About Relais & Chateaux
Relais & Chateaux affiliated properties represent the finest Hotels and Restaurants in the world. Likewise, the two dozen stunning hotels and gastronomic restaurants located throughout Great Britain and Ireland are second to none.
Each Relais & Chateaux property concentrates on maintaining the highest level of what are referred to as the Five Cs: Courtesy, Character, Charm, Cuisine, and Calm. It is the level of excellence that is achieved and maintained by each property relative to these disciplines that clearly sets them apart from all other hotels and restaurants around the world.
In order to achieve a prestigious Relais and Chateaux membership, each property must meet the following high-level requirements:
- Comply with the association's quality standards in particular based on the founding values defined by the Five Cs: "courtesy, charm, character, calm, cuisine"
- Have a hotel capacity of less than 100 rooms
- Offer hotel services with a minimum of 4 stars or an equivalent rating
- Have a quality gourmet restaurant
- Have operated for at least one year under the same owner or the same general manager.
- Not belong to an organisation with marketing representation functions or a competing hotel chain.
In addition to these standards, most properties also offer:
- Beautiful unspoilt countryside or grounds ensuring peace and tranquillity
- Wide range of activities on offer: fishing, hunting, flying lessons, horse-riding, golf
- Unique corporate retreats
- Award winning Spas
In short, Relais & Chateaux properties offer an experience to their guests that is unique in the hotel and restaurant business worldwide. Because of this distinction, it should be obvious why a career with a Relais & Chateaux property could be so profoundly significant to you.
Other than the obvious benefits associated with such employment, consider these:
- Reputation
- Consistently high standards
- Recognised by other employers
- Staff benefits
- High levels of training and development
We hope you find this web site informative and helpful. Most importantly, we hope that you elect to further your career with one of our extraordinary properties.