Hotel springs bed gift to help keep flying medics up in the air

A SWANSEA Bay hotel has donated 12 luxury bed mattresses to help keep flying medics in the air.

- EMMA BOFF

When Sian and Tony O’Brien took over as general managers of the Oyster House, Mumbles, they wanted to give the hotel a mini makeover and increase their capacity.

Sian said: “The mattresses were only around two years old; there was nothing wrong with them.

“It's just you are quite restricted when you have double beds in a room.

“We often get asked for twin bedded rooms and so I thought by switching to Hypnos mattresses, which enables you to zip two mattresses together to create a super king, it was the perfect solution to help cater for all our guests.”

The mattresses were then gifted to the Wales Air Ambulance shop in Cwmdu, Swansea.

Sian has worked with Tony in the hospitality industry for 38 years.

The couple have run pubs in London, Surrey and Devon, and had thought about retiring.

But the opportunity to run the Oyster House was ‘too good to be true’ according to Sian.

She said: “We've always had our family home in Neath. Every holiday we would visit for a few weeks, so it was always the plan to come back to South Wales.

“So, when Young’s Pubs, who we have worked with for 38 years, asked if we would like to go along and check out their latest acquisition, our thoughts of stepping down for a quieter life went out the window.”

Sian added: “Once we saw it, that was it. We knew we could turn the business into something special.

“We have a fantastic team; there’s 28 of us and from the moment you set foot over our doorstep, you are guaranteed a warm welcome.”