The four*, award winning St Michael’s Manor Hotel can be found close to the city centre of St Alban’s in Hertfordshire, near the famous Abbey Cathedral in what is the former ancient Roman city of Verulamium.

The original house dates back over 500 years and was converted into a hotel in the early 1960s by the Newling Ward family who still remain as private owners and operators.

Kerri Faulkner, Housekeeping Manager at St Michael’s Manor, was using standard synthetic filled duvets across the hotel but found that “after a while, the filling would clump together and the stitching would break down creating hot and cold spots all over the duvet. The bedding therefore became uncomfortable and no longer usable. So we would give the duvets away to a charity that made dog beds with them as they were just not worth washing."

On the lookout for a quality duvet and pillow range at an affordable price, Kerri came across the Fine Bedding Company at the Independent Hotel Show.

After deciding to trial Smartfil® Boutique Silk duvets and pillows with staff to see how they fared after repeated use and washing, Kerri was not disappointed.