Carnival 4 November Somerset >>

Who? Leeds Castle Fireworks Display 4 - 5 November Kent >>

Bournemouth Christmas Market 14 November - 4 January Bournemouth >> Chester Literature Festival 12 - 19 November Chester >>

Where?

Frankfurt Christmas Market Birmingham 16 November 24 December Birmingham >>

Exeter Christmas Market on Cathedral Green 16 November - 17 December Exeter >>

When?

Lincoln Christmas Lights Switch On 17 November Lincoln >>

Salisbury Christmas Market 23 November - 22 December Salisbury >> Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 17 - 26 November Huddersfield >>

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Chase Lodge Hotel Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 4AS

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Dating back 200 years, this former magistrate’s house has old world charm and character.

The independently run Chase Lodge Hotel offers eight individual, comfortable guestrooms with free WiFi. Just 30 minutes from central London and Heathrow Airport, close to Twickenham, Bushy Park and the ancient City of Kingston, which has a fabulous range of restaurants and bars.

Free parking between 4pm and 10am the next day or secure all day parking for a £10 fee is available but will need to be booked in advance.

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“We cannot fault this place for convenience, comfort, cleanliness, atmosphere, staff. It is a gem of a place, nothing is too much trouble.”

Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.

Gleddoch House Hotel Golf & Spa Glasgow, Renfrewshire PA14 6YE

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Just 20 minutes from Glasgow City Centre and under 15 minutes from Glasgow International Airport, Gleddoch offers 75 en-suite guestrooms, ranging from Classic Doubles to Suites. All rooms include free WiFi, flat screen TVs and complimentary Elemis toiletries.

Most rooms benefit from fabulous views overlooking the River Clyde or the glorious 18-hole championship golf course.

A menu created around Scottish produce is served in the hotel’s restaurant, Vista. Cullen skink and haggis, neeps and tatties are a few of the timeless classics. Other delicious options take their cue from further afield, like saffron risotto or camembert, fig and onion tart.

“Rooms are stunning, spa facilities amazing, food fantastic, staff very helpful, customer service exceptional.”

Taken from a Trip Advisor review.

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It’s Spa Time If the thought of Christmas and the New Year heralds in thoughts of a refreshed, rejuvenated and ready-to-go you, then you’ll want to dip into our Spa collection of hotels.

Whether it’s a quick getaway with a pamper day or a complete unwind to charge the batteries with a longer stay, it’s time to escape the chaos!

It was good enough for an exiled King of France (Louis XVIII) and his court from 1809 to 1814 so a stay at Hartwell House Hotel, Restaurant & Spa in Buckinghamshire is a noble decision! The Grade I listed Jacobean and Georgian House impresses with elegant and spacious reception rooms, decorative ceilings, panelled walls, antique furniture and fine paintings.

The spa is housed in a splendid building modelled on an orangery and has a good sized swimming pool, spa bath, steam room, saunas and a well equipped gym (just in case you have a sudden burst of energy).

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Experienced therapists offer a wide range of treatments using Aromatherapy Associates, BIOEFFECT and Jessica. Our favourite treatments are the Ultimate Aromatherapy Experience which releases tension in every part of the body, stimulates the nervous system and encourages healthy circulation or try the Bespoke Skin Polish for a pre-Christmas glow.

A pregnancy massage and post-pregnancy skin nourishment treatment are both available and for men, there’s a choice of three refinery facials.

And when you’re finished with treatments, don’t miss the chance to stroll around the hotel’s grounds. The 29 acres of parkland has follies to discover, an old church ruin, statues and a lake, making it an equally therapeutic place to escape to.

Hartwell House Hotel, Restaurant & Spa Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8NR

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spa time Unspoilt Suffolk countryside is the backdrop for relaxation and time devoted to you when you pick the peaceful Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Spa, close to the charming market town of Woodbridge.

Considered to be one of East Anglia’s finest day spas, the sumptuous Thermal Suite is the centre-piece and includes a series of heating and cooling experiences, such as the large hydro-pool, aroma steam room, mineral grotto and soft sauna. Guests can also enjoy complimentary access to the Health Club with its deck-level swimming pool and gym.

Ufford Park Hotel Golf & Spa Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1QW

Only a short walk from the blue flag award-winning beaches and in a prime location on the prestigious East Cliff in Bournemouth is the Queens Hotel & Spa. Located on the lower ground floor of the hotel, the Forever Gorgeous Day Spa and Clinic has nine treatment rooms and two lounges. Pamper packages using Elemis products can be booked in advance and there are a wide variety of treatments available. Couples pamper packages, best friends, mother and daughter, men, pregnant guests and groups are catered for in the modern, peaceful and welcoming spa which creates a real hideaway atmosphere to unwind.

The hotel itself has represented the ultimate in Bournemouth luxury since the 1940s and has an excellent reputation for dining. There’s a choice of restaurants; Alexander’s for a table d’hote menu and the Garden Lounge and Bar for a less formal occasion.

Queens Hotel & Spa Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3DL

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For a midweek retreat, Sunday sanctuary, twilight or indulgence package, The Parsonage Hotel & Spa provides the perfect excuse for a pampering.

Just a short drive from the historic City of York, the hotel and spa is set in six acres of formal gardens and woodland and offers accommodation in the Main House, Coach House, Cottage or Lodge.

The Cloisters Spa has five treatment rooms, a 16 metre indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and aromatherapy salt room along with a state-of-the-art gymnasium.

Elemis products and touch therapies provide guests with a complete spa journey. The overnight spa package begins with an indulgent cream tea on arrival followed by a signature therapy session lasting 55 minutes, a three course meal in the AA Rosette award-winning restaurant and full English breakfast the next day.

The Parsonage Hotel & Spa York, North Yorkshire YO19 6LF

The Sunday Sanctuary starts with an afternoon of relaxation and tea, a two course evening meal in The Fat Abbot, accommodation, full English breakfast and then a choice of beauty treatments. Whether it’s relaxation and renewal or a winter refresher, there’s an extensive choice of packages to pick you up, give you a glow and send you off re-energised!

An investment last year of over £400,000 at Kettering Park Hotel has created a simple, stylish and timeless look for the hotel’s spa. With products from Natural ESPA skincare, Jessica nail care and exclusive Natura Bisse products to beautify, and specialist hot stone, anti-cellulite, reflexology, sports massage and Indian head massage treatments to empower well-being, you’ll find your stress and aches dissapear.

A fitness centre and a choice of classes, including yoga, pilates and aqua aerobics are also available for guests and the al fresco terrace is the perfect setting for further relaxation.

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Kettering Park Hotel Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 6XT

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Mercure Manchester Norton Grange Hotel & Spa Lancashire Hintlesham Hall Suffolk

Brook Mollington Banastre Hotel & Spa Cheshire

Sketchley Grange Leicestershire Village Hotel Glasgow Lanarkshire

Sir Christopher Wren Hotel Berkshire

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Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort Wiltshire

Regency Hotel Solihull West Midlands

Hilton Avisford Park Hotel West Sussex

Tewkesbury Park Hotel Gloucestershire

Kilworth House Hotel Leicestershire Hallmark Hotel Derby Mickleover Court Derbyshire

Homewood Park Hotel & Spa Somerset

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Hallmark Hotel The Welcombe Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire

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Ibis Budget Warrington Lymm Services Warrington, Cheshire WA13 0SP

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Convenient for Manchester Airport, just one mile from junction 20 on the M6 or junction 9 on the M56 and a short drive from Manchester City Centre, the Ibis Budget Warrington offers double rooms with a flat screen TV and en-suite bathroom, a double bed and a double sofa bed.

A 24-hour reception operates, free parking and discounts are available at M&S, Costa, McDonalds and WHSmith.

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“Receptionist was very helpful, sorted room and drinks tray quickly. Room was spacious, bed comfortable and shower excellent.

Would certainly use again.”

Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.

Ibis Budget Knutsford Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0PP

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Comfort at a sensible price and in a convenient location for Cheshire and the North West as well as being en route to Manchester City Centre and the airport.

All guestrooms are ground floor and provide a double bed, sofa bed, flat screen TV and free WiFi. A 24-hour reception operates and there’s plenty of free car parking.

“Comfortable bed. Nice pillows and covers. Clean and tidy with friendly staff.

It’s a good budget hotel.”

Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.

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Manchester A Postcard from

The UK’s third most visited city is home to the oldest library in the English speaking world, it’s the birthplace of Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Suffragette movement, and is a major creative centre with architecture, fashion, music, film and the performing arts.

As well as having more rock stars per head than any other British city, Manchester has been incredibly successful with Nobel prizes; so far 25 Nobel Laureates have worked at the University of Manchester and its institutions.

Photo by Mike Peel / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Photo (The Smiths) by Brett Jordan / CC BY 2.0 Photo (Joy Division) by Wishbook / CC BY-SA 2.0

Joy Division, Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, James, M People, Take That, Simply Red and Elbow are just a few of the bands to emerge from Manchester and if you’re talking music, Factory Records and The Hacienda were the verse and chorus of the city’s music scene in the 1980s and 90s.

Photo (The Hacienda) by Robert Scarth / CC BY-SA 2.0

Redeveloped into flats in 2007, artefacts from the famous nightclub and the record label form a collection of old posters and fliers and even the loading bay dock doors are on view, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (open daily from 10am to 5pm). Hacienda co-owner and New Order bassist Peter Hook had six bass guitars made from the dance floor floorboards, complete with cigarette burns and stiletto heel marks!

Photo © by David Dixon (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Film fans and vinyl fanatics will love the Northern Quarter for its numerous record stores and recognisable locations used in big screen hits Alfie, Captain America: The First Avenger and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. There’s also a good variety of bars and cafes and Affleck’s Palace, a former department store is now a multi-story bazaar of alternative clothing, piercings and tattoos.

Photo by Duncan Hull / CC BY 2.0

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The beautiful sandstone building of Chetham Library dates back to 1421 when it was home to priests from Manchester’s Collegiate Church.

Part of Chetham’s School of Music, the library’s collection is of national and international importance with early printed books, manuscripts, diaries, prints and paintings.

Exclusive pre-arranged tours are available which take in the main Reading Room where Daniel Defoe, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Disreali, Karl Marx and Blur front man, Damon Albarn have been among the roll call of the famous to study there.

Photo by Parrot of Doom [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL ], via Wikimedia Commons

Never mind the 1476 edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales which is at The John Rylands Library, it’s the stunning architecture of this Victorian Gothic building that leaves the library looking more like a castle or a cathedral, which will truly impress! Cumbrian sandstone and Polish oak plus art nouveau light fittings and radiator grills, vaulted ceilings, stone archways and quiet coves set the scene for quite possibly the greatest read of your life!

Photo by Mdbeckwith [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

With Christmas just around the corner, shopping is never a struggle in Manchester.

Vivien Westwood, Burberry, Paul Smith, Mulberry and Crombie are just a few of the designer, boutique shops while Selfridges, Jessops and House of Fraser tick the boxes for department store favourites.

Head to the Arndale or the Trafford Centre for under-one-roof shopping or the Lowry Outlet Mall at the Salford Quays for 60% off designer shopping.

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The Grade II listed Manchester Opera House is the city’s largest theatre, seating audiences up to 1,920. With a spacious stage and orchestra pit, big touring musical productions, concerts and ballets are totally at home.

Photo by Mike Peel [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

It would be a red card scenario not to mention football in Manchester!

With two arch rival teams and two armies of fans, the beautiful game can be celebrated with stadium tours of Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium and don’t forget a visit to the National Football Museum! The four floor shrine to football is full of interactive experiences, discovery zones and memorabilia.

Photo by Tatchie from Lisburn, Northern Ireland [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

Fine dining, cheap eats, international cuisine and an excellent choice of tea and coffee shops means you’ll never need to miss a meal when in Manchester!

Whether you’re after an American grill, Spanish tapas, Indian curry, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Italian or vegetarian, your favourite dishes are on the menu!

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Manchester

Accommodation in is like the cuisine; all budgets are catered for! You’ll find five star luxury, well known chains, serviced apartments and cheap nights away in our Manchester collection >>

Village Hotel Manchester Ashton

Novotel Manchester West

APG Serviced Accommodation

The Ainscow Hotel & Spa

Citysuites

Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport

Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

Approved Serviced Apartments

Hallmark Inn Manchester South

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OUR COLLECTION

Sparth House Hotel Accrington, Lancashire BB5 5RP

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A relaxed and comfortable atmosphere welcomes guests to 16 individually designed en-suite guestrooms, including two suites, all providing Freeview TV, WiFi and hospitality trays.

Start the day with a full English or continental breakfast and enjoy an evening meal of locally sourced produce from the local farm butcher, Lancashire grown vegetables and award-winning British cheeses.

In the summer months, make the most of the secluded grounds with a pre-dinner drink on the terrace and in the winter, relax around the fire with a post meal nightcap.

“Great hotel with extremely friendly staff. I often stay here while away with work and find it very comfortable and have enjoyed a number of stays.”

Taken from a Trip Advisor review.

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Special Offers

Chase Lodge Hotel Surrey

Save at least £40 on bookings before 31 Jan ‘18

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Skelwith Bridge Hotel Cumbria

Christmas in Cumbria

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Best Western Plus Milford Hotel

Heacham Manor Hotel

Corporate Discount 10% off 2 night stay

Range of B&B & self-catering breaks

West Yorkshire

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Norfolk

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Coul House Hotel Ross-shire

Autumn B&B offer - save up to 50%

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Langstone Cliff Hotel Devon

2 nights B&B plus afternoon tea, pre-dinner drink & evening meal

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Gray Manor Hotel Wiltshire

Save £90 on a family or a luxury suite

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Docklands Lodge London Docklands

Save up to 10% when you quote ‘Infotel10’

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Barnett Hill Surrey

A magical Christmas getaway in this Surrey stunner!

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Bell at Boxford

Deans Place Hotel

Crowtree Wigwams

Sunday & Monday night special offers

Four packages available until the end of 2017

Weekly Offer - book 1 week & get one night free

Berkshire

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The Cameron Ventures Group was established in 1999 and has a portfolio consisting of hotels in East Anglia which are members of the Best Western Affiliation.

Cedars Hotel & Restaurant

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Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 2AJ

The Cedars Hotel in Stowmarket, Suffolk, has 25 well appointed en-suite bedrooms including three family rooms and a ground floor, adapted room for wheelchair users. A wide ranging menu offers traditional dishes which can be enjoyed in the restaurant or the relaxed bar.

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Best Western Ipswich Hotel

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Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 3JD

Close to the centre of Ipswich yet on the edge of Constable Country, 74 guestrooms and two suites provide comfortable accommodation. A menu of English favourites is served in the Wolsey Suite and a snack bar menu is available in the Wolsey Bar.

Best Western Brome Grange Hotel Diss, Suffolk IP23 8AP

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£55

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Set in a quadrangle, courtyard bedrooms offer full facilities for the leisure and business traveller in this former 16th century coaching inn. English and international cuisine is served in the Courtyard Restaurant and a range of cask-conditioned ales can be enjoyed in the King’s Bar.

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A Coastal Christmas

Christmas in the City

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A Country Christmas