News Archive
700 Year Old Tower now in hands of de BrettonMarmadukes luxury York hotel’s recent acquisition, Lendal Tower, has 700 years of history under its belt...
Marmadukes Four Star Hotel Awarded AA RosetteAlong With a Four Star Status, Marmadukes Hotel Now Boasts a Coveted AA Rosette...
£50,000 Goal For Cancer Research by de BrettonMarmadukes unique, quality hotel in York has set a goal of raising £50,000 over the next five years for Leukaemia Research...
Dame Judi Dench endorses de Bretton's workCasino Royale star Dame Judi Dench has endorsed the work that de Bretton is carrying out to the 700 year old Lendal Tower...
Marmadukes opens new Loft SuiteMarmadukes luxury hotel, York, has created an exciting new Loft Suite up in ‘the Gods’ of its town house hotel...
Coastal Cottages from £295Marmadukes Coastal Cottages is the leading short break specialist to Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay...
A Classic Place to StayWhat are classic British icons? The red London bus, David Attenborough and Doctor Who...
Strip, Strip, HoorayIn September, North Yorkshire hotel Marmadukes welcomed some world famous guests...
Ye GodsMarmadukes York hotel is creating an exciting new Loft Suite, up in ‘the Gods’ of its York townhouse hotel...
Hearty, Arty HarvillesThe best food, cooked simply...
Chocs Away!Bored of Black Magic? Fed up with Ferrero Rocher? Dischuffed with Dairy Box?
Calendar Girls to get £50,000Marmadukes 4 Star Hotel is on a crusade – to raise £50,000 for the wonderful Calendar Girls...
Ark RoyalHe invented the water frame and helped start the industrial revolution...
York has a new hit on its hands...HarvillesSince it opened on February 1, Harvilles Restaurant and bar on Fossgate, York, has become
the place to eat...
Hitting the HeightsTop news! The Loft Suite at Marmadukes York boutique hotel is up and running. Found right at the top of our elegant Victorian hotel...
Five Star Hotel Plan RebuffedMarmadukes put in a bid to turn one of York’s worst eyesores into a boutique five star hotel York – but it was rejected by the council. We joined forces with hugely-respected developers the Helmsley Group to put forward a plan...
Fancy Being Taken for a Ride?Marmadukes Hotel now offers a very special chauffeur service in York for anyone who wants to get about in style...
The Dancing QueenDiners are used to seeing Kelly Clarey shimmy around the tables at a York restaurant, as she served them food and drink. But what they didn't know was that their waitress was a professional dancer...
Railway HQ May Become HotelTHE future of GNER's historic headquarters building in York is in doubt - after developers revealed they could transform it into a luxury hotel...
David Learns to Shrug it All OffYou can't be more decisive than David Hattersley when it comes to cutting his bonds with the Bonding Warehouse...
Marmadukes Nominated For Tourism OscarMarmadukes has become the only hotel nominated as Best Newcomer in the White Rose Awards, Yorkshire’s “tourism Oscars”, run by Yorkshire Tourist Board in association with BBC Yorkshire.
The Observer VerdictMarmadukes is classy and unpretentious, an excellent base for a York city break.
Take them for a Potter round Harry's worldAll aboard the Hogwarts Express.
Harvilles Restaurant is finalist in Yorkshire LifeYork's most revered restaurant up for top award.
Marmadukes Hotel’s New Conference Facility in YorkThe new Garden Room at Marmadukes Hotel is to be the next major conference facility in York...
David Hattersley and The Bonding WarehouseWhen City of York Council rejected his bid to turn the Bonding Warehouse into York's first five-star hotel, he made his feelings plain.
Meet David HattersleyMeet David Hattersley, the man with a mission to make York a wondrous place to live in or visit.
York Landmark hit by delugeThe medieval Lendal Tower was affected in lastweek's deluge that swamped the region, and the developers who own the ancient monument on the banks of the River Ouse.
Towering FiascoSewage-ridden water from the swollen River Ouse poured into medieval Lendal Tower and the neighbouring upmarket apartments next door during last week's high water levels.