T HE Atlantic Hotel’s breathtaking views across St Ouen’s Bay, renowned Michelin-starred restaurant and stylish design make it a favourite with both visitors and Islanders. The luxury hotel adjoining La Moye Golf Course is fully equipped with excellent facilities, including heated swimming pools, a health club and tennis court, and is set on beautiful grounds which extend for six acres. Its restrained 1930s art deco style seamlessly blends the traditional and the contemporary to create an elegant yet warm and inviting feel. However, in many ways what sets the hotel apart is the attention paid to even the smallest details and the impeccable standards set to ensure guests have the best possible experience. An on-going programme of investment means that improvements are continually being made, while the hotel is also closed for one month every year to undergo a complete rejuvenation. During that time, local contractors work tirelessly to service, clean and maintain everything in the hotel including chandeliers, rugs and furniture. Managing director Patrick Burke said that it was very unusual these days for a hotel of this standard to cease operating for a whole month. He said:‘You literally have to take the hotel apart, clean it, and put it back together again and you need to know your building very well indeed to do that. ‘One of the reasons we can do it is because we have built up a team of really excellent craftsmen, tradesmen and contractors who come in each January to work with us, including many who have been doing this with us for 20 or 30 years. ‘Whether they are furniture polishers, decorators or electricians they understand the building very well and without them we couldn’t do it. ‘We’re just one small hotel, but more than 25 local firms worked on the 24 JERSEY EVENING POST Tuesday 19 February 2013 ADVERTISING FEATURE ATLANTIC HOTEL Craftsmen and contractors move in as family-owned business shuts its doors for a month for top-to-bottom cleaning and regeneration Annual rejuvenation keeps All furniture is inspected and repaired by Jersey craftsmen The public area before (inset) the work and after Bryce Robinson Ltd Decorators are happy to have assisted the Atlantic Hotel in keeping to the high standard they have always insisted on. For free advice and competitive rates telephone 733862 or 07797 733738 F F o o s s s s e e C C o o n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n L L t t d d We would like to thank THE ATLANTIC HOTEL for entrusting us to carry out all project management, building and carpentry work Tel: 852587 or 07797 714145 email: [email protected]French Polishing, Furniture Repair/Restoration, Bespoke Furniture La Rue Gosset, La Collette, St Helier, JE2 3NX Telephone: 876959 Email: [email protected]Commissions, Cabinet Making, General Joinery, Spray Finishes Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Studies, Libraries Design Service, Project Management and Full Fit-out Package WHITTINGHAMS superior interiors Tel: 722243 email: [email protected]We were pleased to be chosen to carry out the Plumbing and Maintenance Installations throughout the ATLANTIC HOTEL ● Small Works ● Jobbing ● Maintenance ● Design & Surveys ● John Warrener Plumbing, Heating & Electrical Ltd
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THE Atlantic Hotel’s breathtakingviews across St Ouen’s Bay,renowned Michelin-starred
restaurant and stylish design make it afavourite with both visitors andIslanders.The luxury hotel adjoining La Moye
Golf Course is fully equipped withexcellent facilities, including heatedswimming pools, a health club andtennis court, and is set on beautifulgrounds which extend for six acres.Its restrained 1930s art deco style
seamlessly blends the traditional andthe contemporary to create an elegantyet warm and inviting feel.However, in many ways what sets
the hotel apart is the attention paid toeven the smallest details and theimpeccable standards set to ensureguests have the best possibleexperience.An on-going programme of
investment means that improvementsare continually being made, while thehotel is also closed for one monthevery year to undergo a completerejuvenation.During that time, local contractors
work tirelessly to service, clean andmaintain everything in the hotelincluding chandeliers, rugs andfurniture.Managing director Patrick Burke said
that it was very unusual these days fora hotel of this standard to ceaseoperating for a whole month.He said: ‘You literally have to take the
hotel apart, clean it, and put it back
together again and you need to knowyour building very well indeed to dothat.‘One of the reasons we can do it is
because we have built up a team ofreally excellent craftsmen, tradesmenand contractors who come in eachJanuary to work with us, including
many who have been doing this withus for 20 or 30 years.‘Whether they are furniture polishers,
decorators or electricians theyunderstand the building very well andwithout them we couldn’t do it.‘We’re just one small hotel, but more
than 25 local firms worked on the
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Craftsmen and contractorsmove in as family-ownedbusiness shuts its doors fora month for top-to-bottomcleaning and regeneration
Annual rejuvenation keeps
All furniture is inspected and repaired by Jersey craftsmen
The public area before (inset) the work and after
Bryce Robinson LtdDecorators
are happy to have assistedthe Atlantic Hotel
in keeping to the highstandard they have always
insisted on.
For free advice and competitive ratestelephone 733862 or 07797 733738
FFoosssseeCCoonnssttrruuccttiioonn LLttdd
We would like to thankTHE ATLANTIC HOTEL
for entrusting us to carry outall project management,
Plumbing and MaintenanceInstallations throughout theATLANTIC HOTEL
● Small Works ● Jobbing ● Maintenance● Design & Surveys ●
John WarrenerPlumbing, Heating& Electrical Ltd
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Atlantic Hotelat the summitproject.That means that we’reactually able to put back into thelocal economy, and I think that’s veryimportant as well.’The contractors this year included
businesses such as FosseConstruction, Bryce Robinsonpainters and decorators, FreshFloors, electrician Derek Morin,garden contractors CA Frazier,furniture specialistsWhittinghams,Clean Guard, Jet Blast, Islandscape,Drain It, plumbers JohnWarrener,The Sigma Group and the IslandFire Extinguisher Company.Constantly striving to reach the
highest standards is a major priorityfor the team at The Atlantic,particularly Mr Burke, whose father,Henry, established the hotel in 1970.‘One of the things that is quite
unusual about The Atlantic is that weare a family-owned and run hotel,’ hesaid.‘Years ago nearly all hotels were
owned and run by families, but thesedays it’s surprisingly unusual,particularly for hotels at the top endof the market like The Atlantic.‘That means that we care very
deeply about the property, as it hasbeen in the family a long time.’That dedication is reflected in the
impressive number of accoladesbestowed on the hotel over theyears, including the maintenance ofa Michelin star for its Ocean
(Continued on next page) The Ocean Restaurant before (inset above) and after the redecoration
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TEL: 483076FAX: 482738
MOB: 07797 715099
We are pleased to carry outongoing ground maintenenceand projects at the AtlanticHotel and wish them continuedsuccess for the future
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Restaurant since 2007.Executive head chef Mark Jordan oversees
the menus and food preparation at therestaurant, which is one of several rooms at thehotel available for fine dining, weddings andconferences.In addition, The Atlantic is the only local
member of Small Luxury Hotels of theWorld –an exclusive collection of the very bestindependent hotels from around the world –and it holds four AA red stars and four AArosettes.Only a handful of hotels in the country have
been awarded both of those prestigiousratings.Just last month, the property was selected
among the UK’s finest in the TripAdvisor 2013Travellers’ Choice Hotel Awards after travellersranked it the 15th best hotel in the country.Late last year, The Atlantic was also crowned
winner of the Most ExcellentWaterside Hotelaward in the prestigious Condé NastJohansens UK and Ireland Awards forExcellence 2013.‘The hotel has a very special standing in the
marketplace,’Mr Burke said.‘Jersey as a destination is a niche
destination, certainly in international tourismterms, and TheAtlantic is a unique offering inthe Jersey marketplace.’Mr Burke joined the family business in 1985
and succeeded his father as managing directorin 1987.
Since then, an annual investment of about£250,000 has ensured that the property hasretained its position as one of Jersey’s finesthotels.There are two main projects being
undertaken this year.The first is the refurbishment of the golf
course-facing side of the property, which willsee all of the balconies dismantled, cleaned,redecorated and then reassembled.The second is the creation of a prototype
bedroom, which has seen one guest roomstripped bare so that it can be used to testideas for a planned refurbishment.Once the perfect formula has been found, all
50 rooms in the hotel will be refurbished instages.Mr Burke said that improvements being
considered included new energy-efficiencyprovisions, brand new fabrics and theinstallation of oak flooring to create continuitythroughout the hotel.‘This is about the hotel evolving,’ he said.
‘Some of the furniture here is really beautiful,so it will be restored and the upholsteryrenewed.‘Where we have something that’s good we
don’t want to change it, we just want to take itforward.’There will be a renewed emphasis on
technology, with wall-mounted flat screentelevisions and possibly even a fully inclusiveSky service in every bedroom.‘We have the opportunity to keep pushing
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Right: Timehonoured skills areput to good use bythe French polishers
Above: Work in progress painting the lounge...
...and (right) upon completion of the project
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the boundaries of what we offer our guests,’MrBurke said.Aside from the property, the most important
investment The Atlantic makes is in its staff,such as reservations manager HayleyBrockwell who last year celebrated 30 years ofservice.
In summer, up to 60 people are employed atthe hotel, many of whom are locally born orqualified.‘We make a particular effort to take on local
people when recruiting,’Mr Burke said.‘We have an absolutely fabulous team of
staff, many of whom have worked for the familyfor years and years and years.They achievegreat things.‘It’s all about the experience of the guests
when they come here.The hotel has a magicalposition overlooking St Ouen’s Bay and it isfamily-owned, which I think gives it a certaincivility, but really it’s all about the staff.
‘At the end of the day, hotels are actuallymade by people – the people running them,the people who work in them, and the peoplewho stay in them.‘So much of our success is down to our
team.’
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Particular attention is paid to the trees that have to bear the brunt of the weather
Gardens are maintained with environmentalsensitivity given the unique location borderingNational Trust for Jersey land
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We would like to congratulate themon their professionalism and wish