The BCPS Residential Weekend, due to take place from Friday April 4th to Monday April 7th at the Belgrave Hotel, Torquay will now be at a different venue. The BCPS was informed of the cancellation of their booking a short while ago. It seems that the hotel has been bought by Whitbread and will be transformed into a Premier Inn, the refurbishment taking place ready for re-opening in June. Thankfully, due to the help of the Belgrave’s staff and the hard work of BCPS organiser Chris Reeves, it looks like an alternative venue in Torquay on the same dates will be possible. As soon as details of the new arrangements have been finalised, they will be announced in The Problemist and on the BCPS website.
It is regrettable that the new owner, Whitbread, has seen fit not to honour bookings made in good faith with the previous management. While it is understood that refurbishment has to happen sometime, it is surmised that the fact of the sale and the dates of the refurbishment must have been known to Whitbread for some period before letting us know. If this surmise is true, then an earlier advice of the cancellation of the booking must have been possible. Whatever the dates, it is a fact that the BCPS and all the other people booked into the hotel during what has become the period of refurbishment, have had their arrangements cancelled at very short notice and will have to expend extra time and effort in finding alternatives. This is not due to an emergency, but rather to a business plan aimed at increasing profits. Unfortunately that business plan does not seem to have included any compensation for its victims.
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