THE Hampshire Court Hotel has started the year in celebratory style after achieving one of the industry’s highest accolades for exemplary conference standards.

The hotel in Chineham has been honoured with the VenueVerdict Gold Standard Accreditation, based on how likely event hosts are to recommend a venue for a conference or event.

It is one of 33 venues across the UK and the only venue in Hampshire to have received the gold accreditation.

More than 21,000 event hosts were surveyed in the last quarter of 2014 and provided feedback on conference and events facilities at 375 participating venues and hotels in the UK and Ireland.

Dan Kelly, general manager of The Hampshire Court Hotel, said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to receive our Gold Standard Accreditation as it demonstrates that our conference and events facilities compete with some of the best venues across the UK.

“This is a great start to the year for us and I’d like to thank my team for their commitment to providing a professional, friendly, helpful and flexible service, tailored to each individual customer’s needs.”

In addition, with a total of 28 Gold |Standard Accreditations in 2014, QHotels, which owns The Hampshire Court Hotel, received the Gold Standard Group Award |as the group with the highest number of endorsements.