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Beggars Reach Country Hotel and Restaurant in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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We are a formidable team. We have been married for 13 years and have two children, Anna who is 9 and Harry, 6. We have both worked in the hospitality industry for over 25 years.
Gill went to Pembrokeshire College followed by Dorset Institute of Higher Education,(now Bournemouth University) to study for a Higher Tec Diploma and William studied at Worcester Technical College. Having gained our qualifications, we worked as Trainee Managers, Gillian at a 4 star Hotel in Bournemouth and William in a 4 star Hotel in Droitwich called The Chateau Impney. From here he did some traveling in the Caribbean on cruise ships and then a while in New York and Germany before returning to the UK to the 5 star Royal Bath Hotel in Bournemouth. Gill, in the meantime, gained promotion to the same hotel as Operations Manager - responsible for the daily running of this prestigious quality hotel with 132 bedrooms and conference and banqueting facilities for up to 350 people.
It was whilst here that they gained a mutual respect for one anothers abilities in the work place and an admiration for each others aims and ambitions - to one day own and run their own quality establishment. In 1988, William moved to Deputy General Manager of the 4 star Cavendish Hotel in Eastbourne, a grand Victorian Hotel with 114 bedrooms and stylish elegance. Gillian moved to the famous Grand Hotel Brighton, as Operations Manager for a time before becoming Deputy General Manager at the Queens Hotel in Eastbourne. The latter part of her time here was spent as acting General Manager, a popular 3 star hotel on the seafront with 108 bedrooms and conferences for 350.