Hotel du Vin Brighton toasts its millionth guest

Hotel du Vin, Brighton kept a bottle of champagne on ice, Wednesday 9 October, in expectation of their one millionth guest.

The hotel and Bistro have been welcoming guests from across the globe since 2003 and has three times been named one of the best places to entertain at the Brighton and Hove Business Awards.

General Manager, Simon Maguire, calculated that the one millionth customer would be sitting down for their dinner this week and put a magnum of champagne on ice.

The winners, Alex and Rebecca Chambers, had travelled from Cambridge for their meal. “It was a total surprise,” said Alex. “The last thing you expect when you sit down for dinner is for someone to pop a magnum of champagne under your nose!”

“There’s been a real buzz amongst the staff all week,” said Simon. “Hotel du Vin is all about raising a glass to the good things in life and I was delighted to be able to share a glass of champagne with our lucky guests and of course invite them to enjoy the evening on me. And we will be welcoming them back to stay in a suite when the group celebrates its 20th anniversary next year.

“At the Hotel du Vin Group our aim is to constantly innovate to keep things fresh and exciting. We’ve just introduced a great new Plats du Jour menu which offers classic dishes containing local, seasonal ingredients to bring our customers great new flavours every day.

“And keep an eye out for our new Brighton bar which will be open within a few weeks!”