ABOUT US

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2012

CHAIR
Sandra Doherty

SECRETARY
Colin Grant

TREASURER
Derek Vinter

COMMITTEE
Tabs Jabbal, Tracey Davis, Mike Ganley, Kimberley Wilson, Michael Dean, Tracey Armstrong

EMAIL: Hotels@AccommodationHarrogate.co.uk

History of the Association

There has been a Harrogate District Hotels & Guesthouse Association since at least the late 50's and the Association is mentioned in the 1968 Kelly's Directory with an office at 23 North Park Road.

Then as now the thrust of the Association was to provide high quality accommodation and to have a voice in the promotion of their businesses in Harrogate. The original association encompassed all the hotels in Harrogate both large and small, living in harmony for a number of years until the smaller members thought that big brother was perhaps getting a larger slice of the pie than they were.

In 1978 or as near as can be certain, a splinter group of smaller hoteliers made the break from the big boys to forage for themselves in the big bad world of Bed and Breakfast. Thus the Harrogate District Hoteliers, Guesthouse and Restaurant Association was formed. This was lovingly termed the B Group and the Big hotels the A Group.

In about 1996 the Association lost the few restaurant only members that it had and assumed its current title.

In 2008 the A group started to call the group Destination Harrogate which left ourselves with the long association name we had or to call ourseves a separate promoting name. We had used Harrogate Hospitality for a number of years, but it was felt that we required something more fitting for the 21st century. The name decided to promote our association from 2009 is Accommodation Harrogate.