Ski chalet owners swoop for Lakes hotel
A LAKELAND hotel has been snapped up by an ambitious couple who run already run a ski chalet business in France.
Jamie and Jenna Shail have bought the Rothay Manor Hotel & Restaurant in Ambleside in a deal worth around £2.4m.
The Shails are moving to the 4-star hotel, which has with 19 en-suite bedrooms and distinctive Regency era façade, while also continuing to operate their ski chalet business at Courchevel near Meribel.
The deal was brokered by the hotels team at the Manchester office of real estate advisoes Colliers International acting on behalf of previous owners Nigel and Gwyneth Nixon who are retiring to live locally. The Nixon family that has owned and operated Rothay Manor since 1966.
Haydn Spedding, associate director, hotels-agency at Colliers International, said: “Jamie and Jenna have great experience in the hospitality industry and will continue with their ski chalet business in France.
“They look forward to continuing and enhancing the reputation of Rothay Manor and are introducing new key staff to the business including the former head chef of the three rosette East Lodge in Derbyshire.
“This transaction heralds an encouraging start to 2016 following an excellent 2015 for the hotels team at Colliers International with the sale of 125 hotels in the Lake District, Cumbria and elsewhere in the UK illustrating a significant improvement in activity in the hospitality sector.”
