Park Inn York blog

Special visit lights up the hotel

We’re still on a high from having played host to a really exciting - not to mention unusual - guest at the hotel – the Olympic flame!

We were thrilled to be chosen from all the hotels in York to house the flame for the night it was in the city, along with the 230 torch relay organisers and sponsors who were accompanying it last week.

Our VIPs started to arrive on Saturday 16th in preparation for the York leg of the torch relay, which arrived on Tuesday 19th and left the following day.

The flame was kept in a lantern overnight, following a full risk assessment. We had to keep the whole thing under wraps because of the huge security issues surrounding the whole event, but now we’re delighted to be able to share it with everyone finally!

It was a great welcome for our new General Manager Sally Hughes, who got to hold the Olympic Torch during her first week in post.

Park Inn helps advise young people on careers

Carol Ward, our marketing co-ordinator, had a really interesting afternoon this week spending some time with pupils at Huntington School, helping to give them a flavour of what it’s like to work at a busy hotel.

Carol was one of a number of different professionals invited along to speak to the students at the event, which aimed to get the young people thinking about a whole range of careers that they might not have considered before.