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Training and Conference Centre in Hampshire, England from Fanfare Hotels |
MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY, USA - December 4, 2000 � Leading global
conference center company Dolce International has acquired Norton Manor
Training and Conference Centre in Hampshire, England from Fanfare Hotels
Limited. Set amid 60 wooded acres with a sculptured garden and private
lake in the rolling Hampshire countryside, Norton Manor is 45 minutes from
Heathrow Airport and just over an hour from London. It is in the Golden
Triangle, the UK�s booming high-tech and telecommunications area. The three-building
center features 64 guestrooms, 16 meeting rooms, and the historic Manor
House, the centerpiece of the property.
Said Dolce International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andrew
Dolce, �Dolce International is the first American conference center company
to enter the UK market and plans to acquire several more UK properties
in its European expansion strategy. With the acquisition of Norton Manor,
we bring our American-style conference center concept to the UK which blends
five-star meeting facilities and services with four-star hotel services.
We have formed a relationship with Patrick Hungerford and Toby Ward, founders
of Style Conference Centres, who were pioneers in the conference center
industry in the United Kingdom. They are assisting us in identifying additional
properties in the UK which will fit our conference center criteria.�
The Manor of Norton was recorded as long ago as Saxon times when it was believed to have been held, in Edward the Confessor�s reign, by Fulchi who was one of the great Saxon thanes. After the Norman Conquest, the Manor passed to Bishop Odo of Winchester and thereafter, in the early part of the 13th century, from the St. Valery family to Walter de Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield in 1307. The existing Manor House, estimated to be approximately 350 years old, has just been completely renovated and now includes 15 four-star guestrooms and elegant private dining and meeting space. The Manor House can be reserved as an exclusive executive meeting site. Dolce International, the global leader in learning through meetings
and leisure, represents 16 conference destinations in the United States,
Canada and Europe. In Europe Dolce International also owns and manages
Hôtel du Domaine de Chantilly just north of Paris; Frégate
in Provence, France; and Hotel & Kasteel Vaalsbroek in the Maastricht
region of The Netherlands.
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Jennifer H. McDonough Director, Public Relations Phone: (201) 505-5909 [email protected] |