Red Carnation Hotels

Jonathan Raggett has worked in hotels since leaving Westminster College with a Higher National Diploma in Hotel Management. Jonathan joined RCH in 1998 as GM of The Rubens Hotel. In 2000 he was promoted to Managing Director, overseeing the rapid expansion to the eleven international properties RCH now operate.
"We are a family run small collection of five and four star hotels who fight the big chains for business. We will never have the same Sales and Marketing spend as these players, so it is my belief that we need to make an even better job of taking care of our guests."

Internationally acclaimed hotelier Terry Holmes, winner of the 2006 Caterer Tourism Award, joined Red Carnation Hotels in February 2006, bringing with him his incredible passion for the hospitality industry. To discover more about Terry and to download his pod casts click here.

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With over 17 years hotel experience many of which have been spent abroad in some of the finest hotels, in Australia, South Africa and Dubai. I returned to London in 1999 where I joined the Royal Garden Hotel as Rooms Division Manager. I joined the Milestone Hotel in August 2006 as Deputy General Manager. I was promoted internally to The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel as General Manager in April 07. My role along with the team is to ensure that you recieve the very best standard of service and to make sure your stay is memorable.

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I went to the Hereford college of Technology where I trained as a pastry chef . I started my career in 1994 at the Bath Spa Hotel in Bath as a commis waiter and moved onto a trainee management program, whereafter I soon became the F&B manager. After working at various country hotels in the position of F&B manager I moved to London as Operations Manager of the Halcyon Hotel in Holland Park where I also looked after the day to day running of Fawsley hall in Northampton. In 2003 as Deputy General Manager I helped to open the Grange City Hotel in Tower Hill. I then helped to open the Bentley Hotel in London again as Deputy General Manager. Today I find myself at The Chesterfield Mayfair and am enjoying the challenge of working at this fantastic property.

I started my career at The Chesterfield as a Trainee Manager, in the past few years I have grown with the hotel and progressed through the ranks, first as a Reservations Supervisor then as Manager. In this time I have come to know many of our guests as we look to add those personal touches from the reservations point of view. As I now take on my new role as Front Office Manager I look forward to welcoming each every one of you to your home away from home.

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I have worked for Red Carnation Hotels for the past two years and became a member of the Chesterfield family in April 2006.  My role is to research and develop new corporate accounts and to be an important and reliable point of contact to both new and existing clients.

My career started with a degree in History of Art at Bristol University, until I finally made the jump into the family business in September 2006. I worked as the Events Manager at our bar and restaurant bbar, located in Victoria and was then promoted to a sales executive role at The Chesterfield Mayfair. Having worked at The Chesterfield Mayfair for the last year, I am proud to say that I have succeeded in sharing my passion about my family's hotel to my clients. I look forward to continuing these relationships and moving them forward from strength to strength for the future.

I joined the Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel in February 2006 after working for the last five years with the Hilton Group.  I am responsible for ensuring that my department provides a high quality event management service by exceeding customer expectations and managing the changing requirements of our guests professionally and efficiently.

I became a member of the Chesterfield Mayfair team in June 2005 as the Events Manager having worked at our sister hotel The Montague in Bloomsbury for the previous 5 years.  My role in the conference and events team is to provide an exceptional meeting and dining experience and to ensure your event is a success.

I have worked in conference & banqueting for the past 20 years.  My role at the Chesterfield involves working closely with our events office to ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day for our guests.  I enjoy anticipating my guests’ needs and meeting their specific requirements so that their dinner, party or meeting with us is perfect and they want to return again.