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A Warm Welcome to Chesterfield

Front line staff this week became the town’s first ambassadors as part of a new initiative launched by Destination Chesterfield.

‘Chesterfield Ambassadors’ is a scheme for front line staff in the town and recognises the important role they play in shaping the impressions of Chesterfield to visitors who are here on business and pleasure.

The workshop developed by Chesterfield Champion, Evolution Training highlights useful facts about Chesterfield, the town’s regeneration plans alongside the importance of good customer service.

The first ambassadors included street cleaners, security guards and restaurant staff, but the work doesn’t stop with the workshop; Ambassadors will be kept up-to-date with the latest news and events in the town so they can share this information with their customers, colleagues, families and friends.

Peter Swallow chair of Destination Chesterfield said “The first impressions visitors receive will shape their opinion of Chesterfield. We want front line staff to be confident to talk about Chesterfield and the exciting plans for the future.”

Chris Ash, Director of Evolution Training said “As a Chesterfield Champion it has been great to be able to use our expertise to develop this workshop. We look forward to working with Destination Chesterfield in creating the network of ambassadors and the important role they have in promoting Chesterfield.”

Destination Chesterfield will be looking to recruit more Ambassadors in 2012 and if you would be interested in becoming involved contact Dominic Stevens at Destination Chesterfield on 01246 207207 or visit www.chesterfield.co.uk.

Source:Destination Chesterfield

Posted in Destination Chesterfield, Visiting

Free Parking Christmas Present from Chesterfield

Chesterfield Borough Council has agreed to give free parking for late night shopping in the town on the run-up to Christmas.  The Council has also agreed to carry out a full review of parking policy over the coming months so there are no proposed changes to existing charges.

Cllr Chris Ludlow, Executive Member for Environment of Chesterfield Borough Council said: “People are struggling in these tough financial times and Christmas will be an expense that will hit hard with many local residents.

“We want to encourage people to shop locally in Chesterfield and having free parking will hopefully be an attraction that will keep our shops and markets busy over the Christmas shopping period.”

Free parking available from 4.00pm onwards on all Chesterfield Borough Council car parks within the town centre on Thursday’s from 24th November until the week prior to Christmas week and then each day from Monday 19thDecember until Friday 23rd December.

This incentive will be part of a marketing campaign arrange by Destination Chesterfield to promote Chesterfield over the christmas period.

For full details on what’s happening in Chesterfield this Christmas visitwww.chesterfield.co.uk/christmas

(*these proposals are subject to full cabinet approval on the 8th November)

Source:Chesterfield Borough Council

Posted in About Chesterfield, Visiting

It’s official – Casa have the comfiest beds in the UK!

Casa Hotel in Chesterfield is delighted to announce that they have been awarded the ‘Comfiest Bed’ in the annual Best Kept Secret Awards by the discount hotels specialist, LateRooms.com.

The annual Best Kept Secret Awards search up and down the country for top notch facilities in the hospitality industry!

The LateRooms.com judge of the Comfiest Bed award said:

“Casa hotel in Chesterfield is our winner for Comfiest Bed. Their reviews are glowing for the beds (and the hotel in general) – the fact that they’re King Size too is an added bonus!”

Steve Perez, Owner of Casa Hotel, said: “Our Hypnos beds are always the hot topic of conversation at breakfast time and we constantly receive positive comments about it being the best night’s sleep our guests have ever had. To have an official award to celebrate that Casa is home to the best beds in the UK is a fantastic achievement and one I hope will bring many more visitors through the door to try them out.”

LateRooms.com receieved thousands of entries from hoteliers and hotel fans around the UK, and shortlisted the ‘Best Kept Secret’ award categories according to number of nominations. The judges, made up of media partners and prestigious LateRooms.com hotel experts, then deliberated long and hard to pick the eventual winners.

LateRooms.com Offline Marketing Manager, Lynda Matthews commented, “Discovering the UK’s Best Kept Secrets is always an exciting time for us. These hotels really are the crème de la crème in their industry offering beautiful food, views, interiors and services to their customers and we are proud to have them on LateRooms.com. We hope that this year’s search will once again bring our customers new hotel possibilities, whatever it is they are looking for from their hotel stay”.

Source:Casa Hotel

Posted in About Chesterfield, Visiting