{"id":331321,"date":"2017-07-17T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=331321"},"modified":"2017-07-17T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:58:46","slug":"yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Yorkshire Hotel Brings Back Much-Loved Director of Fun >> www.thegrandyork.co.uk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yorkshire Hotel Brings Back Much-Loved Director of Fun<\/h3>\n

The Grand Hotel & Spa, York has appointed a familiar face to its \u2018board\u2019<\/h3>\n

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In 2009, six-year-old Sam Pointon was appointed \u2018Director of Fun\u2019 by the National Railway Museum in York \u2013 fast-forward eight years and the teenager is back to take on a new \u2018board\u2019 role with a leading Yorkshire hotel.<\/p>\n

The Grand Hotel & Spa, York \u2013 Yorkshire\u2019s only AA 5-star hotel \u2013 has appointed 14-year-old Sam as its very own \u2018Director Of Fun & Families\u2019 and will lead a campaign to help children get the most out of their visits to York.<\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s first job as Director Of Fun & Families has been to produce a series of six video blogs revealing his top tips for children to do in York, including family-friendly places to eat, things to do for free, as well as historic York.<\/p>\n

Sam will be a kid consultant for the hotel, helping with everything from menus and recipes, in-room entertainment and seasonal city guides, through to suggesting family-friendly activities and promotions.<\/p>\n

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Sam Pointon, 14, Director Of Fun & Families at The Grand Hotel & Spa, York, said: \u201cI literally jumped at the chance to become the Director Of Fun & Families. The hotel wrote to my Dad to ask if I\u2019d like to help them with family-friendly stuff to do in York \u2013 I\u2019m guessing there aren\u2019t many kids who\u2019ve done this sort of thing before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve started with some vlogs and each week over the summer I\u2019ll be sharing a new video with stuff I think will be good for children \u2013 and their mums and dads \u2013 to do and see in York.\u201d<\/p>\n

Philip Bolson, General Manager of The Grand Hotel & Spa, York, said: \u201cWe are very excited to welcome Sam to the team. He is full of brilliant advice for young people visiting York and will help us enhance our family-friendly activities at the hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michelle Brown, Marketing Manager, Visit York, said: \u201cIt\u2019s brilliant to be involved in such a family-focused campaign. York has an abundance of events happening over the summer holidays and Sam has certainly provided plenty of options for the whole family to enjoy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s video blogs, available to view at www.thegrandyork.co.uk\/director-of-fun-families<\/a> will include:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Family Friendly Locations To Eat<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Free Days Out In and Around York<\/p>\n

\u00b7 York Must-See<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Things You Can Only Do In York<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Walks In And Around York<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Things About Historic York<\/p>\n

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Yorkshire Hotel Brings Back Much-Loved Director of Fun The Grand Hotel & Spa, York has appointed a familiar face to its \u2018board\u2019 www.thegrandyork.co.uk FACEBOOK | TWITTER | PINTEREST | INSTAGRAM In 2009, six-year-old Sam Pointon was appointed \u2018Director of Fun\u2019 by the National Railway Museum in York \u2013 fast-forward eight years and the teenager is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":331322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9813,6886,8402,11244,6423],"class_list":["post-331321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs","tag-brings","tag-grand","tag-hotel","tag-spa","tag-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331334,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331321\/revisions\/331334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}