by Bethany Vann | 08 Aug 23 | News, Supplier News, Topics
Caribbean Blinds has supplied award-winning Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa in Surrey with four luxury louvered cabanas, designed to bring the comfort of a hotel room outside.
The 5m x 4m ‘deluxe’ Outdoor Living Pods™ afford guests a private alfresco spa day getaway on the 120-acre grounds of Surrey woodland as part of the hotel’s accredited spa.
The Pods amenities include loungers, a fridge and coffee machine, and a standalone copper bathtub, with additional seating, encompassed by upright auxiliary uprights and rear wall, with a motorised rotating louvered roof and infra-red heating.
Graham Copeman, general manager at Pennyhill Park, says: “Our vision was to bring the luxury of a hotel room to the great outdoors, which Caribbean Blinds seamlessly helped us achieve.”
The spa offers more than 20 experiences, with the Pods being bookable all year round.
by Bethany Vann | 28 Jul 23 | Commercial Landscaping, News, Supplier News, Topics
Yorkshire-based nursery, Johnsons of Whixley has provided over 5,000 plants to a five-star hotel in County Durham, as part of the venue’s £8.5m expansion project.
Johnsons of Whixley has supplied an assortment of planting to the grounds of Seaham Hall Hotel, including its bungalow lodges, 44,000sq ft spa area and hotel terrace.
The order included Allium hollandicum plants, Allium nigrum, Betula jacquemontii trees, Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’, Lavandula ‘Hidcote’Magnolia ‘Susan’ and Nepeta faassenii, selected to adhere to the property’s Georgian heritage.
Johnsons of Whixley marketing manager, Eleanor Richardson, says: “This was a really exciting project that required incredible attention to detail to ensure that the plants and trees enhanced the property’s heritage and features, while maintaining the luxury coastal feel that guests enjoy, being so close to the beautiful Durham Heritage Coastline.”
Garden Vision Ltd completed the designs for the outside spa area, terrace and lodges as well as providing the soft and hard landscaping for the projects.
The award-winning hotel was originally constructed in 1791 and converted to a hotel in 2012, recognised in The Times and The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Stay list in 2023.
