Your Devon and Cornwall Wedding news and ideas from around the area

Seasonal style

As seasons change, it's important to be aware of how the weather affects the wedding. Editorial Assistant Millicent Garton takes you through some suggestions of how to embrace the chill and celebrate the sun. Much like seasons, it's only natural that weddings and their themes flow and evolve with changing year. From the cake and catering to the dress and décor, all elements of the big day can be influenced by the time of year, so it's only fitting that special attention should be given to those minor details.

Luxury Lodges offer pet-friendly accommodation in Cornwall

With 34% of UK households now owning a pet dog, the demand for pet-friendly accommodation has unsurprisingly rocketed. Luxury Lodges are meeting this demand head-on with the addition of multiple, new pet-friendly lodges across their sites, located in Britain's most loved holiday destinations. These are perfect for wedding guests who want to travel with their four-legged friends. Luxury Lodges' beautiful North Cornwall site, Bude Coastal Resort, as well as its stunning South Cornwall site, Clowance, are surrounded by nature and coastline, offering the perfect base for guests and their furry friends to explore the stunning surrounding scenery and nearby beaches.

PoB Hotels launches new Experience Gift Vouchers

Just in time for the gifting season, PoB Hotels, with properties in Devon and Cornwall, has unveiled a collection of new experience gift voucher offerings. These include Seasoned to Perfection, Pampers Paradise and Time for Tea. Each gift voucher allows visitors to experience any of the hotels across the PoB Hotels collection. With choices ranging from £100 to £200, the Seasoned to Perfection experience voucher can be used at any of the collection's hotels, whether for a relaxed lunch or a memorable dinner. The Pampers Paradise experience voucher can also be used at any of the collection's spa hotels, including a soothing spa day, a bespoke treatment or a refreshing wellness class. There's also the Time for Tea £50 or £75 voucher.

Devon hotel Bovey Castle wins top HR award for approach to wellbeing

A boutique hotel in Devon has landed a national award for the way it looks after its workforce – including a scientific approach that aims to promote happy chemicals. The Eden Hotel Collection – which runs five-star Bovey Castle on Dartmoor – collected the Excellence in Reward & Recognition Award at the Annual Awards for Excellence in HR, which is organised by the association HR in Hospitality. It comes nine months after Bovey Castle refreshed its recognition strategy, including the introduction of the Happy Hub, which is a programme focusing on activities that help to generate the four key hormones that drive positive mental health – dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins.