Cedar Manor Hotel

When you’re running a hotel in a popular tourist area, communicating effectively with potential guests is the first key to success. And when you run a multi-award-winning hotel in a World Heritage area the pressure to perform efficiently is turned up to the highest level.

At Cedar Manor Hotel in Windermere, Jonathan and Caroline Kaye have spent a dozen years perfecting the art of hospitality. They run an exclusive boutique hotel which has won awards for design, for sustainability, for customer service.

But all their efforts to create the very best in luxurious holiday accommodation would be wasted if the world didn’t know they were there.

And so, communicating with guests – and suppliers – has been placed in the reliable hands of Sensible. The Cedar Manor uses Sensible for services across the entire spectrum of 21st century communication needs – for Wi-Fi, for internet security, and for email software.

And, says Jonathan Kaye, “they have been constantly helpful and reliable”.

The Cedar Manor is one of the most impressive success stories in the Lake District National Park. A former country house retreat which had been run – and run down – as a rather tired guest house, the place was transformed by Caroline and Jonathan. They brought in the best design team in the area – Alison Tordoff at Fidget – and used local craftsmen at Lakeland Fells Furniture to create the exquisite bespoke pieces for each individually designed room.

The converted a coach house in the grounds into the most sumptuous and cleverly designed self-contained suite. They used their own intuitive design instincts to bring in artists like Jo Vincent, who created a stunning chandelier out of recycled Bombay Sapphire gin bottles for their Welcome Lounge.

And they trained their staff to treat each and every guest like royalty; in fact, like the royalty Jonathan used to serve when he was manager of the legendary Raffles nightclub in Chelsea. The result was a string of accolades for the very best in customer service.

But behind the scenes, behind the gorgeously papered walls and the luxurious décor, lies the technical equipment that keeps this hotel at the very top of its game. The Cedar Manor relies on a strong online presence with a newsy, updated website. Their guests, too, expect the very best Wi-Fi in their rooms when they come to stay.

The Cedar Manor needs to be able to respond to enquiries, via email or via social media. The hotel always responds to comments made by guests on various online platforms, including TripAdvisor (who, incidentally, has had them rated at number 1 in the Windermere area for years on end).

And all this demands not only swift and reliable internet connection, but also the secure knowledge that their internet experience (and that of their guests) is totally safe and secure.

This is where the Sensible team has played such a key role, providing a service which has been so efficient and reliable that Jonathan and Caroline and their staff have nothing to worry about in that area. They can get on with running their hotel to the highest standards, knowing that behind the scenes their technology is in the best and safest hands.