Infotel Magazine | Edition 32 | September 2018
British Food Fortnight is on the menu so tuck into some of the UK's finest food festivals, get a taste for everything Chichester has to offer, dip into the latest feature hotels and finish with a special offer on a night or two away! READ NOW >> https://www.infotel.co.uk/magazine/
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<strong>2018</strong> <strong>Edition</strong> <strong>32</strong><br />
ON THE<br />
MENU<br />
A Harvest of<br />
Food Festivals!<br />
Sandy beaches &<br />
Scenic Countryside<br />
Paint the Picture in<br />
Chichester<br />
Autumn Price Falls in<br />
UK Hotels
When the bright lights of an exciting city adventure are calling it’s time<br />
to pack an overnight bag and explore everything a UK city has to offer.<br />
Contact the reservations team<br />
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Contents<br />
On the<br />
Menu<br />
A postcard from<br />
Chichester<br />
7<br />
14<br />
4<br />
Quality Hotel<br />
Stoke City Centre<br />
14<br />
A Postcard from<br />
Chichester<br />
5<br />
The Anchor Hotel<br />
20<br />
Moorland Garden Hotel<br />
6<br />
Shepherd Arms Hotel<br />
21<br />
Dates for the Diary<br />
7<br />
On the Menu<br />
22<br />
Sarova Hotels<br />
11<br />
White Horse Lodge Hotel<br />
24<br />
The <strong>Infotel</strong> Guest Book<br />
12<br />
<strong>Infotel</strong> Business<br />
26<br />
<strong>Infotel</strong> Deals<br />
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Quality Hotel Stoke City Centre<br />
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5NB<br />
From<br />
£42<br />
01775 843413<br />
Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
An eco-friendly hotel using both solar<br />
and biomass energy, this hotel is<br />
convenient for the Peak District and<br />
Alton Towers as well as being centrally<br />
placed in Stoke-on-Trent.<br />
The award-winning property has a<br />
good selection of en-suite rooms and<br />
suites, all offering free WiFi, a TV and<br />
hospitality trays. Dining can be enjoyed<br />
in the hotel’s restaurant and bar area or<br />
guests can choose room service.<br />
The hotel provides excellent modern<br />
leisure facilities, including an indoor<br />
pool, sauna and steam room.<br />
“It was genuinely lovely, clean<br />
and all staff very friendly and<br />
helpful. It’s in a fantastic spot.”<br />
Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.<br />
150 Spaces<br />
On-Site<br />
FREE<br />
WiFi<br />
Restaurant Bar Indoor Pool Laundry<br />
& Spa Service<br />
Luggage<br />
Storage<br />
Check In<br />
3.00pm<br />
Check Out<br />
11.00am<br />
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The Anchor Hotel<br />
Tarbert, Argyll PA29 6UB<br />
From<br />
£90<br />
01775 843413<br />
Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
Located in the picturesque harbour of<br />
Tarbert, The Anchor Hotel is in an ideal<br />
location for walkers embarking on<br />
the Kintyre Trail, Scotch connoisseurs<br />
sampling the Whisky Trail and visitors<br />
wishing to travel onto the Isles of Islay,<br />
Jura and Gigha.<br />
Modern en-suite guest rooms are<br />
equipped to a high standard and<br />
decorated with a subtle Scottish<br />
influence, creating comfortable,<br />
welcoming accommodation.<br />
Guests can enjoy the fresh, local<br />
catch of the day in the hotel’s Seabed<br />
Restaurant and sample the smooth<br />
malts in the Loch Fyne Bar.<br />
“A pleasant stay and we’d happily<br />
stay again. Can’t beat the friendly<br />
staff and location.”<br />
Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.<br />
FREE<br />
WiFi<br />
Restaurant Bar Tea/Coffee<br />
in room<br />
Luggage<br />
Storage<br />
Check In<br />
2.30pm<br />
Check Out<br />
10.00am<br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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Shepherd Arms Hotel<br />
Cleator Moor, Cumbria CA23 3AR<br />
From<br />
£41<br />
01775 843413<br />
Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
Formerly a farm in the village of<br />
Ennerdale, the Shepherd Arms Hotel<br />
offers eight guest rooms, with en-suite<br />
facilities or with private bathrooms.<br />
All rooms are equipped with a TV,<br />
bathrobes, a hairdryer and facilities<br />
for making a hot drink. Free WiFi is<br />
available throughout the hotel.<br />
Local produce forms the foundation of<br />
the menu and bar snacks. As well as a<br />
cooked breakfast, the hotel is happy to<br />
provide packed-lunches. For evening<br />
dining, especially in the winter, two<br />
roaring open fires create a warm and<br />
welcoming atmosphere in the bar<br />
which serves a selection of real ales<br />
from around Cumbria.<br />
“Very comfortable and well<br />
appointed bedroom and a very<br />
extensive menu of bar meals.<br />
The evening food was very tasty.”<br />
Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.<br />
6 Spaces<br />
On-Site<br />
FREE<br />
WiFi<br />
Restaurant Bar Tea & Coffee Check In<br />
in room 2.00pm<br />
Check Out<br />
10.00am<br />
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O N T H E<br />
MENU<br />
The Specials Board<br />
<strong>September</strong> signifies change and it is harvest time<br />
for Bramley apples, juicy blackberries and golden<br />
butternut squashes. Shellfish and game really come<br />
into their own with mussels, venison, duck and<br />
goose coming into season and it’s the perfect time<br />
for leeks, pears and plums.<br />
Aimed at encouraging us to buy British, British<br />
Food Fortnight, from 22 <strong>September</strong> to 7 October,<br />
coincides with harvest festivals. It began in 2002<br />
in response to the Foot and Mouth crisis the<br />
previous year and is now one of the biggest,<br />
annual celebrations of British food and drink.<br />
British Food Fortnight is supported by HRH The<br />
Duchess of Cornwall and famous faces from the<br />
restaurant world along with major supermarkets,<br />
pub groups, schools and Young Farmers.<br />
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The Specials Board<br />
If you’re travelling around the UK on<br />
business in <strong>September</strong> or you’re looking for<br />
an excuse to get away for a couple of days,<br />
we selected a few of the tasty, tempting food<br />
festivals which should be on your menu for<br />
leisure time satisfaction this month.<br />
LUDLOW FOOD FESTIVAL<br />
7-9 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
Over 40 hours of chef demos, talks and tastings with up<br />
to 180 stalls serving creative produce from Ludlow and<br />
the Welsh Marches. There will be an invited handful of<br />
traders who have different dishes from further afield.<br />
MALTON GAME<br />
& SEAFOOD FESTIVAL<br />
8 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
A delicious serving of Yorkshire street food, lobster rolls,<br />
oysters, grouse, venison and wild boar sausages. Plus a<br />
side helping of live demos, cookery lessons and a<br />
beer tent!<br />
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On the Menu<br />
FOOD ROCKS<br />
8-9 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
Celebrated chef Mark Hix curates with Michael Caines<br />
and Mitch Tonks amongst the top chefs delivering live<br />
demos with the best food and drink Dorset has to offer.<br />
ABERGAVENNY<br />
FOOD FESTIVAL<br />
15-16 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
Real food, real farmers and real chefs cook up a large<br />
helping of master classes, feasts and festival food from<br />
the farmyard! With night markets and street food to<br />
tempt too!<br />
LIVERPOOL FOOD<br />
& DRINK FESTIVAL<br />
15-16 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
Raymond Blanc, Gary Usher and Anton Piotrowski<br />
accompanied by a gin garden, craft ales, street food,<br />
sweet treats, healthy options and a market place with<br />
over 30 stalls of independent, artisan produce. Finish<br />
with local cheese and delicious wine!<br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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On the Menu<br />
BROADSTAIRS<br />
FOOD FESTIVAL<br />
28-30 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
A vintage tea parlour and a cider house plus a chef’s<br />
theatre are mixed with hundreds of stalls selling local<br />
Essex produce with the Victoria Gardens and seafront<br />
promenade providing the perfect backdrop.<br />
ALDEBURGH<br />
FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL<br />
29-30 SEPTEMBER<br />
On the menu<br />
Pop-up restaurants, workshops and cookery<br />
demonstrations accompanied by food stalls from local<br />
farmers, butchers, bakers and ale makers.<br />
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White Horse Lodge Hotel<br />
Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 2ER<br />
From<br />
£55<br />
01775 843413<br />
Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
The White Horse Lodge Hotel is<br />
conveniently located just ten miles<br />
from the A1, which provides a fast<br />
route into Leeds City Centre, and a<br />
five minute drive from Thirsk where<br />
visitors can be in York within a 20<br />
minute rail ride.<br />
En-suite guest rooms have a TV and<br />
hospitality trays. The restaurant<br />
has an a la carte and buffet menu<br />
available along with a popular<br />
Sunday carvery. There is a small bar<br />
area to enjoy a drink or play pool on<br />
a rare circular pool table!<br />
“The room we stayed in was<br />
spacious and comfortable.<br />
Staff were friendly and<br />
helpful too.”<br />
Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.<br />
14 Spaces<br />
On-Site<br />
FREE<br />
WiFi<br />
Restaurant Bar Garden Tea/Coffee<br />
in room<br />
Check In<br />
3.00pm<br />
Check Out<br />
10.30am<br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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A Postcard from...<br />
CHICHESTER<br />
With sandy and shingle beaches, scenic countryside, fishing villages and family attractions,<br />
the West Sussex cathedral city of Chichester has much to offer, including its close proximity<br />
to England’s wine producing region!<br />
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A Postcard from Chichester<br />
By Evgeniy Podkopaev [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons<br />
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Not just for the patriotic, English sparkling<br />
wine is getting lots of people excited and<br />
with an estimate of 10 million bottles to<br />
be produced in England and Wales by<br />
2020, demand is definitely on the rise.<br />
With the cost of land cheaper here than<br />
the champagne region, French producers<br />
are sniffing around British soil as sales of<br />
Champagne in Britain begin to fall and sales<br />
in English sparkling wines increase.<br />
Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Ben<br />
Nicholson, Eduardo Paolozzi, John Piper<br />
and Graham Sutherland are on display. Two<br />
major exhibitions are also running, one on<br />
British Pop Art and direct from Tate St Ives,<br />
an exhibition inspired by the writings of<br />
Virginia Woolf.<br />
Not only is now a particularly good time to<br />
buy British, it’s an excellent time to enjoy<br />
a vineyard tour and taste trip! The region<br />
offers a couple of vineyards to experience<br />
with Denbies Vineyard the oldest and<br />
offering tours and tastings all year round.<br />
Fans of Modern British art will want to make<br />
Located in a corner of the old RAF Tangmere<br />
airfield, Tangmere Military Aviation<br />
Museum showcases historic aircraft and<br />
memorabilia from the First World War to<br />
the Cold War and will keep aviation fans<br />
content with a very informative journey<br />
back in time.<br />
time for the Pallant Art Gallery, regarded as<br />
one of the best galleries outside of London.<br />
Important works by Frank Auerbach, Peter<br />
Continue to turn the clock back with a visit<br />
to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens<br />
where the country’s largest collection of<br />
Roman mosaics and the earliest garden<br />
will impress.<br />
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A Postcard from Chichester<br />
Back in the sky and Hawking About offers<br />
visitors a fantastic time with either a two<br />
hour walk with hawks through stunning<br />
woodland or a sunset stroll flying owls.<br />
Visitors are given their own falconry<br />
gauntlet and have lots of opportunities to<br />
interact with the hawks and owls, flying<br />
and feeding. A knowledgeable falconer<br />
adds to the experience; his passion<br />
and relationship with the birds of prey<br />
is infectious.<br />
Take a picnic to the tranquil and scenic<br />
Bosham Quay or tuck into afternoon tea in<br />
one of the lovely cafés or enjoy a refreshing<br />
pint in one of the pubs. Pretty cottages, a<br />
quaint old church, a craft centre selling<br />
local wares and antiques, and super views<br />
over the seafront and the village make it<br />
very easy to lose yourself for several<br />
hours at this quaint working quay.<br />
Quite possibly the country’s greatest<br />
sporting estate, Goodwood is famous<br />
for the Festival of Speed, the Qatar<br />
Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)<br />
and the Goodwood Revival. If you’re not<br />
in Chichester when these key sporting<br />
events are held, there are fantastic<br />
experience days available; championship<br />
golf, track side spin and slide sessions,<br />
and hot lap experiences, or take to the<br />
skies for a flight in a state-of-the-art Cessna<br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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followed by lunch in the former Old Control<br />
Tower Café at the aerodrome.<br />
For leisure time on the water, Wingate<br />
is available for both private charters and<br />
public trips around the harbour. Perfect<br />
for bird and seal spotting, it’s a couple of<br />
hours of gentle cruising onboard a former<br />
lifeboat which helped rescue marines<br />
when the Sir Galahad was bombed in the<br />
Falklands War. Alternatively, splash down in<br />
Chichester Water Sports where a 40 acre<br />
freshwater lake is home to water skiing,<br />
kayaking, wake boarding, paddle boarding,<br />
an inflatable aqua park (which guarantees<br />
an hour of adrenaline fuelled activities!)<br />
or jump on the inflatable banana boat for a<br />
high speed splash ending!<br />
Fans of two wheels should take to the 12<br />
miles of Saltern Way Cycle Route which<br />
starts in Winchester, along dedicated<br />
cycle routes as well as country lanes and<br />
a few roads before concluding in the sand<br />
dunes of East Head.<br />
Whether you time your Chichester stay<br />
to make the most of sunny seaside days<br />
or opt for an autumnal break bursting<br />
with arts and culture, we have a superb<br />
collection of hotels to suit all budgets.<br />
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A Postcard from Chichester<br />
Trents<br />
Chichester<br />
Inglenook<br />
Hotel & Restaurant<br />
Bognor Regis<br />
Hilton Avisford<br />
Park Hotel<br />
Arundel<br />
Brookfield Hotel<br />
Havant<br />
Bear Hotel<br />
The White Hart<br />
Havant<br />
Petersfield<br />
Comfort Inn<br />
Arundel<br />
Arundel<br />
FarmHouse Inn<br />
Lodge<br />
Portsmouth<br />
Innkeepers Lodge<br />
Portsmouth<br />
Portsmouth<br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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Moorland Garden Hotel<br />
Yelverton, Devon PL20 6DA<br />
From<br />
£69<br />
01775 843413<br />
Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
Nestled in nine acres of picturesque<br />
gardens, Moorland Garden Hotel is<br />
located on the edge of Dartmoor<br />
National Park, a short drive from<br />
Plymouth and Tavistock. Featuring 42<br />
en-suite rooms, including four luxurious<br />
suites, guest rooms are furnished to a<br />
high standard and include free WiFi,<br />
a TV with FreeView, complimentary<br />
tea, coffee and biscuits, while suites,<br />
balcony and premier rooms include a<br />
Tassimo coffee machine.<br />
Dining is in the AA Rosette Wildflower<br />
Restaurant or enjoy the sun drenched<br />
terrace or peaceful gardens for al fresco<br />
dining options.<br />
“The room was clean and<br />
modern with a very chic<br />
bathroom which included<br />
toiletries. Really helpful staff<br />
and a wonderful setting.”<br />
Taken from a recent Trip Advisor review.<br />
120 Spaces<br />
On-Site<br />
FREE<br />
WiFi<br />
Restaurant Bar 24Hr Tea/Coffee<br />
Reception in room<br />
Garden<br />
Check In<br />
2.00pm<br />
Check Out<br />
11.00am<br />
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What’s On?<br />
WHO?<br />
WHEN?<br />
Dates for the Diary<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
WHERE?<br />
St Annes<br />
International Kite Festival<br />
Bristol Thai Festival<br />
Newquay Fish Festival<br />
1 - 2 <strong>September</strong> 8 <strong>September</strong><br />
Lytham St Annes >> Bristol >><br />
8 - 10 <strong>September</strong><br />
Cornwall >><br />
Walking & Outdoors Festival<br />
The Great North Run<br />
The William Hill<br />
St Leger Festival<br />
8 - 16 <strong>September</strong><br />
Yorkshire Wolds >><br />
9 <strong>September</strong> 12 - 15 <strong>September</strong><br />
Newcastle >> Doncaster >><br />
Jane Austen Centre, Bath<br />
Berwick Film<br />
& Media Arts Festival<br />
Holmfirth<br />
Food and Drink Festival<br />
14 - 23 <strong>September</strong> 20 - 23 <strong>September</strong> 24 - 25 <strong>September</strong><br />
Bath >> Northumberland >><br />
Holmfirth >><br />
01775 843413 Lines open Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm<br />
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coupled with a professional service and relaxed<br />
atmosphere welcomes guests to Sarova Hotels.<br />
THE ABBEY<br />
MALVERN WORCESTERSHIRE<br />
THE REMBRANDT<br />
KNIGHTSBRIDGE LONDON<br />
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