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Renovations on the menu for the Swan

At the end of last year, the Nike Group increased its portfolio of companies by purchasing The Swan Diplomat Hotel in Streatley-on-
Thames near Reading. Now, having re-named it The Swan at Streatley, the company is restoring the 17th century hotel to its former glory.
The Swan at Streatley, originally an eight- bedroom inn, now houses six meeting rooms, one with the capacity to hold 100 people; four
further function rooms; an 80-seater restaurant; and leisure club with pool, steam room and gym. Most of its 46 en-suite bedrooms offer
a superb view across the River Thames.
The hotel is remaining fully functional during renovation work, which started in January 2002 and is expected to take between 18 months
and two years to complete. The work is being carried out by Nike Construction and, to cause minimum disruption to guests, is being done in stages.
By the end of May, a house in the grounds will have been converted into staff accommodation and repairs to the exterior of the building will be ongoing. After most of the outside is finished, work will begin
on revamping the function rooms, restaurant and bedrooms.
Alan Blenkinsopp, Hotel Operations Director, managed the Swan in the 1980s for five years before joining the Nike Group and he is delighted to be back in charge. He said: "The Swan at Streatley is the perfect complement to the Coppid Beech Hotel in Bracknell, in
terms of its location and its guests. Our aim is to offer customers the same standards of service that they have come to expect from the Nike Group and,once the hotel's refurbishment is complete, we hope to achieve a four-red star ranking and three AA rosettes for the restaurant."
Work on achieving this standard has already started, with the appointment of Head Chef, Anthony Jones, who introduced his culinary skills to the hotel on 15 February. Anthony joins the Nike Group from Champneys Health Spa in Hertfordshire. He has also worked as a Sous Chef at the five-star Celtic Manor in Wales and overseas in Massachusetts, USA.
Neil Thrift, Executive Chef at the Coppid Beech Hotel, said of Anthony's appointment: "I am really looking forward to working with Anthony and having the opportunity to regain The Swan at Streatley's reputation for fine cuisine."
If you would like to make a booking at The Swan at Streatley and sample one of Anthony's new menus for yourself, please call
reservations on 01491 878800.

The Nike Group in brief

The Nike Group in brief The Coppid Beech Hotel in Bracknell has won the Mars Award for the Environment for the eighth year in a row. Having previously been given to companies in - Berkshire that demonstrated their commitment to caring for the environment, from next year it will be given to community organisations, such as schools and hospital, rather than businesses.

The Coppid Beech Hotel had a fantastic festive season with its 2001 New Year Gala Dinner Dance proving as popular as ever.This year's celebrations will be along the same lines and Christmas party bookings will be taken from April when the Christmas 2002 brochure is published; For more details please Call Q1344 303333.

The ski sale, held on 10 and 11 November at the Coppid Beech Hotel, was the best ever pre-Christmas sale for Leisuresport World, selling all the equipment and clothing needed to hit the slopes. Due to the ever-increasing popularity of the sales, the winter 2002 event will be bigger and better - combining the usual format with a ski and snowboard exhibition. Watch the local press for details.As Connections went to press, another sale was due to take place in February.

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