BARBARA HUDDART - ASSOCIATE OF BMR HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL

Barbara Huddart has over 20 years experience working in sales and marketing incorporating hotels, golf courses, visitor attractions and accommodation providers.

Barbara started her career with Gleneagles Hotels based at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. She became Director of Sales and Marketing responsible for the Caledonian and North British Hotels (now the Balmoral Hotel) with Norfolk Capital Hotels. In the late 1980s Barbara joined ITT Sheraton Hotels and was responsible for all pre-opening sales, marketing and PR activity for Slaley Hall. Barbara then worked closely with Linden Hall and then returned to Slaley Hall to launch the first luxury destination hotel in the North East of England. She then started her own business, The Glendale Consultancy and projects have included the pre and post opening PR and marketing for the Roxburghe Hotel and Golf Course. She currently completes the PR and media activities for a number of organisations in North East of England including the award winning Matfen Hall Hotel and Golf Course and Spa, Doddington Dairy Ice Cream and the Northumbrian Wigwam Village. Barbara is a Board Member of the One NorthEast Tourism Advisory Board.

Barbara's strengths include the ability to identify media and marketing opportunities to help business to grow. Through proactivity with the media Barbara has successfully launched what are now recognised as some of the North's leading hotels and attractions and she has helped existing businesses to raise their profile, resulting in increased financial success and brand awareness.

Barbara Huddart can be contacted on 01289 388264 or email - barbara@glendaleconsultancy.co.uk