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Hotel TerraVina muses on how, sometimes being an hotelier is very worthwhile…
The life of an hotelier is like many other professions not always an easy one. There are day to day challenges to overcome, be they due to staff issues, tricky guests, unforeseen operational problems...
View ArticleAwards galore and a Huge Bravo to a great hotelier
Much to my surprise… actually I was “gobsmacked”, (such a horrible word, but the most apt to use), I was recently nominated for an Imbibe Magazine award for Hotel Personality of the Year. I was...
View ArticleTo coin a Latin phrase… TerraVina says, “Three horrendus annus es super-...
Anyone who knows Gerard and I, or who reads the blog now and then will be aware that the last few years have been a bit of a roller coaster for us, the team and the hotel overall. A “marriage” not made...
View ArticleHotel TerraVina welcomes back Gerard from his travels and Nina comments on...
Sorry for the long gap between this latest blog and my previous one. Gerard has been away for almost a month travelling through Australia and New Zealand whilst studying for a Master of Science in Wine...
View ArticlePeople, sunshine and keeping the bank manager happy! Hotel TerraVina is in a...
I greatly enjoy people and am fascinated by how we interact with each other, the psychology of what makes us all “tick” and generally I just like people and people watching. However, now and then my...
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TerraVina or Fawlty Towers…. For one night only it was nearly FT!!
Well a day in the life of TerraVina is certainly never dull! This week has been full of challenges, frustrations, funny moments and “smile and wave days”. Let me explain…. Since 2011 we have...
View ArticleHotel TerraVina enjoys half term and a truce with Sita
An update on the Sita saga……..It got worse before it got better with ongoing early collections and then no collections at all, BUT, I now have the Communications Manager for the South West, the...
View ArticleYet another Hotel TerraVina success – this time our Head Sommelier, Tanguy...
We are delighted to share some very exciting news with you all… our very own Tanguy Martin, Head Sommelier here at Hotel TerraVina was recently crowned as the 2015 UK Sommelier of the Year, following...
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Summer Time is an exciting time here at TerraVina
TerraVina is a hybrid…. To some we are a small, boutique hotel, to others they refer to us as a restaurant with rooms, we think of ourselves as a quirky, super friendly place to stay, where we hope we...
View ArticleThe end of the Summer Holidays brings Nina back to TerraVina and the team…
The holidays are over, I have used up my “time off for good behaviour” and enjoyed my usual month away during July and August and have returned to the fold and our loyal, hardworking, committed and...
View ArticleMeeting expectations…not always easy to achieve and sometimes a challenge to...
Hoteliers are well used to being judged constantly by a whole host of varied people, including our guests, our competitors, critics, guide books and to an extent those we work with who look to us to...
View ArticleOoops a daisy! Hotel TerraVina’s latest blog from Nina
Goodness me, is it really so long ago I wrote the last blog post- apologies for my silence, there has been much going on, some of which I can now hardly remember, but which at the time seemed to be of...
View ArticleToil and Trouble during the” Boil and Bubble” season here at TerraVina
The escapades of the last week must have something to do with the fact that Halloween was recently upon us and with its arrival it bought out the worst in some people… witches, demons, ghouls and...
View ArticleChristmas comes but once a year (phew!) and with it a little bit of Christmas...
We recently held one if our ever popular wine dinners and this one was a great success with the charming Michel Drappier, of Drappier Champagne as our guest speaker. His Champagnes were delicious, the...
View ArticleOoops! Where did January disappear to?
Thankfully February has arrived and TerraVina has managed to not only “lose” January but isn’t sad to see the back of such a dreary month! Roll on Spring….. Not quite sure how it has happened, but I...
View ArticleAt last…A Hotel TerrAvina Blog
As I write this long overdue blog, I am looking out onto a sunny terrace, listening to the birds singing and enjoying the warmth of the spring sunshine through the glass and the sight of early blooms,...
View ArticleAll change…Hotel TerraVina has a ‘sea change’ and is now shaping a new team...
We have a new team in situ and they are doing very well….. our new General Manager is Andrew, his deputy is Jo and we have two assistant managers, Ross and Laura… many of you will have already met...
View ArticleTen Years of TerraVina…
Hello! It has been a while since my last blog but today seemed a good day to start writing again- I very much enjoy writing the hotel blog. but since the last time I put ‘pen to paper’ or more...
View ArticleA TerraVina blog post (at last!!) and a tribute to a very special team...
It has been far too long since I wrote a blog and I am surprised at how quickly the weeks and months have slipped by without me feeling compelled to write; but in recent weeks I have started to miss...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry on here at TerraVina
This blog post has been many months in waiting and I did not envisage writing another blog post that was less than positive, but sadly sometimes the curved balls just keep coming at you! 2017 has been...
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