Tag: Lorna Petchey

It’s Never Too Early To Celebrate Christmas…Is It?

Hilton Garden Inn Celebrates ‘Christmas In July’ With Food, Santa & Fun!

Congratulations to Lisa Moore (to Santa’s left), Bradley Sandler and everyone at the Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel (26640 Silver Maple Pkwy., off S.R. 56), for hosting a super-successful (and FREE!) “Christmas in July” event.

“The whole idea was to let the community know that we have great rooms where we can host your next business or family holiday party,” Moore said during the event, “and a large catering menu with a wide selection of delicious food that we make in-house and everything else you need to make your party special.”

The Christmas in July event had Santa Claus himself, DJ music, a premium liquor bar, lots of great raffles prizes, a charcuterie table (below), fresh fruit and hot appetizers like mini egg rolls and crab cakes, meatballs and more.

To book your next party, call Moore at (813) 591-6930 or email her at lisamoore2@ hilton.com. Or, call Sandler at (813) 591-6907 or email him at bradley.sandler@hilton.com. — GN, all photos by Charmaine George

Hyatt Place Hotel Also Gets Into The Christmas Spirit With Its ‘Jingle Mingle’

We also give kudos to (l.-r. in photo right) assistant GM Brian Jackman, director of sales Lorna Petchey and GM Gerald Mandosia of the Hyatt Place Hotel Tampa-Wesley Chapel (26000 Sierra Center Blvd., Lutz) for its impressive (also FREE) “Jingle Mingle,” which featured amazing samples of foods you can get from the hotel’s in-house catering department — like pomegranate-glazed, mint chimichurri lamb chops (below right), extra large shrimp cocktail (bottom right), mini-beef Wellingtons and mini-crab cakes, a S’mores station — plus holiday-themed cocktails (The Grinch, Mrs. Claus Punch & more), a DJ and both Santa and Mrs. Claus (above) in the hotel’s beautiful Sierra Conference Center ballroom that you can — and should — reserve for your upcoming holiday party.

For more info, call Lorna Petchey at (813) 803-5600. — GN

Hyatt Place Wesley Chapel Rolls Out Revamped ‘Placery’

*The Placery’s revamped bar area.* (Photos by Charmaine George)

Congratulations go out to the management of the Hyatt Place Tampa Wesley Chapel (26000 Sierra Center Blvd.), which rolled out the new menu at the hotel’s revamped “The Placery” restaurant and bar on May 1.

The invitation-only event was attended by about 100 people, who got to not only sample some of the new food items and craft cocktails at The Placery, but also tour the 132-room hotel and some of its bookable meeting rooms, all of which also can include a variety of catering options.

*The main ballroom at the Hyatt Place’s Sierra Conference Center.*

The final stop of the tour was the hotel’s 4,000-sq.-ft. Sierra Conference Center & Ballroom, where director of sales Lorna Petchey thanked everyone for coming and introduced both Kish Kanji, the executive VP of Impact Properties (which owns the hotel), and Beau Benton, the president of LBA Hospitality, which now manages it.

“We opened right before Covid hit,” Kanji said. “So, we felt the time was right to re-introduce the hotel to the community.”

For the event, The Placery provided four different varieties of its crispy chicken wings and tasty parmesan French fries, as well as an impressive charcuterie board, a decadent dessert display and more.

“We want the community to know we’re here,” Petchey said. “We’re proud of our hotel and our food.”

For reservations & more info, visit Hyatt.com, call (813) 803-5600 or stop in and please tell them I sent you!