Christmas & New Year Fast Approaching!!

The Countdown to Christmas has begun

75 Days

So if you haven't already booked your Christmas or New Year break with us you had

better hurry!!

Once again our Christmas break is proving to be very popular with many guests booking last year, before they left!!

Our  4 or 5 night break starts on 23rd or 24th December. The festivities commence as soon as you arrive with a selection of sandwiches and our usual homemade scones. Join us in the Bar at 5.30 to get you in the mood by singing Carols with our Entertainers Dave & Eirian whilst waiting for Father Christmas. He always fits us in before his busy night bringing a gift for everyone before our Christmas Eve Candlelit Dinner.

Christmas Day offers plenty of time to open your stockings before Breakfast but be sure to leave plenty of room for Buck's Fizz and a Gourmet Christmas Lunch served with all the trimmings and much, much more. In the evening a Candlelit Dinner followed by an evening of  Entertainment.

After breakfast on Boxing Day you could take the Traditional Sponsored Boxing Day Dip in aid of St David's Hospice but if you are not brave enough, join us for Coffee and mince pies straight from the oven. Lunch is served at 12.30pm followed by our treat, a trip up the Orme to the Toboggan Run and if you don't fancy that just come along for the magnificent views and a coffee in the Ski Lodge. We have the Famous Yuletide Buffet served by our Chefs to look forward to in the evening.

On the 27th after breakfast and then lunch, enjoy our Winter Wonderland Trip a Luxury coach tour around beautiful North Wales. Back in time to change for your Candlelit dinner and another evening of entertainment.

After a hearty breakfast on the 28th it will be time to wish you all a fond farewell.

How does all that sound? Want to join us?

 Then please be quick as there are now only limited places left and we hate to disappoint!

New Year

New Year is such a lovely time in the Hotel, stay for 2 or 3 nights and enjoy a memorable start to the New Year. Celebrations start as with Christmas on arrival with Tea, sandwiches cakes and scones. In the evening  of the 30th a 6 course Candlelit Dinner and an evening of fabulous entertainment.

During the day on New Years Eve enjoy coffee in the lounge after breakfast but don't get to full as you have a lunchtime special prepared by our chefs then the New Year's Eve Festive Dinner all 7 Courses! A superb evening of Entertainment follows taking us well into the New Year when we will enjoy toasting the New Year with Champagne to the chimes of Big Ben.

Breakfast is served later on New Year's Day giving you a chance to have a lie in, but breakfast is to small a word for it we like to call it Brunch and it will certainly set you up for the day!

Join us in the Bar for Bucks Fizz to celebrate the New Year and then enjoy a Finger Buffet for lunch. Another 6 course Candlelit dinner and entertainment follows in the evening.

I don't know about you, but it does sound good to me !! I cant wait all this talk about Christmas and New Year has made me think I had better start writing my lists and getting organised, how many days do I have left???

Proud Association with UKFast

The St Kilda Hotel are proud to be associated with UKFast their web hosting providers.

However it doesn't stop there...

Uk Fast's Managing Director is Lawrence Jones, who is Mr & Mrs Jones' son, you can read all about his company and its worldwide success here http://www.lawrencejones.eu/

If like me you like to read other blogs try going to http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog-feed-lawrence-jones.html.  Lawrence has been reffered to as the Best Blogger around and has a fascinating outlook that keeps you coming back for more.

Our Head Chef

Please meet Ken, our Head Chef at the St Kilda.

 Ken has worked at the St Kilda for 11 years and has a team of 3 chefs working alongside him. He loves to try new recipes and can be found in the kitchen when everyone else has gone home trying out something new, and if we are lucky we sometimes get to sample these dishes (perks of the job Mmm).

Ken loves Christmas!! he does the usual moaning and groaning that chefs do, but we all know that this is the best time for him to show of his culinary skills. He produces the best buffets I have seen, the attention to detail and the presentation of the platters are second to none.
If you have experienced a St Kilda Christmas I am sure you would agree with me, if not then be sure to book one soon!

Just look what you are missing!

Ken  has had a very busy personal life this year planning his wedding, and I am glad to say it all went to plan, he and Janet were married in July and had a truly wonderful day.

He was also very proud to announce recently the birth of his first grand child a beautiful little girl called Lola May, who I am sure will be the apple of his eye! Both Mum and baby are doing well.

In between his busy family life and working, Ken tries to relax by going fishing he is a very keen Carp fisherman and often calls into my office asking me to check what the weather forecast will be for his days off. After his fishing trip we often discuss how he got on, how many fish he caught, the weight of the catch etc, it's a shame we have to work really we could ramble on about our fisherman's tales all day long.........

Photograph Competition

Calling all budding photographers, have you taken some great photos whilst staying at the St Kilda Hotel ?

Maybe you have a great view of the promenade, Great Orme or Llandudno Pier, or do you have some great shots of family and friends enjoying themselves during there stay!

If you have then we would like to see them!

We are looking for photographs of good quality from your stay with us, so that we can use them in future blogs or promotions.

In return we will choose the Best Photograph that has been submitted and the winner will

Win a FREE night at the St Kilda Hotel,

Dinner, Bed & Breakfast

(subject to availability)

If you would like to submit a photograph please send them direct to St Kilda Photograph Competition or by email to marketing@stkilda.co.uk please don't forget to compress your photograph if sending via email.

Terms and Conditions

The competition is open to all guests who have stayed at the St Kilda Hotel during the 2011

You can enter as many times as you like.

Please write on the back of your entries your full name and address and when you stayed with us.

Please send all entries clearly marked with  "St Kilda Competition" on the envelope or in the subject box if sending via email.

Unfortunately entries cannot be returned unless you provide a SAE.

Staff are not eligible to enter this competition.

Competition closes  31st December 2011

Winners will be notified by 7th January 2012,

The Judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.

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!

What a Beautiful Day

What a Beautiful Day

Our guests are having a fabulous week and the weather is beautiful too!

The blue skies above the bay make it look just like a picture postcard, now I don't profess to be a David Bailey but I did bring my camera to work today, and have taken a few snapshots for you.

Llandudno Promenade looking towards the Pier

The Bandstand on the promenade looking towards the Little Orme

Brian has been looking after the garden and I must say the front terrace is looking rather lovely, well done Brian. The pots and flower beds are a riot of colour and just the right place to enjoy an afternoon cup of tea, as you sit back and watch the world go by.

Front Terrace Garden

An evening stroll along the promenade after dinner, then back for the entertainment, bliss!

No wonder so many of you come back for more..

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.