Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is delighted to embrace 2015 and wants to invite you to enjoy a rejuvenating trip to some of the country's most relaxing destinations.

Take the stress out of the New Year with a host of invigorating treatments, thermal suites and saunas in the hotel's tranquil spa. If the outdoors is more to your taste, unwind with a round of golf or wrap up warm to explore the beauty of the surrounding countryside before treating yourself to a hearty winter meal in the hotel's fine-dining restaurant.

We can offer press visits ranging from one night to a weekend break for a couple or family, with a meal on one of the evenings. 

Tee Off 2015 with Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa and Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa

The luxury, four-star Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa lies in the beautiful Cheshire countryside amidst rolling hills and stunning views, the perfect backdrop for a round of golf to help you get back into the swing of things.

With 18-hole Championship and Premier Golf Courses, Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa offers you the chance to experience a world class championship golf venue.

The four-star Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa, lying amidst acres of peaceful gardens in Shropshire, is also recognised as one of the UK's top 10 golf venues.

Designed by TV golfing stars Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas in 1975, the 18-hole Emerald and Sapphire golf courses will challenge even the best of golfers.

After a few hole-in-ones, treat your body and mind with a visit to one of the hotel's Vital Health & Wellbeing Clubs before tucking into a hearty meal in the fine-dining restaurants.   

For more information, visit www.MacdonaldHotels.co.uk/portal

                                  or www.MacdonaldHotels.co.uk/hillvalley                                       

Get Back to Nature with Macdonald Swan Hotel

One of the oldest hotels in the Lake District, Macdonald Swan Hotel in Grasmere is nestled in the Cumbrian countryside, offering breath-taking views across the fells.

Built in 1650 as a coaching inn and based near the Lake District National Park, the hotel is perfect for a revitalising walking trip to get you even fitter this year.

Whether you prefer trekking through forests, scrambling up mountains or drinking in the lake views, get your walking boots on and discover the beauty of the surrounding countryside.

With blazing log fires, luxury accommodation, and a traditional Lakeland menu on offer in the Waggoner's Restaurant, Macdonald Swan Hotel sets the scene for a relaxing evening after a long hike.

For more information, visit www.MacdonaldHotels.co.uk/Swan

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Media enquiries:

Kat Woodcock

Creation PR

T: 0161 240 9009 / E: kwoodcock@creation-MCR.com

Notes to editors

Established in 1990 by Donald Macdonald and colleagues, over the past 25 years Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has steadily and successfully expanded from its beginnings in Aberdeenshire to become the UK's largest privately owned hotel group.

Operating over 45 hotels across the UK and ten resorts throughout the UK and Spain, the group continues to invest and now employs over 4,000 staff and operates in excess of 4,500 hotel rooms. 

Firmly committed to excellence, the leading hotel group continues to invest to offer its guests the highest standards of product and service delivery across a portfolio of beautiful, individual hotels.

And whatever the dining occasion; breakfast, business meeting, conference, banquet or intimate dinner, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is proud of its promise to serve only the finest and freshest produce, with flavoursome dishes always prepared from whole raw ingredients. 

A forward-thinking, environmentally responsible hotel group, through its 'Room 15' programme led by internal 'green teams', Macdonald Hotels & Resorts continues to focus on achieving ambitious, self-imposed energy saving targets. This includes reducing its electricity and fossil fuel usage by 15% by 2015. 

This unwavering commitment to achieving the highest quality standards in every aspect of the business has seen Macdonald Hotels & Resorts receive numerous prestigious accolades.  This has included named 2012-2013 AA Eco-Hotel Group of the Year, receiving the MIDAS award for the Best Breakfast 2011/12, a 2012 Good Egg Award by Compassion for World Farming, the National Customer Service Awards for Leisure and Tourism and the coveted 2013 Carbon Trust Standard.