To Guido Biagini (WLP Bar) on a simply superb 25 years at West Lodge Park! And to Louise Fickling (WLP C&B) on 10 years!

To Nicola Loasby (Accounts) on a fantastic 20 years at Beales Hotels!

To Matthew Croxford on his promotion to Conference and Banqueting Manager at WLP!

To the whole WLP team on being awarded the Tripadvisor Hall of Fame, given to those rare hotels which secure the Certificate of Excellence five years in a row, which in turn is given only to those venues which get 4.5/5 or 90% + ratings each year.

To Savvas Christou Simply the Best West Lodge Park.

To team members from WLP and BH restaurant and bar who attended the Taittinger Champagne Training course, including special congratulations to Matthew Croxford and Nimesh Hindocha who were awarded Taittinger prizes for achieving the best assessment results.

Derek Honour was our Beale Arboretum Consultant for over 50 years from the very founding of the arboretum in 1963.

A lovely man, and a great friend to the Beale family.

He will be sorely missed by all at WLP, and our deepest sympathies to his widow Peggy.

WLP Bedroom 56 has opened – the latest of the conversions from single rooms to smart new smaller double status.

Spring in the Beale Arboretum has finally come, and there are some stunning trees at this time of year including Cornus kousa (Japanese dogwood).