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04/02/06 - We did the impossible !!!

Tonight, in the beautiful setting of the Tower Ballroom we was crowned the Hotel of the Year 2005/06 (10 - 19 Bedrooms ) GOLD WINNER for the second year running in the Blackpool Tourism Awards. No other hotel in this category has won the title two years running and to say we are proud is an understatement.

A full list of all the winners of the 2005/06 Blackpool Tourism Awards can be seen at http://www.visitblackpool.com/?OBH=53&ID=441

Many, many thanks to all the guests who have voted for us during the 2005 season and who made the impossible possible !!

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Unfortunately the sound quality of this video is poor and the focusing goes wayward once I nearly drop the camera again! Enjoy

26/01/06 - The Film Crew have just left!

ITV1’s ‘GRUBS UP’ VISITS THE PEMBROKE HOTEL

Granada TV’s highly entertaining and informative regional food programme Grubs Up makes a comeback to our TV screens from April, and we are delighted to say that The Pembroke Hotel is being featured in the forthcoming series.

Grubs Up goes out on a Thursday evenings at 7.30pm on ITV1/ Granada and The Pembroke Hotel will feature in a Top 5 Bed & Breakfasts themed programme. The shows will start broadcasting at the end of April / early May 2006 and I believe we will be featured in episode 3.

Filming took around two hours to complete and involved Michael being interviewed in the Guest Lounge about why people should stay at the Pembroke and why using local produce is so important to us. Alan is then interviewed in the kitchen cooking a full English Breakfast and then some shorts of Michael looking busy in one of the bedrooms. It was a beautiful day outside, so hopefully some good exterior shots of the hotel and the Promenade were taken.

Once the show has been broadcast I will be adding the video footage to the website.

Being featured on an ITV1's primetime slot show should mean that the phones don't stop ringing, so as Fred Pontin used to say, "BOOK EARLY".

06/01/06- Blackpool Tourism Awards 2005

Just received notification that we have been shortlisted for the above award in the 10 - 19 Bedrooms Category. The Ceremony takes place in the splendor of the Tower Ballroom on the 3rd February 2006. We won't know how we've done until the night itself but you can be sure that the results and video will be on here as soon as we know. Time to get the Tuxedo's out of the wardrobe again. Fingers crossed!!

Press release from the Blackpool Gazette can be viewed HERE

01/10/05 - www.neartheprom.com upgrade goes live on Monday

After a week of frantic designing and coding, www.neartheprom.com will go live on Monday. I've also managed to incorporate a facility that lets you translate the site into 8 different languages as well.

I'm really pleased with the improved online support which now has a more professional approach to implementing support and live help..

The online availability and booking system should be fun to use, as we hardly have any availability left for the illuminations period. But everything we have will be on there!

Over the next 2 days I will be fine tuning the design and optimizing the pages for the major search engines.

As promised, once my eyes have uncrossed themselves, I will add all the major innovations from www.neartheprom.com to this site.

22/09/05 - Major Web site upgrades

Our sister web sitewww.neartheprom.com is currently being redesigned and optimized to include the following new features -

• Real-time online availability and bookings
• improved online support
• improved layout
• improved links

I've included a sneak preview for you to look at. The site should be changed over within the next 7 days and once this is done I will add the online availability/booking and improved online support to this site as well.

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15/09/05 - Blackpool Illuminations Video Clip

Went out to see the Illuminations AGAIN last night and took some footage for this site. It's edited to be a teaser of what to expect and not to show it all. Highlights include the Tableaux, Main Illuminations and the Mirror Ball (which is part of the new "Festival of Lights").

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02/09/05 - Blackpool Illuminations now shine nightly until 6th November 2005

New for 2005 is the awesome "Festival of Lights"

www.festivaloflight.co.uk

The Festival is a mixture of spectacular and intriguing events and installations taking place in Blackpool during the 66 nights of the Illuminations.

Make sure you see Michael Trainor's giant mirror ball installation entitled They shoot horses don't they which will be spectacularly illuminated by Greg McLenahan. There's the History of the Illuminations exhibition at the Solaris Centre where you can get up close to working illuminations and see original drawings and diagrams dating back to the 1930's. There is also a very special installation, Bajra, a 135,000 bulb illuminated peacock from India.

Video teasers of this years Illuminations will be online shortly

The world famous Blackpool Illuminations shine nightly from the 2nd September until the 6th November. Featuring a staggering display which uses over one million light bulbs, it's not to be missed!

The Illuminations cost £2.4 million to stage and the mountain of equipment is worth £10 million. The Illuminations will shine non-stop for 66 nights and the dazzling display stretches almost six miles from Starr Gate to Bispham.

Click HERE for full details of Blackpool's exciting new TV Commercial - Requires a Broadband connection.

25/07/05 - Hotel in Bloom Competition - SECOND PRIZE

On a wet June morning, we were judged for Blackpool's Hotel in Bloom competition. Even though we didn't get the illusive first prize we was happy to come second again. Plans are already underway with our designs for 2006.

Follow a link for the full story on how we won these VERY prestigious Awards. Dialup or Broadband