FORMER BBC boss Greg Dyke, now owner of historic Mosborough Hall Hotel, will launch a charm offensive at local residents when he offically opens £4 million of improvements there.
There have been problems over the years of noise coming from the hotel's Chatsworth Suite – venue for weddings and functions. But now the hotel has installed a sound machine which switches off the music if it exceeds a pre-set decibel level.
Some 80 locals have accepted an invitation to drinks and canapés on Saturday week, May 10.
Dyke, who has several other hotels, golf courses and even a fort in his business portfolio, took over the hotel in late 2004 when it ran into financial difficulties.
He already had what he described as a small "passive investment" in the hotel.
The work, which started last September, includes refurbishing the 42 bedrooms and two suites, improving conference facilities and opening a new bar and extending the brasserie restaurant.
Dyke, who is now chairman of the British Film Institute, is spending four days at the hotel from next Wednesday.
Parts of the hall date back to the 12th century. Henry VIII installed his pregnant mistress Mary Boleyn there.
It is reputed to be haunted.
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