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As an Associate Hotel with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, following the Easter break The Dragon Hotel introduced the award winning Macdonald signature breakfast.

Moving away from the long standing hot buffet, our cooked breakfast is instead plated with choices such as free range eggs, premium pork sausages, cured bacon, flat mushroom, plum tomato, Macleod black pudding, fried bread and baked beans.   Also available are breakfast classics such as Smoked Haddock, John Ross Jr Smoked Salmon with Scrambled Eggs and Kippers.  A taste of Wales still remains however with the option of preordering Cockles and Laverbread fresh from Swansea Market.

The Breakfast buffet is not disappearing altogether.  In fact it’s bigger and better than ever before with meats and cheeses, natural yogurts and compotes, seasonal fruit together with freshly baked croissants, breads and muffins just to mention a few items featuring every morning.

The Macdonald Signature Breakfast – an ideal start to any day!

The reservations department is now back to full steam!!

I (Louise – reservations manager) have been off for 7 weeks after having surgery on my shoulder. I was counting down the days to return however as there is only so much Jeremy Kyle and Loose Women you can watch!

Things have changed since I have been away with becoming an Associate Hotel with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts.  One of the changes is that we have a new breakfast menu to look forward to (Sean and I will be sampling this asap but don’t tell Chef!)  Sean is glad to have me back (I think!) and he managed well without me despite being thrown in at the deep end .

However, it feels like I have never been away - so much so that I have had to have my grey hairs covered already and it has only been 3 weeks!!

An opportunity to manage the housekeeping department in Ascot came my way, what a fantastic chance to further my career.

This was my first time working away from home which was an amazing experience, the hotel was more rural than what I’m used to, being in the city centre at The Dragon Hotel.

I looked after the housekeeping team for a week to make sure standards of cleanliness were high in the 126 bedroom hotel. I would like to thank all the staff at Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa, for welcoming me as  part of their team and look forward to working with them again should the opportunity arise.

(Also, on a lighter note I would welcome the opportunity of working at any of our sister hotels in Portugal or Spain too!)

We are pleased to announce that The Dragon Hotel has become an Associate Hotel with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts.

This marks a really exciting chapter for the hotel. Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has over 45 hotels across the UK and 6 resorts in Spain and Portugal.  One of the UK’s largest privately-owned hotel groups, with its roots in Scotland, we’re looking forward to being part of a family that also includes famous hotels such as the five-star Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel and Macdonald Compleat Angler on the banks of the River Thames. 

The hotel will continue to be owned by asset management and property development firm London Devonshire Trust and The Dragon Hotel brand will not be changing. This is yet another new chapter in the hotel’s colourful history – we thank you for your continued support during this exciting time.