Cotswold Inns and Hotels announces The Lamb Inn at Burford is winner of the 2009 Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent Inn Award. November 2008
Cotswold Inns and Hotels are delighted to announce that The Lamb Inn at Burford Oxfordshire has won the 2009 Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent Inn Award.

Finalists and winners are chosen through a selection process drawn from guest nomination forms, guest survey letters, and regional inspector reports. Here’s what they said about us…

“Full of character, has flagstone floors and small intimate lounges with big squashy sofas. The setting is lovely, the bedrooms are comfortable with antique furniture, fresh cotton sheets and comfortable armchairs. The staff are genuine and friendly.”

Condé Nast Johansens announces The Lamb Inn at Burford as a 2009 Award Finalist
Condé Nast Johansens are delighted to announce that The Lamb Inn at Burford Oxfordshire has been shortlisted as a finalist for their 2009 Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent Inn Award.

The winner will be announced at the Annual Awards for Excellence ceremony on 11th November 2008 at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London. Finalists and winners are chosen through a selection process drawn from guest nomination forms, guest survey letters, and regional inspector reports.

The Annual Awards for Excellence are in their 25th year and are recognised by both consumers and the industry.

The Lamb Inn, Sheep Street, Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4LR Tel. 01993 823155. www.cotswold-inns-hotels.co.uk/lamb

Deluxe Garden Suites at the Swan Hotel
New luxurious self-contained suites located a short walk from the main hotel building. The new suites feature a sitting room on the ground floor and en-suite bedroom on the first floor. Each suite also features its own landscaped garden. Furnished to the highest standard, facilities include plasma televisions, DVD player, IPod/MP3 docking station, luxury cotton bathrobes and luxury Molton Brown toiletries. Designated car parking close to the suites is provided for the convenience of our guests.
Guests can choose to take breakfast and dinner in the hotel, alternatively full room service may be provided in your suite.

Alfresco Ceremonies at the Manor House Hotel
Celebrate the style and sophistication of a classic English wedding at the Manor House Hotel. Our stunning thatch-roofed timber Breeze House for an alfresco style ceremony.
Please call Tom Gibbons on 01608 650 501 for more information.

Picture Perfect at the Swan
The Swan Hotel in Bibury, Gloucestershire is the location of a stunning new showcase of dramatic paintings by Dartmoor based artist Katharine Lightfoot.

Located along the cosy corridors of Bibury’s premier country hotel, The Swan, are some rather special and atmospheric canvasses depicting the energy of the animals and landscape on windswept Dartmoor. Diners at The Swan’s elegant Gallery restaurant can now savour art as well as the menu now that the whole dining area has been lovingly transformed into a spectacular showcase for this up and coming artist.

The artist, Katharine Lightfoot graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design with a Fine Art degree and moved to Dartmoor immersing herself in the landscape and animals that live there. Having held recent exhibitions nationwide to enthusiastic acclaim and impressive sales, Katherine is delighted that highlights of her work are to be displayed and sold at The Swan Hotel.

Her paintings of moorland animals stubbornly surviving the elements skilfully convey their inquisitive nature and successfully capture the tension on their faces. Katharine paints freely to evoke movement and energy within her subjects, emphasising the light contrast and ever changing moods of the moor. She has also produced impressive seascapes and expansive skies of the North Cornwall coast and the Orkney’s but her beloved sheep and Dartmoor ponies remain her favourite subject.

Jpeg images available on request.
Katharine Lightfoot is available for interview