A Toast to Success- Hotel TerraVina says “Bravo” to some very special people……
This week we have been filming for the TerraVina TV series which will be properly launched in mid January…… we have decided to create a piece of chilled out music, specially composed for us, to accompany the series, which will become the TerraVina signature tune. Clive Watkiss is the composer extraordinaire, he is a very talented musician, composer and all round music maestro who teaches Romané (our son) piano, with great patience it has to be said! Clive will hopefully be composing a couple of different pieces and then we will ask your opinion as to which you prefer and which you all think suits TerraVina’s image best. The current music on the promo blog is equally lovely, in fact it is a Chopin piece, brilliantly played by Alistair Cameron, but we have had some comments that whilst people liked the music it wasn’t the right chilled out, contemporary style of TerraVina, hence a new piece being written as we speak.
As a fellow hotelier recently pointed out, 2010 has certainly been a fantastic year for us. Gerard has won many accolades and recognition for all of his achievements and we are so proud of Laura and Laurent who both recently became Master Sommeliers… another first for TerraVina with us being the only hotel in the UK to have three Master Sommeliers in situ. I have blogged in the past about Gerard’s triumph as a mentor and these further exam successes for two more of his protégées just goes to prove what a fantastic mentor he is…. I have always thought he was special, but this re-affirms the fact that he is indeed very talented at bringing out the best in people and motivating them to personal success.
As a female hotelier and one who has loved working in the hospitality business for the many years that I have, (dare I say over 22 years!!), it is always great to read of other hoteliers success and so it was with tremendous pleasure that Gerard and I read of Andrew Stembridge’s super award of Hotelier of the Year. Andrew is the MD of Chewton Glen Hotel. Chewton Glen is where I started my “proper” hotel career, where I met Gerard, our ex business partner and friend Robin Hutson and where we met two inspiring people Martin and Brigitte Skan who have both been tremendous mentors to Gerard and I throughout our careers. Chewton Glen is a very special place and has the accolade of having nurtured no less than FOUR Hoteliers of the Year…… Martin Skan himself, Robin Hutson, Peter Crome and now Andrew Stembridge… what a roll call of success and I personally am very proud to have been associated with not only the hotel but the people who make it so special- I am the hotelier that I am today because of all that I learned at Chetwon Glen, from the Skans and from Robin all those years ago, it was the most amazing tutorage which I have always greatly appreciated.
Thus well done Laura, Laurent, Andrew and Gerard for being so inspired, inspiring and Bravo on your greatly deserved successes.
Nx
