Tuesday 27th October 2009 04:54am

Tracey Astels has joined Aston from the Real Hotel Company where she was UK director of sales. She has a 20 year career in the hotel sector including working for Principal Hotels, Travelocity, and 3 years as a director of sales at the Intercontinental Hotel Group. She said: “I am delig...

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Tuesday 27th October 2009 04:46am

Aston Hotels is offering guests the chance to see its chefs at work - so they can cook dishes themselves. Videos are available online, with menus and recipes. Stuart Round, head chef at the Aston in Darlington, Co Durham, said: "Hopefully, this will encourage people to get cook...

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Tuesday 27th October 2009 04:40am

Management from across Aston Hotels gathered together at the Marriott Newcastle Gosforth Park to raise money for Newcastle General Hospital’s Bubble Unit. The ball – which raised just over £17,000 for the hospital ward – is organised by Aston’s operations director Jo...

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Friday 23rd October 2009 03:46am

John Deighan, operations director of North East-based hotel company Aston Hotels, has been with the firm since its birth in 2001. Here he talks to North East Times about his career in hospitality.After working with Swallow Hotels – and later Whitbread – for more than 30 years, John saw t...

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