Wednesday 18 November 2009

Strattons Hotel New Year rates and online booking

New Year rates are available, with just a few rooms left. The 3 night New Year package for the moment we are only taking bookings via telephone 01760 723845. Lucky gaps around the new year date, i.e Monday and Tuesday 29th December are being sold on line, D, B&B plus afternoon tea prices quoted below and bookable via the ONLINE BOOKING system. http://www.welcome-online.net/welcome_frame.asp?id=132&booking_selection=0

Spend New Year 09/10 with Strattons..........

A three night package to include New Years Eve

*Arrive 29th or 30th December*

Check in from 2.30pm and enjoy luscious afternoon tea in the lounges by the fire or the comfort of your room, served between 2pm & 5pm.

3 course Dinner is served from 6.45pm on 29th & 30th; book your table in advance.

Enjoy our fabulous locally sourced and fleshly prepared breakfast between 8.30am and 10am (a little later on New Year's Day!) each morning before spending the rest of the day at your leisure.

Afternoon tea will be served daily between 2pm and 5pm at Strattons.

*New Years Eve 31st December*

Evening celebrations start with canapés and a Strattons Kir Royale each in the lounges before moving down to the restaurant for a special eight course meal, using locally sourced ingredients, organic wherever possible.

*Depart 1st or 2nd January*

After a night celebrating, relax and indulge in our scrummy breakfast between 9am and 10.30am, then pack up and head home. Check out by 11.30am.

Cost per couple for the three night package:

All Doubles £975, Suites (Edie & Boudoir) £1175, (Opium & Stalls) £1250, (Red) £1275

(Package includes breakfast each morning, a 3 course dinner on 2 nights, an 8 course dinner on New Year’s Eve and afternoon tea daily at Strattons.)

Extra nights or where available one or two night breaks:

Inclusive of a 3 course dinner, bed and breakfast and afternoon tea per couple per night (excludes 31/12/09):

All Doubles £265, Suites (Edie & Boudoir) £320, (Opium & Stalls) £336.50, (Red) £347.50

Extras

Children are welcome in suitable rooms and charged at our usual rate of £15 - £30 per night when sharing a room with 2 adults. The children's menu is not available after 6.30pm. Dogs are welcome at £6.50 per day per dog; please arrange this in advance to ensure your room choice is pet friendly.

Nitty Gritty

We require a valid card to secure your booking and a £200 deposit payable on booking. The full amount of the package should be paid by November 30th 09. Any cancellations after the 30th November 09 will be liable for up to 80% of the package if we are unable to re-sell

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Strattons Hotel is a changing landscape

Hey, have you visited Strattons Hotel recently, the garden has completely been re-landscaped and it looks amazing. For a preview http://www.strattonshotel.co.uk . And the changes don't stop there, as their new development of 2 Eco suites, 2 doubles, a deli, Trade show/ meeting space, and a further 2 rooms are all to come later in the year. http://www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk has been given the task of seamlessly joining these without any lines. I have to also mention Hannah Scotts Caterer Acorn Award for 2009. Amazing award presented to an amazing girl, well done!

The trick to twitter

I am so fed up with people who twitter too much. My whole window is full of their tweets. Its a bit like real life, trying to drift away from the twitterers before they notice your not listening. Whats worse about these tweeters is that they don't even twitter about anything, its just, "I'm on the beach", "look at this story, look at that". If you want an inconsistent, real twitterer follow me www.twitter.com/djsh and if you don't bore me I might follow you back.

Wednesday 3 June 2009

Google map on my blog.

I had to see if it worked! Google map on my blog, where can I put it next and what else could I get it to do. It was so easy, I think!?


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Friday 22 May 2009

Searching for the meaning of the Web

Over the past few months I have been having a bloody good go at electronic socialising, search engine optimization and generally trying to get connected. As you know my original site is www.norfolkboutiquehotels.co.uk and www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk , which has taken the majority of my focus. This site was developed with the knowledge gained from a business link internet optimization course and picking the brains of any techie I come across. Since then it’s been about getting links back to my island (the internet site) so that lots of people know about it and can get there as well as Mr Google taking note that it exists. This began with http://www.uklinkexchange.co.uk/display_search.asp?search=norfolk+boutiques&GO=Search uk Link exchange, putting sites in contact with each other to trade links. I have also emails a good list of local businesses to trade links.
And then comes the social networking sites of which I have twitter, so please follow me and keep me up to date with what you have been up to http://twitter.com/djsh . Join my facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84540988964 . I even have a linked in account, although I only have one friend http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dom-hughes/12/760/74 so I’m open for offers.

Wednesday 20 May 2009

Million dollar homepage




I have just remembered the origins of my love for the internet, http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ . And whats great is that the site still exists even though by the owners own omissions, it has not been updated since 2006 if not long before. This was an inivative basic idea that worked. While others where busy building sites to power the work this guy just set up a page of pictures with hyperlinks and sold them at 1$ a pixel. Mind you, those who brought into it I image got their money worth from a one off fee. Look Ebay is on there bottom left, But it doesny work like many of the adds the companies have stopped operating. Oh well maybe the net isnt forever for everyone

Tuesday 31 March 2009

Can I keep up with all the twitter

Twitter has exploded! Over the past 2 weeks alone I have read 5 or more articles about how small businesses are utilising its massive world wide web reach. Both Strattons hotel www.twitter.com/Strattonshotel and Norfolk boutiques www.twitter.com/djsh have a place. But there is one thing to be said, its hard to keep up. Look at my frequency on the old blogging thing. I manage about a blog a month at max and that's pushing it! Now I'm checking my twitter account 2, 3, 4 or more times a day to keep up with what Stephen fry has been up to on his world tour. The line with twitter is to mix business messages with day to day chatter. Maybe I should document a life in the day of mittens or one of the chickens to keep the messages flowing. Mittens could have a fan club! Well now that I only use to typing 160 characters I have lost my momentum. so over and out for now

Friday 13 March 2009

www.twitter.com

Strattons Hotel is twittering http://twitter.com/Strattonshotel and so am I http://twitter.com/djsh . It is so addictive though. With blogging you have to try to compose at least a paragraph which takes for ever and then I only do it about once in a blue moon. Tweeting is like facebook but without the distractions of pictures and games

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Norfolk boutiques and the city

Norfolk boutiques will soon be adding a page to its site for Norwich city, to show Norfolks capital city norwich boutique hotels, norwich boutique shops, norwich boutique restaurants.

Friday 27 February 2009

Thank you for your support

This is just a quick thank you for those who have supported www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk in it development. www.strattonshotel.co.uk www.cliffbarns.com www.titchwellmanor.com www.thelavenderhouse.co.uk www.wedding-worldltd.co.uk www.elveden.com

Free Space on www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk

Free Space on www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk

As there has been lots of interest, I have opened it to the first come first serve with the remaining 3 places on the site. There are 1 place per page on eat, shop and activities. So if you think that you have a site that would benefit from a link please get in contact.
In addtion to this, even if you dont think your site would fit the high spec of norfolk boutiques we could always trade links on the links for links post on the activities page.

Wednesday 28 January 2009

Links for links and domains

Norfolk Boutiques is now trading from the following domains

http://www.norfolkboutiquehotels.co.uk/
http://www.norfolkboutiquehotels.com/
http://www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk/
http://www.norfolkboutiques.com/

and dont forget the links for links page where you contact me to trade links.

http://www.norfolkboutiques.com/activities.php