MACDONALD HOTELS SETS OUT ITS STALL AT CONFEX

February 20th 2007

Following an extensive £150m investment programme to refurbish existing facilities and create new offerings, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts on course to cement its position as one of the UK's top four-star conference venue operators.

The UK's largest privately owned hotel group, Macdonald Hotels is now launching an ambitious business strategy to consolidate and grow its market share in this sector. The group is also creating unique offerings within new build properties, such as Manchester, and Tarporley, Cheshire, all scheduled to come online in 2007.

With hotels throughout the UK - including the recently awarded five star Macdonald Randolph Hotel in Oxford and five star Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel - the group can offer everything from training rooms to impressive boardrooms and 800-seater auditoriums to magnificent ballrooms, as Andrew Watson, Marketing Manager, explained:

"We have spent a lot of time, ensuring the service on offer throughout the group is not only of a four star standard, but that it delivers on our core promise of 'on time, every time'.

"Our high quality venues offer 'must have' facilities such as full sound and visual equipment and now, following the instalment of high speed wireless internet access network, guests also have the ability to connect to the internet throughout the hotel, allowing them to work in the public rooms as well as the bedroom."

Meeting @ Macdonald - the group's unrivalled conference and events service which scooped the Business Travel & Conference Service of the year by Business Britain in 2006 - makes the organisation of a conference an easy, efficient and enjoyable experience. Whilst fulfilling its promise of 'on time, every time' co-ordinated by a dedicated meeting host on the day, the group also focuses on culinary excellence, offering the highest quality and freshest of foods and refreshments prepared with flair and imagination, promoting it as a popular conference and business option.

Andrew continued:

"What marks us out from our competitors is not only the choice of venues - which range from contemporary city centre locations to country houses in acres of private grounds - but our attention to detail. We can tailor a wealth of activities on site to challenge or relax the delegates, and also provide a range of healthy snack breaks, including home made biscuits and fresh seasonal fruit, to both stimulate and energise."

Macdonald's also recognises that business and pleasure do - and should - mix. Conference delegates are offered an exceptional range of facilities for relaxation, hospitality and team building activities. Most Macdonald hotels offer luxury Vital Health, Fitness & Beauty Clubs, some have golfing facilities while others offer a range of outdoor pursuits in extensive grounds.

Andrew added:

"A year on and 'Meeting @ Macdonald' is proving a great success. The feedback from clients is testament of the progress we have made in the conference and events market to date. It also provides us with a solid platform from which to continue building our offering and market share, and strengthens our commitment to becoming the UK's leading conference and events destination."

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