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Drive-in Weddings
Braxted Park, Essex, helped a couple get around the 15 person limit on nuptials by facilitating a drive-in wedding. Roma Popat and Vinal Patel welcomed 200 guests in 100 cars who watched the four-hour ceremony […]
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Estate Plans Glampsite and Music Festival
Raynham Estate, near Fakenham in Norfolk, has applied for permission to make this year’s pop-up yurt-based glampsite a permanent fixture. Lisa Wheeler, Raynham’s events manager, said they hope to run a full season from Easter […]
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Glamping and Adventure in Constable Country
Constable Park is currently under construction on the River Stour in Brantham. Owners Ian and Sarah Williams hope to be ready to open for May half term 2021. Mr Williams decided to invest in the […]
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Forward Thinking Pub Adds Pods
The White Hart Inn in Margaretting, Essex, has added six more dining pods to the four installed in 2018 and has been booked up ever since. The pods can hold up to five people and […]
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Hoxton Hotel Glampsite at Eynsham Hall
For the month of August, The Hoxton hotel group set up a glamping site named Camp Hox, in the grounds of the eighteenth century Eynsham Hall. The site featured 12 fully stocked Lotus Belle tents […]
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Hotel Diversifies with Tipi Tea Room
With their weddings and events business on hold, The Wroxeter Hotel, near Shrewsbury, has launched the Woodland Café in a tipi in its beautiful grounds. Kayleigh Owen, of the Wroxeter, said: “Covid-19 has obviously meant […]
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Outdoor Dining gets Creative
Balbirnie House Hotel in Fife is planning to use its 400 acres of ground by offering guests the option to dine in outdoor ‘hygge’ style pods. The award-winning hotel and wedding venue’s two traditional dining […]
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Badge of Honour for Venues
A campaign to celebrate UK-based wedding venues that have gone above and beyond for their clients during the pandemic, has gone live. Over 120 venues applied, providing testimonials from their happy couples. Olivia Riddiford, founder […]
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AA launches Covid Confident scheme for hospitality businesses
A new ‘Covid Confident’ assessment scheme has been launched by the AA. Relevant to glampsites, venues, holiday parks, B&Bs and a host of other related hospitality businesses, the new free accreditation scheme aims to help […]
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£12,000 Dream Wedding for NHS Workers
A Venue on outskirts of Edinburgh is offering NHS workers the chance to win a dream wedding. The award winning Eskmills Venue has teamed up with its suppliers to offer NHS Scotland frontline clinical workers […]
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Spike in Farmers Looking at Diversification
Almost half of British farmers are looking at diversifying their businesses due to the biggest change in funding for decades following Brexit, states a report by NFU Mutual. It shows that 48 per cent of […]
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Unique Event, Unique Opportunity
The Open Air Business Gathering is just weeks away and promises to deliver a pre-season pick-me-up for venue, glampsite and outdoor event professionals. Join the party! Once a year, outdoor hospitality and events professionals gather […]