Congratulations

We have a couple of Congratulations we would like to share with you, as we have some family members that deserve a mention for recently wining awards.

Mr Ken Jones' cousin Alan Jones who runs a family business based in Wrexham.

You may of heard about their business, it is a well known bakery called "The Village Bakery", they had been nominated in several categories in the True Taste of Wales Competition.

Mr Alan Jones along with his son Robin and a party of employees came to stay at the St Kilda Hotel so they could attend the True Taste of Wales Award Ceremony that was held in Llandudno in October.

We are pleased to announce they won  the coveted Gold Award for the "Welsh Export Achievement"and we would like to congratulate them on this prestigious award.

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 If you would like to know more about the Village Bakery please click the link on the right hand side to get all the information of this family run business.

The next mention goes to Mrs Jones' nephew/ godson who has set  up business

selling fresh fashion, home ware and gifts  in Biggar.

Anthony and Clare won "Best Newcomer for the North and Scotland" in the Greats Independent Gift Retailer Awards 2011.

The awards recognise the top independent and multiple retailers in the country and the competition is very stiff,  winning this award at such an early stage in the life of their business has given them a huge confidence boost and we would like to

congratulate them both.

To visit their shop Plaisir, please click the link on the right hand side.

Time to Celebrate!

All the staff  gathered today for a small celebration, to toast our success at the recent "Group Travel Awards".

To achieve the award three times in succession, recognises the dedication and hard work that Mr & Mrs Jones have put into the hotel over the last 23 years.

 All the departments in the hotel must be congratulated, as guests receive the same friendly service from the reception staff who meet and greet, to the houskeepers keeping all bedrooms and other areas of the hotel spick and span, the bar staff who keep the drinks flowing whilst the entertainers perform their fabulous acts.

I cannot forget the Waiters and Waiterreses who work extremely hard to ensure, guests recieve their meals with a smile, the staff who work behind the scenes and if I dont mention the Chefs I wont eat for a week!!

  

We all enjoyed the break in routine to stop and gather in the dining room to have a few nibbles, a glass of Champagne, followed by a slice of cake of course! It was very apparent that each and everyone of us, are extremely proud to be part of this fantastic team, becoming the "Best Individual Hotel for Groups" in Great Britain and we are all now very busy planning what we need to do to win in 2012.

Mr & Mrs Jones kindly presented each member of staff with a Certificate of Appreciation and a gift to mark the celebration. 

Well Done Everyone!!

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Roll Of Honour

Proprietors

Mr Ken Jones & Mrs Margaret Jones

Front of House & Operations Manager

Suzanne

Reception Team

Jeanette, Maureen, Pat. Thea. Brian

Chefs

Ken, Sandra, WaldeRmar, Simon

Restaurant Team

Violetta, Bobo, Agnes, Kris, Pavel, Joanna, Anna, Richard, David, Greg

Housekeeping Team

Rita, Wendy, Janis, Lina, Rosemary, Wanda.

Kitchen Team

Virgis, Phil,

Bar Staff & Night Porters

Iain, Bill, Adam

also Stan, Piotr and all our fabulous Entertainers and not forgetting me!

The Day of the Awards

10th June 2011

It was a lovely sunny day as Mrs. Jones, Julia and I set off from Llandudno station to the Group Travel Organiser Award Ceremony in London. Suzanne was to join us en-route at Chester. We had all been looking forward to this day and the Gala Evening that lay ahead and as we arrived at Chester Station, our eyes were peeled for Suzanne. We tried frantically to spot her in the crowds but the train pulled away without her, or so we thought.

Where was she?

We urgently tried to contact her but no answer!  As we tried to rethink the logistics on how she could join us later, in she walked as large as life and as cool as a cucumber. She had got on the train at the very end carriage, and slowly fought her way threw the crowds to find us, No Rush! How relieved we three were.

We finally made it into London Euston altogether, then across the city to the Riverbank Plaza Hotel where the ceremony was being held. A quick change into our frocks and with our hair and make up done it was down to reception for a glass of wine before dinner.

It was a very special evening, the ballroom looked amazing with “Phantom of the Opera” being the theme for the décor and entertainment. In the centre of the tables there were flowers topped with masks and streamers and balloons everywhere. The meal was delicious, but as the awards began nerve racking is an   understatement!!

 To make it worse we had to wait until after the interval as our category was number 12. We were one of seven finalists and at this point  I felt sick!! They announced the Runner Up and then they announced US….

Oh my goodness, we’d done it, we’d got the Hat trick!

“Best Individual Hotel for Groups” St Kilda Hotel

I can tell you we were more than thrilled to have been nominated as a finalist but to WIN for the third year running was an unbelievable achievement. It is thanks to all the organisers, who voted for us

(it’s those votes that count) so on behalf of everyone a very BIG Thank You for nominating the

St Kilda Hotel

You’ll never know how much we appreciate your support.