Skelt goes back to Bristol
Lesley Skelt has been appointed the first full-time female general manager at the Hotel du Vin group.
Skelt returns to the Bristol Hotel du Vin as general manager after a year as acting general manager at the Hotel du Vin in Winchester, Hampshire.
She worked at the 40-bedroom Bristol hotel between 1999 and 2001 as head housekeeper and latterly house manager.
She replaces Nigel Buchanan, who has been appointed general manager of the group's Brighton hotel, which opens in the autumn.