10 June 2004

New Sales & Marketing Manager at Hartwell House, Restaurant and Spa

Hartwell House are delighted to announce that Carol Shearman has joined them as Sales & Marketing Manager. Among her many and varied tasks will be that of attracting new visitors from the Greater London area, and from around Milton Keynes.

Hartwell House is part of the well-known Historic House Hotels Group and stands in 90 acres of parkland in the beautiful Vale of Aylesbury. Only an hour by car from London, it is also only half an hour from Heathrow and the dreaming spires of Oxford. Apart from its distinguished historical connections and its superb restaurant, with 4 AA Red Stars, the hotel has one of the most beautiful Spas in the country. This offers a generous-sized swimming pool, spa bath, steam room, saunas and a well equipped gymnasium. There are also four beauty salons with qualified therapists offering a wide range of treatments, using Clarins, E'SPA, Jessica and St Tropez products.

Carol has had a distinguished and varied career in hotels and began as a receptionist before graduating to Front of House Manager and was then promoted to Sales and Marketing.

Most recently, she was in charge of Sales and Marketing at Danesfield House and Spa, near Marlow.

Said Jonathan Thompson, Director and General Manager, 'We are absolutely thrilled to have someone of Carol's calibre joining the team and we greatly look forward to raising the profile of this superb hotel with her help in the near future.'

For further information, please contact Ian Scott, iscottptnr@dsl.pipex.com or 020 7439 1950.

For Mary bird, email mary@marybird.net or 020 8690 9677.

NOTE TO EDITOR

Hartwell House & Spa is one of three privately owned Historic House Hotels; these include Bodysgallen Hall in Snowdonia and Middlethorpe Hall in York. For more information on Historic House Hotels, see http://www.historichousehotels.com.

If you would like to visit Bodysgallen Hall, Hartwell House or Middlethorpe Hall in order to review one or more of the hotels, please contact Mary on mary@marybird.net.

Please note there is no budget for colour separations.