Macdonald Hotels & Resorts Opens Windsor Hotel
September 13, 2010 - The Macdonald Windsor Hotel offers 120 luxury bedrooms in the heart of the historic town. The Royal Borough is home to some of the most well known attractions and the Macdonald Windsor Hotel offers the perfect base to experience them from. Guests can relax in Savill Gardens, situated within Windsor Great Park, soak up the heritage of Eton College with its historic buildings, or enjoy a relaxing boat trip or romantic horse drawn carriage through the park.
The hotel near Windsor Castle is on the site of the old Caley's department store. The shop had a long heritage within the Windsor community, serving the Royal Family from 1813 and it is a site local residents know well.
As well as being is a key tourist location, the Macdonald Windsor Hotel is also a convenient business location with easy access to London, the M4 corridor, a large number of FTSE100 companies and a transport link via Heathrow airport
The luxury hotel in Windsor also offers facilities to cater for large conferences and events of up to 150 delegates in the main meeting room which is supported by a second meeting room for up to 70 delegates. Smaller board meetings will be hosted in two executive boardrooms for 25 delegates each, and an additional two syndicate rooms for 10 will be available to book for breakaway sessions.
Beverley Molmans has been appointed the first manager of Macdonald Windsor Hotel and, with more than 12 years' experience of working at Macdonald Hotels, Beverley is eagerly anticipating the grand opening and welcoming guests from across the globe. He said: "To be appointed manager of Macdonald's newest flagship hotel is a tremendous and exciting opportunity - I can't for the hotel to open and welcoming our first guests."
First established in 1990 by Donald Macdonald and colleagues, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts operates over 40 hotels across the UK and 10 resorts throughout the UK and Spain, including family hotels in Windsor, ideal for weekend breaks in Windsor Macdonald Hotels employs over 4,400 staff and operates in excess of 4,500 hotel rooms. Its focus is on developing its strong portfolio of four and five star hotels, with each offering its own character and individuality underpinned with the quality and attention to detail expected of the Macdonald brand. In particular, the company prides itself on the seasonality and provenance of its food within the hotels, from breakfast through to dinner, as well as its wide range of specially selected wines. As testament to the excellent level of service the Group provides, it has on numerous occasions won several prestigious accolades, most notably the AA Hotel Group of the Year 2007-08 and the National Customer Service Awards for Leisure and Tourism.
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