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Advantages: Location, good value at promotional rates Disadvantages: Not worth the full rate, some unwelcoming staff
of the hotel and while the view wasn't spectacular at least it wasn't of a collection of bins but rather some nice apartments with pretty window-boxes. I needn't say any more about the room - it was fine and we slept comfortably.
Down in the bar the party was still in full swing. The bar is small but we found a table and I pushed to one side a small tray on which was an empty coffee cup and glass. Within seconds the barman had appeared at the table to tell us that someone was sitting there - he had gone outside to smoke. Feeling a little offended at his manner, we grabbed another table which was just being vacated. The phantom gentleman from the other table never appeared....
When we were asked to order our drinks the barman visibly showed irritation when I had to ask him to repeat something; the bar was noisy and the music was far louder than ...
Advantages: Ease of use, good offers Disadvantages: Inconsistent
The Hanover International Hotel chain only have hotels in the UK (well actually having checked the locations it is only England and Wales).
They have 14 Hotels in Skipton, Huddersfield, Scunthorpe, Ashbourne, Hinckley, Daventry, Dunstable, Harpenden, Cardiff Bay, Bromsgrove, Reading, Basingstoke, Chewton(Bristol) and Eynsham (Oxford). The hotels are all 3 or 4 stars and 'most' of the ones I have visited are very good.
All have good facilities such as pools, saunus, gyms, and most offer good business facilities as well.
The standards of hotel and service vary quite a lot across the hotel chain so it pays to check out each hotel prior to any visit.
For example, the Hinckley hotel is a very large modern and impersonal hotel. The staff are reasonable, the restaurant is passable and the facilities are excellent. Compare this ...