Castlebank
is owned by Jo & Henrique Fino . It is both a business and our
home. We gave up city life to create a relaxing and stress free haven
for ourselves and our guests, choosing Conwy because it offers a fascinating
mixture of history, culture, town life, beach combing and access to
a wide range of activities.
We took over the
hotel with our friends Irene and Jose Mendes in 2003. For the next
three years both couples worked hard to steadily refurbish and upgrade
the house, whilst buiilding up the business. We have many guests who
now visit us several times a year and a wide range of visitors from
overseas. The hotel has proved a popular venue for groups of couples
and family groups due to it's size and the ambience we have created.
Since Irene and Jose moved on to pursue other interests we have continued
to build up and run the hotel. Our backgrounds combine restaurant,
cafe bar and corporate management experience with a genuine interest
in meeting and looking after people.
The hotel was featured
in a Channel Four Documentary entitled ‘Risking It All’,
which followed the two couples as we moved from Manchester and started
to get to grips with refurbishing and running a small hotel.The original
programme aired in May 2004 with an update shown in October 2005.
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