First Fusion Highland Event of 2011 with the Kingsmills Hotel

Not only was it Shrove Tuesday today but it was also the first event in the Fusion calendar for 2011 and what better place to be than doing a Teaser event at one of our newest members, the Kingsmills Hotel.

We were warmly welcomed to the hotel by Craig Ewan who gave us a brief run through of his background, his career and then moved onto the history of the hotel. It was fascinating to hear that during World War 2 the hotel was the HQ for the Northern Fire Brigade. Craig also told us that they had recently found some very old marketing materials which described the hotel as "the country hotel in the city" - a description that fits today as well.

We heard about the operational problems in running a hotel and the effect on the business of recession, ash clouds and snow. Wintry conditions have not only meant that guests couldn't get to the hotel to check in but they also meant guests weren't able to leave too.