{"id":13153,"date":"2010-08-13T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T14:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5starweddingmagazine.com\/?p=13153"},"modified":"2017-11-22T22:29:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T22:29:02","slug":"exclusive-wedding-venues-wiltshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/exclusive-wedding-venues-wiltshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Award winning wedding venue &#8211; Lucknam Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lucknam Park Hotel &amp; Spa <\/strong>received the \u201c<strong>UK<\/strong><strong> Independent Hotel of the Year 2010 Award\u201d<\/strong> at the hospitality industry\u2019s Catey Awards Dinner at Grosvenor House on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134407\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-134407\" title=\"Lucknam Park\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa.jpg\" alt=\"lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa\" width=\"750\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-500x156.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-696x218.jpg 696w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1392x435.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1068x334.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1343x420.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134407\" title=\"Lucknam Park\" src=\"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa.jpg\" alt=\"lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa\" width=\"750\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-500x156.jpg 500w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-696x218.jpg 696w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1392x435.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1068x334.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/lucknam-park-hotel-and-spa-1343x420.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript> Lucknam Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lucknam Park, a country house hotel set in 500 acres of parkland is as dynamic and innovative as any cutting edge city hotel &#8211; probably more so. It was one of the first hotels in the UK to recognise the potential of the spa market and also offers an excellent equestrian centre to guests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In true ground-breaking style the 42-bedroom hotel hasn\u2019t rested on its laurels. Over the past 10 years more than \u00a320M has been invested in refurbishing all bedrooms and public areas. In 2008 a new spa opened with 9 state-of-the-art treatment rooms, a 20-metre swimming pool and an in-out hydrotherapy pool, 6 thermal cabins and a fully equipped gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another new addition in the spa complex is the informal dining Brasserie which complements the Michelin star Park Restaurant.\u00a0 Both are under the direction of Executive Chef Hywel Jones who received the award \u201cChef of the Year\u201d at the Hotel Cateys in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the judges commented that <em>\u201cLucknam Park has for many years been an icon of the finest hotelkeeping in the UK but never tires of finding ways to improve and better its product. Harry Murray and his team are an inspiration to us all and proof that quality wins out\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry Murray, recently appointed Chairman of Lucknam Park &amp; newly-appointed Managing Director Claire Randall received the award. Commenting after the presentation Harry said \u201c<em>Claire and I proudly accept this award on behalf of a dedicated and passionate team who constantly strive for continuous improvement. Whilst investment in the product is vitally important it is attention to detail and the highest standards of service that stamp the hallmark on a top hotel\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Wedding venues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lucknampark.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucknam Park <\/a>is an AA 5 Red Star Hotel and is a member of Relais &amp; Ch\u00e2teaux. \u00a0Last month the hotel received \u201cTeam of the Year Award\u201d from the industry\u2019s professional body the Institute of Hospitality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknam Park Hotel &amp; Spa received the \u201cUK Independent Hotel of the Year 2010 Award\u201d at the hospitality industry\u2019s Catey Awards Dinner at Grosvenor House on Monday evening. Lucknam Park, a country house hotel set in 500 acres of parkland is as dynamic and innovative as any cutting edge city hotel &#8211; probably more so. It was one of the first hotels in the UK to recognise the potential of the spa market and also offers an excellent equestrian centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2655,2657,2659],"class_list":["post-13153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-luxury-venues","tag-bedroom-hotel","tag-grosvenor-house","tag-spa-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}