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About Us

FIRMS OBJECTIVES

OUR POLICY
Inn-Portugal is one of the sites of Manor Houses Lda, a bonded and insured Travel Agency located and registered in Portugal, License No.1359.

We are an English owned Limited company with a share capital of 100,000 euros. The Managing Director is an English Chartered Accountant who operates to the standards required by a member of his profession.

The company has many domain names covering different areas of operation and since 1995, we have offered accommodation in the Iberian Peninsular over internet.

With over 12 years of experience in the industry we have an understanding of our customers needs. Our team of 9 highly trained staff members, who collectively speak English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian and German, are available to advise and assist.

We never accept money from guest's, there is no middle man involved so you are not paying inflated prices. All payments are made by you, direct to the accommodation provider.

With this policy, we believe that those making reservations through our site have the maximum protection possible knowing that their interests are best served.

We specialize in the Iberian Peninsula and pride ourselves in knowing the accommodation on our site. Properties are inspected before being invited to appear and, in the case of a group or chain of hotels, we inspect a representative sample of our choice.

No charge is made for inclusion on the site and we reserve the right to remove a property, at any time, if standards are not maintained. This also applies if we are of the opinion that the accommodation will not be available for financial or other reasons.

OUR AIMS
To maximize the occupancy of the accommodation promoted and to ensure that they provide a high quality product and the best service possible, at the lowest available rates, to those using our websites.

OUR METHOD OF OPERATION
To create public awareness of tourist accommodation offered in Portugal and Spain.

To provide a free, efficient and speedy reservation service on behalf of our clients who supply the accommodation.

To make every effort to ensure that those using our sites stay in accommodation most suited to their needs and that they receive maximum enjoyment from their stay.

NEW VENTURES
We are adding selected accommodation in many more countries to our portfolio to serve the needs of visitors to our sites :
www.inn-france-chateaux.com www.hotels-globe.com and www.spain-inn.com

HISTORY OF THE FIRM

In 1992 David Lumby, as local representative of The Cruising Association, created an internet site providing information for yachtsmen sailing the Portuguese coast. The site still shows details of all the ports, harbours and anchorage's in Portugal suitable for cruising yachts.

In 1995, an owner of a Manor House asked for her house to be promoted on the site. Within one week, ten houses had asked to be included and a month later the figure had risen to over one hundred.

As a result a team was put together to provide a service to the owners of the Manor Houses and tour operators using this type of accommodation.

The growth in the level of business has resulted in the formation of Manor Houses Lda.

The business has expanded to include our selection of high class accommodation in Portugal, Spain and other countries featuring Hotels, Paradores, Pousadas, Manor Houses, Inns and self catering property.

Our growth rate has remained outstanding. Our sites now receive over 5 million 'hits' per month.

We have seen other companies, with sites more recent than ours, include selections very similar to this site. We consider that this shows our selections to be correct and our expertise of benefit to our readers. We do however notice that accommodation we have removed, for various reasons, remains on these other sites.

PERSONNEL
David Lumby Director	A British Chartered Accountant who, after many years in professional practice in the UK moved to Portugal as Managing Director of a major international company. His experience in finance included Consultant to companies in the hotel and tourist industry. On retirement, his site for yachtsmen developed into the present business.
Susan Lumby Director	Many years of experience in the hotel industry and of computerized accounting systems in firms of Stockbrokers and Lawyers in the United Kingdom. Overall responsibility for Portugal and Spain and for future development of the company.
Alexandre Costa	Degree in Tourism from the Polytechnic in Viana do Castelo. Office Manager and Website maintenance.
Luciana Costa	Professional course at Tourism College. Responsible for reservations and enquiries for Spain.
Patricia Peres	Studied Anthropology at University. Experience in the hotel industry in Switzerland. Also worked in the United Kingdom. Responsible for enquiries for Spain.
Rui Silva	Studied Accountancy and Auditing and is responsible for the accounting of the firm.
Clara Soares	Degree in Tourism from the Polytechnic in Viana do Castelo. Responsible for all self catering accommodation in Portugal and hotel reservations worldwide.

CONTACT US
Email addresses	Self catering: Parador: Pousada: All other: General:
Telephones - Portugal	+ 351 258 835065 / 820150 / 821751 / 838086
Telephone - UK	0871 871 6745
Fax - Portugal	+ 351 258 811491 / 828852
Main Web Site	http://www.manorhouses.com
Our Partner websites	http://www.parapromotions-spain.com http://www.hotels-globe.com http://www.pousadasofportugal.com http://portugalgolfcourses.com http://www.inn-portugal.com http://www.spain-inn.com http://www.inn-france-chateux.com
Address	Rua Ricardo Marques, 41 - 4900-008 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Administrative address	Apartado 596, 4901-908 Viana do Castelo, Portugal

BANK DETAILS - UNITED KINGDOM
Bank	NatWest Bank Plc
Branch	Isle of Man Branch (60 07 03)
Account number	73797464
Currency	Pounds Sterling

BANK DETAILS - PORTUGAL
Bank	Millennium BCP
Branch	Viana do Castelo
Name of account	Manor Houses Lda
Account number	0033 0000 0109 1029 17764
Currency	Euros

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Associação Portuguesa das Agências de Viagens e Turismo (APAVT) No. 964 American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Registration Number 900115537	Society of Portuguese Travel Agents The largest Association of travel specialists in the world
ABTA (Ass. of British Travel Agents) - We are not eligible for membership because we are based in Portugal IATA and ATOL - We are not eligible for membership because we do not sell airline tickets

OUR WEBSITES

Our main site is http://www.manorhouses.com and is hosted by us in Portugal

Some subsidiary sites are hosted in the United States of America

These web sites have been created by David Lumby and are maintained solely by members of this firm.

The content of the sites are the intellectual property of the company and cannot be copied without permission.

We are not professional website designers and we welcome any suggestions for improvement. We think that the speed of arrival of information is more important than using the highest quality pictures or enhancements which slow down the loading of pages.

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