The Best Western The Connaught Hotel is an upscale Rosette Hotel and has recently been awarded a Silver Plaque by Green Tourism for Business and Connoisseur status by Best Western.

This elegant hotel is centrally located on the West Cliff in an acre of its own grounds with ample free parking, and is just five minutes walk to the town center, the BIC, Pavilion and Bournemouth Pier. Just three minutes walk away are Bournemouth's award winning, golden, sandy beaches. The hotel has 51 Standard and Superior en-suite bedrooms, four Executive Rooms and one Junior Suite, some with a private balcony or terrace and all tastefully decorated.

The hotel's on-site restaurant, Blakes, is a fashionable award-winning Bournemouth restaurant, offers fine dining and includes a lounge bar with an open fire-place and conservatory bar.

The hotel has excellent ground floor conference venue and meeting facilities with bright ground floor function rooms and easy access for all. Free wireless Internet is available throughout the hotel and free secure broadband in the conference suites.

The hotel is fully licensed for civil weddings. The hotel's leisure club, which is free to all guests, includes a 60-foot (18m) indoor swimming pool, spa pool, sauna, steam room, massage room, and a fully equipped gymnasium.