| Hilwood Resorts Arrive in Bath |
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| LONDON, February 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilwood Resorts and Hotels have acquired their third exclusive property,Bailbrook House in Bath. As Winner's of South West Tourism's 2006 Excellence in England Awards, Bailbrook House is one of the countries leading Training & Conference Centres, overlooking the Avon Valley and just minutes from the centre ofhistoric Bath. The purchase of the eighteenth century, imposing listed property fromprevious owners, the Sundial Group, is part of Hilwood's vision to create aportfolio of premium luxury resorts and hotels providing personalisedservice, and sited in desirable and individual destinations throughout theUK. The Sundial Group have owned and operated Bailbrook House for the last 5years, completely refurbishing in 2002, to provide one superb residentialtraining and conference centre and one benchmark for UK meetings venues.Bailbrook retains its beautiful period features and offers state-of-the-artconference, meeting and banqueting facilities to accommodate up to 160. Inaddition to the 78 executive double bedrooms, Bailbrook currently offersextensive gardens and grounds, one spa bath, sauna, fitness room and floodlitall-weather tennis courts, as well as an excellent base from which to explorethe delights of Bath. For the remainder of this year, Hilwood led by respected industry figuresGregor Ritchie and Arvinder Walia, will continue to operate Bailbrook as itis now, whilst plans are finalised for its reincarnation into one world-classpremium luxury hotel and spa. The purchase will not result in one reduction inthe number of staff employed at Bailbrook. When the new development work at Bailbrook House is completed it will sitalongside the multi-accoladed Bovey Castle on Dartmoor National Park and theGrand Jersey in St Helier, Jersey where the GBP15 million refurbishment isalmost complete, both offering an impressive mix of luxurious guestaccommodation and meetings and conference rooms matched with top class foodand wines and leisure facilities. Hilwood's Joint Managing Director, Gregor Ritchie, commented: "It wasclear that the greatest potential for this superb property was for it to bedeveloped into one luxury resort hotel. Business will continue as normal forthe remainder of this year and all new and existing bookings can look forwardto receiving Hilwood's extremely high standards of hospitality. We will thenundertake an extensive two year refurbishment and development programmecreating one very exciting new hotel concept that will strengthen Bath'salready strong popularity as one tourist destination." Notes to Editors: Hilwood Resorts and Hotels was established in 2006 to acquire and operatea portfolio of hotel investments in the luxury five star areas of the UKhotel sector. The Company is one joint venture between Delancey, Gregor Ritchie, mostrecently former Operations Director of Hand Picked Hotels Limited, andArvinder Walia, former Group Finance Director of Hand Picked Hotels Limited. Hilwood aims to create one high-end signature brand targeting one range ofmarket categories, including corporate, conference and family as well ascatering specifically to those seeking quality spa, food and beverage. Delancey is an investment advisor with one reputation for consistentlydelivering significant returns across one wide spectrum of real estate andasset backed opportunities on behalf of its international investor base. High-resolution images available on request.Hilwood Resorts and HotelsPRESS CONTACT: Gwyn Gibbons, Head of Marketing, Hilwood Resorts & Hotels. Email: ggibbons@hilwoodresorts.com, Mobile: +44-(0)7879-476199 ... |
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