Official new awards have been launched to celebrate excellence in businesses that make Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch a great place to visit, live and work. The Destination Awards are a completely new showcase for the great work being done in our part of the south coast to attract more tourism and increase facilities for residents. The accolades have been set … Read More
Treacle helps Bournemouth hotel attract the ‘Hound Pound’
Bournemouth’s Marsham Court Hotel offers dog-friendly accommodation from the first time this month (January) and making sure it’s all up to scratch and bona fide is Treacle the Labrador. Sixteen-month-old Treacle was the first to test the hotel’s new dog beds, blankets and even special doggy menu, which has been created by Head Chef Emil Donchev. Rosie Wallace, Treacle’s owner … Read More
Hotel owner siblings vying for top, family award
The family which has operated the Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth for over 30 years hopes to be crowned the top family business at the Dorset Business Awards (DBAs) this week (November 1). The Marsham Court won the DBAs Business Engagement with Education award in 2016 – The same year it won Large Hotel of the Year at the Bournemouth … Read More
Bournemouth hotel creates inter-connecting rooms for ‘3G’ families
The first hotel in Bournemouth to install hot and cold water in its rooms more than 75 years ago, has created inter-connecting rooms to meet its growing number of ‘3G’ guests. According to recent *research, more than 18 per cent of Britons have been on what is known as a ‘3G’ holiday – a trip where three generations of the … Read More
Bournemouth hotel unveils dynamic, new ‘double’
The Marsham Court Hotel’s new trainee managers are a double act of Eastern and Western talent. Viktor Ilic from Serbia and Shayne Bailey from Bournemouth, join the former Hotel of the Year from this month (June) and will be training across all departments before eventually leading the team at the 95-bedroom hotel. Viktor Ilic, 25, grew up in a small … Read More
Bournemouth hotelier plays on Twickenham pitch for injured rugby players
Russell Dixon-Box a director of the Marsham Court Hotel in Bournemouth, has played in the first ever, Rugby Football Union Injured Players Foundation (RFUIPF) Veterans Day on Twickenham’s “hallowed turf.” Finance director Russell, whose family has owned the Marsham Court in Russell-Cotes Road for more than 30 years, is a member of Hammersmith & Fulham Veterans Rugby Team – one … Read More
Bournemouth family hotel appoints first outside directors
One of Bournemouth’s oldest family-run hotels has appointed directors from outside the family for the first time. Former Hotel of the Year the Marsham Court in Russell-Cotes Road, has promoted its business development manager and operations manager to the Board. Business Development Director Jane Swift and Director of Facilities and Training Nigel Reeve join sibling directors Russell Dixon-Box (finance director), … Read More
Bournemouth family hotel appoints first outside directors
One of Bournemouth’s oldest family-run hotels has appointed directors from outside the family for the first time. Former Hotel of the Year the Marsham Court in Russell-Cotes Road, has promoted its business development manager and operations manager to the Board. Business Development Director Jane Swift and Director of Facilities and Training Nigel Reeve join sibling directors Russell Dixon-Box (finance director), … Read More
Hotel’s double booking at the BAPTAs
Bournemouth’s Marsham Court Hotel has ‘double booked’ itself at this year’s Bournemouth & Poole Tourism Awards (BAPTAs) – as a nominee and an award sponsor. The family-run hotel in Russell-Cotes Road is nominated for the Large Hotel award and is also sponsoring the Best Retail Experience award. MD Rosie Wallace, whose family has owned the Marsham Court for the last … Read More
Hotel takes steps to install huge, new dance floor
A Bournemouth hotel is installing a huge, new dance floor to meet the growing demands of ‘dance tourism’. The Marsham Court Hotel in Russell-Cotes Road is building a 1400-square foot, semi-sprung oak dance floor, which can accommodate up to 100 dancers at a time. The work comes just weeks after the closure of one of Bournemouth’s oldest dance floors at … Read More