by Tami Vickery | Mar 6, 2025
Over the past few years, Mandolay has been fortunate enough to pick up our fair share of awards and accolades, including recognition from Condé Nast Johansens, Green Tourism and of course, the AA. Earlier This week we received notification that we have been nominated...
by Tami Vickery | Jan 31, 2025
Back in 2009 we learned that Radisson were planning to open a new luxury hotel on the site of the old White Horse Hotel, approximately 400 metres from our front door, and rather than view this as bad news, we chose to welcome the new arrival with open arms. In fact,...
by Tami Vickery | Nov 15, 2024
First off…well done for stepping up, organising any sort of group travel can be a challenge, but it’s also great fun, and very rewarding. There are of course as many group types as there are activities and interests. In the last few months alone, Mandolay has hosted...
by Tami Vickery | Sep 16, 2024
For far too long, organising the office Christmas Party has been seen as a bit of a chore, something to avoid at all costs, a job to delegate…but here at Mandolay, we so no to all of that, and instead we celebrate the Workplace Hero! We know that organisers shoulder...
by Tami Vickery | Jun 27, 2024
‘Brand Association’ is not a usual subject for a hotel to write about, but we mention it quite often because while we love Mandolay, we are not exactly a household name outside of Guildford. We are a beautiful, independently owned four star hotel and events venue,...
by Tami Vickery | May 16, 2024
We all know the important ingredients of a successful meeting, and depending upon which article we last read on the subject, there are usually a whole list of ‘Ps’ to consider…Purpose, Planning, Preparation, Participants (we loved the one that included Pizza!)...
