Warner Leisure Hotels Scoops Top National Travel Industry Award
Released
on: September 19, 2008, 9:05 am
Press
Release Author: Warner
Leisure Hotels
Industry:
Consumer
Services
Press
Release Summary: Warner Leisure Hotels scoops the award for Hotel
Chain of the Year from top travel publication Travel Trade Gazette

Press
Release Body: Warner Leisure Hotels has scooped
the award for Hotel Chain of the Year from top travel
publication TTG (Travel Trade Gazette), beating off stiff
competition from a number of well-known global brands including
Conrad Hotels and Resorts and Swisshotel Hotels and Resorts.
Almost
40 judges, including some of the biggest names working in the
travel industry, were invited to assess the 169 entries that made
it on to shortlists in 30 categories. The awards are widely regarded
as being the most prestigious in the industry.
The
award was presented to Warner
Leisure Hotels managing director Jim Forward
in a glittering ceremony held at Grosvenor House Hotel
in Park Lane, London. It was a victorious night for the Hertfordshire-based
leisure firm, with parent company Bourne Leisure also scooping
the evening's top award of Travel Company of the Year for over
100,000 passengers, and sister company Haven Holidays winning
Domestic Operator of the Year.
Jim
Forward commented: "We are delighted and honoured
to have been voted Hotel Chain of the Year by such an influential
group of industry experts. These annual awards are widely regarded
as being the 'Oscars' of the travel industry."
"This
award reflects Warner Leisure Hotels' commitment
to investing in and developing the experience of its guests in
its portfolio of properties across the UK. We are in the middle
of a multi-million pound development scheme throughout our group,
ensuring that we continue to innovate and enhance our guest experience,
as well as maintain our high standards of accommodation, facilities
and customer care."
About Warner Leisure Hotels
Exclusively for adults, Warner Leisure Hotels' enjoys an occupancy
rate of 95% in its portfolio of 13 properties across the UK. As
well as offering a wide choice and style of accommodation, each
with its own personality, the hotel chain is renowned for its
Experience
Breaks, offering over 600 additional activities from hot air
balloon trips and antiques with tv's Eric Knowles to a Mini Cooper
Treasure Hunt and numerous dance breaks.
Warner
Leisure Hotels has a wide portfolio of hotels, ranging from the
majestic Thoresby Hall Hotel and Spa in Nottinghamshire and the
historic Littlecote
House Hotel in Berkshire, where Henry VIII courted Jane Seymour,
through to the Victorian character of Alvaston
Hall Hotel in Cheshire with its own golf course and the Lakeside
seaside resort on Hayling Island in Hampshire which offers relaxed
accommodation in a pretty traditional seaside location.
Web
Site: http://www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk
Contact
Details: Frances Pardell
PR Manager
Warner Leisure Hotels
1 Park Lane
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 4YL
01442 203422
