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Jersey Luxury Hotels

Many of the flights arriving at Jersey's busy airport carry business travellers rather than holiday makers. Sometimes the line is smudged - executives may be accompanied by their spouses and might extend their stay for a couple of days to explore what lies beyond St Helier's financial district. Over the years, successful local hoteliers ploughed profits back into their products to keep them up to date. By doing this, a half dozen prominent local families have created and nurtured a clique of luxury hotels.

Robert and Mandy Colley have been responsible for running the St Brelades Hotel, the fifth generation to do so, "Luxurious" sums up every aspect of this unique family-owned and run hotel, from the atmosphere of the public rooms with their rich furnishings and antiques, to the comfort of the bedrooms and the quality of the food in the dining room.

Seven acres of award winning gardens, swimming pool, tennis court, snooker room, sauna and mini-gym.
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Patrick Burke, a director of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and managing director of The Atlantic, is resolute in his belief that the future for Jersey is at the very top end of the market. His family's Millennium project was giving its property a complete facelift, making more of its fabulous position - backing on to the links golf course at La Moye and overlooking rugged St Ouen's Bay.
[ details ] The Atlantic's refit draws it closer to the Island's acknowledged yardstick for excellence, The Longueville Manor.

Longueville Manor Run by the Lewis family for the last fifty years, it is the epitome of Relais & Chateaux style. Guests at The Longueville are urged to consider it their home. Devotees applaud different aspects of its character, but its cosseted calm, the spectacular Michelin starred cuisine and the beauty of its 15-acre park, make for a very soothing sojourn for all.

Like its peers, The Longueville trades as much on the courtesy of its staff as on its decor and amenities. Many smart hotels occupy wonderful sites and the majority now have swimming pools, gyms and tennis courts, what separates the really special ones from the mediocre is the enthusiasm and willingness of their staff to make a visitor's stay harmonious.

Regulars claim they are lured back to the Island time and again by the faultless hospitality extended to them in these prestigious hotels, a standard it would be impossible to achieve without the owners' hands-on approach. [ details ]

Peter Bromley, whose family renovated and re-opened the charming Greenhills Country Hotel in 1997, champions the cause of close involvement, a presence which guarantees their souvenir will be perfect memories.

Plans to add four extra bedrooms to the twenty six existing ones at the Greenhills is proof that the tone of the hotel is absolutely right for Jersey's discerning visitors, while the fact that its literature is in three different languages, confirms that an increasing number of Europeans view Jersey as an easily accessible retreat. [ details ]

It was the Island's location, as close to the major cities of mainland Europe as it is to those in the UK, coupled with its excellent network of communications, which persuaded the Parker family to develop the Hotel de France as a conference venue. It is equipped to accommodate large numbers for meetings and seminars and has the flexibility to run lecture theatre or exhibition-led events for big organisations.

Hotel de France Pool The Hotel de France may be less intimate than the other family-owned hotels, but along with the De Vere Grand and the Arcadian Group's Hotel L'Horizon, it has secured a niche in the future of Jersey tourism by providing business-type accommodation in useful volume. [ details ]