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Great Potential client Denise Carter, owner of Newton House guesthouse Knaresborough is on Channel 4 TV’s ‘Four in a Bed’ from 16th to 20th May 2016. Denise and her colleague Jackie Fennell are the first of four guesthouse owners who compete to be the winner of the competition to be the best of the four.

The winner is announced in the final episode on Friday 20th May. The Newton House episode can be viewed here.

Sutton Hall Resort Gardens Open 28th May 2016

Sutton Hall Resort, near Thirsk is opening its gardens to the general public on Saturday 28th May in the first of a series of open days to coincide with the 300th anniversary of Lancelot ’Capability’ Brown this summer. A lost garden has been identified in the grounds of the Hall and the open days will provide an insight into the historic heather and rock gardens, its valley gardens and a woodland walk.

A ‘lost’ garden has been discovered in the grounds of the Hall and management and gardening staff have decided to open up the grounds to a wider public to be able to appreciate the gardens.

The ‘lost’ garden was developed by James Harry Edwards who acquired the property in 1907 and who decided on a Japanese garden style.

“Capability Brown’s tercentenary seemed a perfect time to invite the general public to explore our gardens. We are not claiming designs here were Browns’ but we are especially keen to show people the gardens, which are in a style reminiscent of Brown’s work. Restoring the ‘lost’ garden will be part of this activity.” comments Linda Barnard, manager of the Resort.

For further information please contact:
Linda Barnard, Sutton Hall Resort, Sutton-Under-Whitestonecliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2PS. Tel: 01845 597 200 Email: info@suttonhallresort.com
Press Contact: John Gallery, Great Potential Tel: 07967 032623
Email: johngallery@greatpotential.co.uk

Sutton Hall is an historic Manor House which has been beautifully and sympathetically adapted to provide eight elegant apartments with a small indoor pool and a Residents’ Lounge.
 The resort operates as a private members club and also includes six adjacent cottages providing further accommodation with a similar theme. There are 24 acres of grounds, which include gardens, woodland, and a meadow with a stream running through, two all-weather tennis courts and a croquet lawn.

The second series of the Yorkshire Vet began on Tuesday 12th April and bosses at the World of James Herriot and the Herriot Country Tourism Group are delighted. Visitor numbers at the World of James Herriot are up by 9% year on year since the new series began, giving a welcome boost to tourism in the area. The World of James Herriot is located in the original home and surgery of the author in the market town of Thirsk. The attraction was formally owned by Hambleton District Council and is now operated as a private business. It is the focus for the Herriot Country Tourism Group, the destination marketing membership organisation that includes hotels, guesthouses, self-catering and other visitor attractions in the area.

“This is fantastic news for the World of James Herriot in the 100^th Anniversary year of James Herriot’s birth. It’s also a boost for the Herriot Country Tourism Group in this part of Yorkshire because there are so many people who have been inspired by the original James Herriot books, TV series and films of All Creatures Great and Small and we are delighted that Daisybeck Productions and Channel 5 have produced another series.” comments Ian Ashton, World of James Herriot managing director.

A black tie dinner is to be held on Saturday 1^st October at Tennants Garden Rooms in Leyburn to commemorate the 100^th Anniversary and to raise funds for the James Herriot Foundation Trust. Yorkshire Opera star Lesley Garrett OBE, will perform and BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration MBE, will be master of ceremonies. Tickets can be ordered online at www.worldofjamesherriot.com

Yorkshire Vet series boosts Herriot Country. April 2016

Great Potential director John Gallery was recently interviewed on Webcertain TV at the National Attractions Conference held at The National Football Centre, St George’s Park, Staffordshire.

John explained the work Great Potential is undertaking for the World of James Herriot in Thirsk in driving engagement and creating opportunities to combine traditional marketing with digital channels.

See the interview here:

Flying Scotsman breaks launched at Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel near Grantham to celebrate the return of the the ‘world’s most famous’ locomotive.

Flying Scotsman returned to the National Railway Museum , York on Thursday 25th February travelling along the East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross London to York. The locomotive was the first steam train to reach 100 mph and did it at Stoke Bank near Stoke Rochford Hall on the main line.

The special break that includes a two-night stay with dinner and the chance to visit the section of track where the record was achieved. Guests will also be invited to a special visit to the Great Central Railway at Loughborough, the only place in the world where you can see two full sized steam trains pass each other.  The break is priced at £100 per person.

North Yorkshire Moors and Coast Hotel introduces Victorian Etiquette courses.

Cober Hill Hotel and Conference Centre near Scarborough has introduced a new initiative that encompasses Victorian Etiquette and engages the hotel’s employees to provide a more courteous and polite approach to guests and to each other.

The initiative was inspired by the founder of the hotel which was originally a Victorian Manor house that was developed in 1905 by John Wilhelm Rowntree, eldest son of the chocolate manufacturer Joseph Rowntree, who had planned Friedenstahl, a detached house in large grounds at Scalby, as a guest house.

Meetings, conference and event delegates are to be invited to sign up for the initiative when holding events at the hotel and will be included in the hotel’s register of ‘Campaign for Courtesy Ambassadors’.

“Our staff receive many compliments from guests and we are certainly seen as a very friendly and happy team. However, we do see in society many examples of poor behaviour and manners and this initiative is designed to remind us that there is a way to provide a polite and helpful service that will be recognised.” comments general manager, Lyndsay Chamberlain.

The hotel has joined the ‘National Campaign for Courtesy’ as a corporate member and will be promoting the aims of the charity, which works to retain courtesy and politeness in everyday life and business.

“As a hospitality business you would expect the best of polite and courteous behaviour and it is important that we set the highest standards of welcome toward our guests. We can learn much from our Victorian forefathers and I am sure our founder would be very pleased.” added Lyndsay.