Meanwhile,
Amie Postings leaves after almost five years as general manager of the Grange.
During this time she has managed projects to develop the four-star hotel in Bootham including the refurbishment of the AA two-rosette Ivy Brasserie and a £1m bedroom extension completed in August 2008.
Postings leaves the Grange for France, where she will manage a group of privately-owned hotels in the Alpine resort of Morzine on the French-Swiss border.