About Us

A Warm Welcome

Your country home from home nestled in 12 acres of Hertfordshire countryside in St Albans; Sopwell House is a 4 star Georgian country house hotel that believes in impeccable, genuine service with attention to every detail. Enabling guests to escape from it all, but still within easy reach of London, St Pancras and Luton Airport, Sopwell House is a family-owned luxury hotel that takes rest, relaxation and warm hospitality seriously.

The hotel has over 300 years of history and boasts 128 rooms and suites including 16 individually designed stylish Mews Suites positioned behind private gates. There is also a 2 AA rosette Restaurant, Brasserie, Conservatory Bar, Cocktail Lounge, 14 event rooms including conference space, spa and gym. An extensive, three stories of spa development are currently underway, due to open spring 2019, bringing state of the art facilities and services for its guests.

Sopwell House is proud to be a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, a global collection of the world’s finest luxury hotels and also Pride of Britain Hotels which is Britain’s leading luxury & boutique hotel collection.

The Company

Welcome to AB Hotels, a collection of two family owned hotels with outstanding facilities located in the South East.

Both hotels are distinctly different but what they have in common is AB Hotels passion to deliver excellence, warm and friendly hospitality and to exceed every guest’s expectation.

We are passionate about staff who are keen to learn and strive to develop their own potential as well as working as a team to deliver moments of magic for our guests. We have a number of operational posts which are varied and exciting, including roles in: Front Office, Housekeeping, Food and Beverage, Kitchen and Conference and Banqueting.

Alternatively there are key support departments including roles in: Reservations, Administration, Events, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Maintenance, IT and Human Resources.

Please read through our careers pages to learn more about working at AB Hotels and if you are interested in working with us.

Why work with AB Hotels?

AB Hotels is a family run company and we employ passionate and enthusiastic staff, keen to learn and develop their skills. We dedicate time to finding the right people who believe in our values and we support our employees by offering great opportunities for promotion and growth.

We hope that through these careers pages you will learn why so many of our staff love working for us.

In return for your hard work and commitment you will receive on-going training, an opportunity to study for NVQ qualifications, generous remuneration and attractive employee benefits including discounts in our restaurants, Spa’s and on hotel rooms and suites.

Whatever your role, if you’re passionate about customer service, are looking for a challenging and varied role and want to be part of a great team, we at AB Hotels would love to hear from you.

Rafael Bejerano