GO GREEN...

...there could be a pot of gold at the end of your Carbon Footprint on the road to The Lovat, Loch Ness!

Avoid driving & reduce your footprint by taking public transport to the Lovat to benefit from £22.50 off your booking, every 3 nights you stay!

GO GREEN!

Reduce your footprint by cycling or walking to the Lovat & benefit from £45.00 off your booking, every 3 nights you stay!

GO GREENER!

Alex's last night

Little Alex came to The Lovat, Loch Ness on work placement before heading back to Nottingham for Hospitality College. Alex (front left hand side) spent 3 weeks at the hotel, learning the ropes as a introduction into the trade.

Despite having no knowledge of hospitality she went away with, more than, an idea on how to deliver an outstanding customer experience.

Good luck for your future studies Alex!

Birthday Basting!

Never a dull day, working at The Lovat, Loch Ness!!!

Lesley, Head Housekeeper, celebrated her 40th Birthday on Friday, 21st August but rather than wait for the real day, her team decided to catch her by surprise & give her the true Lovat Birthday Basting - this concoction was flour, water, syrup & some glitter for added effect! Oh so sweet!

Have you ever tried getting dry flour & water out of your hair? Trust me - it takes a lot of attempts or even scissors...!

Basque Event

Despite the rain, wind & cloud - the Basque dancers kept their spirits high, dancing around Fort Augustus, the canal locks & The Lovat, Loch Ness.

July 2009

Bolt from the Blue...

Come Home to the Lovat to celebrate Highland Homecoming 2009. Get in touch with me if you are related to our Gregory/Lees/Guinness family...& stay for 1 night free, Dinner Bed & Breakfast in 2009.

Whatever the relative distance (once, twice or trice removed!), this is not an issue - just give us the proof of the tree which links you to us!

Book the Boat House!

Not many days left in 2009 so get in their quick...

26th September £1250.00
3rd October £825.00
5th December £825.00
12th December £825.00
Hogmanay £1350.00

Wow - blast from the past...Cape Wrath when the Gregorys owned, the Kinlochbervie hotel

Looks pretty cold!

Thanks Rosie

Branding Baby!

Our new branding is being launched

new website, new signs, new stationery

& new identity

www.thelovat.com

It encapsulates what we are all about...

Vision – Come to Loch Ness for Lovat Arms

Mission – Come Home to the Lovat

Promise – Loving it at the Lovat

Aim – to never say, ‘No’

40 years later!

"Today reminded me of your wonderful hotel!

Forty years ago I was a student working in the Lovat Arms Hotel for the summer when it was owned by the Sabin family.

It is where I and all of the staff, who were a wonderful bunch of locals and students like myself from around the world, watched the men land on the moon. We all crammed into the little staff room at the back of the hotel next to the bar entrance and watched in awe on a black and white tv for hours on end until eventually they landed.

It was a memorable experience that will never leave me as will all the happy times that I had working in the hotel over three years.

There were some great locals working in the hotel also in the bar and the restaurant, real characters suppose now they have all passed on.

Anyway glad to see the hotel is going from strength to strength, just thought I would share this memory with you if you find any old photos from that period please let me know.

Rgds

Robert Hampson"

Picture Postcard

Our Spanish stunner, Irene García Alvarez has won the Lovat staff photo competition, 2009.

Ire is a decidated housekeeper who in her spare time took creative shots, one of which has been choosen by the team to represent, 'Loving it at the Lovat'. The cards will be available for our guests as a wee reminder of their time at the Lovat, Loch Ness.