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After 30+ years in the accommodation business, and now over a decade of running our own hotels, we see SAVVY Hotel Group evolving within the marketplace and believe it offers a real solution to the very real and current challenges many small to medium-sized hoteliers are facing. Officially launching this month, SAVVY Collective  has been a year in development and sees unbridled opportunity to support wider independent, non-branded hotels in numerous ways, with very much a “bl

There is something slightly unhinged about taking on a festival that has been happening for 25 years (which wasn’t renewing for year 26 due to the current climate)   - and then pulling it all together in 10 weeks! That was basically my life for the last few weeks. Last weekend, we organised our first Food and Drink Festival: the Cheshire and North Wales Food and Drink Festival. And not just any event, but one with history behind it, a loyal audience, traders depending on it,

This week I went to Gail’s for a hot cross bun, heard they were the best so I had to go and try them. I went around 2:30pm for my lunch as I saw they were open until 6pm online . However arrived and asked for my hot cross bun and was told the kitchen had closed at 2pm. I was gutted. And yes, I know in the grand scheme of life this is not exactly a crisis. But it did get me thinking about something hospitality does all the time, often without even realising it: places are tec

News that The Chester Grosvenor will close later this year has been massive news in Chester this past week. This is another chapter in the life of one of Chester’s most iconic buildings. The hotel is expected to return after major refurbishment works. We just do not know when yet. And for a building like this, there is plenty of story to tell in the meantime. The Chester Grosvenor is not just a hotel people know. It’s famous. Sitting right in the heart of the city on Eastgate

This week, Deva Fest reached a majestic milestone of a million pounds in ticket sales, as part of its eight-year journey (minus 2yrs off for Covid) from start up to what is starting to feel like a mid-scale festival success story. Honestly, it feels incredible to even write that. Because when you look at that figure, it is not just about money. It is about growth, belief, resilience, community, and the thousands of people who have chosen to be part of the Deva Fest journey ov

It is a question that sparks a lot of debate: should a food and drink festival have live music, or should the focus stay purely on the food and drink? And honestly, it is a fair debate. For us, this became a big conversation while planning the Cheshire and North Wales Food and Drink Festival. This is not just any new event. This is a festival with 25 years of history behind it. That matters. When something has been loved for that long, you cannot just come in and start changi