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CASE STUDIES:
Hatherley Manor
Hotel, Down Hatherley,
Gloucestershire
Hatherley Manor Hotel is a magnificent
17th Century manor house set amidst 37
acres of beautiful grounds and gardens,
in the heart of the Gloucestershire
countryside on the edge of the Cotswolds.
The stunning country house hotel trades
well as a wedding venue and large event
and banqueting space - one of the largest
in the county - offering a number of
function rooms within the property. The
wedding market has become increasingly
saturated over recent years, with many
couples looking for ways to reduce costs
all really excited about
in an effort to save money on the UK a relaxation room and a average £24,000 cost of getting married. gymnasium. It will also the launch of the spa,
boast its own private seeing the last couple
A few years ago, Hatherley Manor
identified an opportunity within the spa spa lounge, exclusive years of planning now
tourism market, which is reported to be worth champagne bar and five physically taking shape
around £1.4 billion, with seven million spa trips luxury SPA bedrooms, taken annually across the UK; the market is where you will be able to still seen to be at a relatively early stage of enjoy walled garden views development. The management team saw from private balconies. In addition the potential to capitalise on this by building a to this, there will be a shared rooftop the local residents and businesses that
spa at the hotel, with the potential to benefit terrace to soak up the late evening sun.  we serve. We are aware that it will change
existing customers, attract new guests and
increase local custom.
Stephen Trowbridge, general manager
at Hatherley Manor Hotel says; ‘We are
is fantastic for us. We
believe that the addition of
the spa will be a great upgrade
to the hotel for our visitors but also
our current market proposition and the
clientele that we receive into the hotel, but
believe that this is an exciting opportunity.
The spa is due to open in December 2017,
so we await the results of how this affects
the hotel’s prosperity.”
The plans were drawn up and
approved, and work has now begun on
a £3 million state of the art spa. The spa
itself will have six luxury treatment rooms, a
swimming pool with garden views, a vitality
pool, a thermal suite, including sensory
showers, a sauna, steam heated loungers,
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