Historic bed and breakfast in Cedar City, Utah, earns five straight Spectrum Awards for outstanding customer satisfaction.
As a traditional bed and breakfast we provide an elegant, homey atmosphere and treat our guests like family.”
— Donna Shattuck
CEDAR CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES, May 18, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Nestled in the heart of Cedar City, the Iron Gate Inn offers unmatched hospitality and customer service. That tradition of excellent service recently led the historic bed and breakfast to its fifth City Beat News Spectrum Award for Customer Satisfaction in as many years.
Winners of the Spectrum Award are based on City Beat News’ independent, proprietary research and evaluation system, which identifies businesses and professionals with a track record of top-flight customer service. The rating system combines data collected from nominations, online and other customer reviews, surveys, blogs, social networks, business-rating services, and other honors and accolades — all of which express the voice of the customer. Those that earn a 4-star or 5-star rating receive the Spectrum Award.
The Iron Gate Inn is a quaint bed and breakfast that combines history and hospitality to provide the ultimate get away. With an ideal location one block west of Main Street and a short walk to the Shakespeare Festival Theatre Complex and the Southern Utah University campus, the inn offers the best location in Cedar City. Its location opens the Southern Utah visitor to the all highways to our National Parks.
Originally built in 1897 by David Thorley for his family, the large home was a welcoming place for friends and neighbors, and still is today with plush gardens and patios where guests can relax under starlit skies. Transformed between 2000-2002, the Iron Gate Inn became the signature Bed & Breakfast in Cedar City. The house still maintains its original fireplace, doors, floors and windows. Each of the seven guest rooms feature period furnishings, but also modern amenities such as wireless Internet and thick pillow-top mattresses and the finest linens.
The old winery building on the site was recently converted into two luxury suites. The Iron Gate Suites now accommodate more guests, and provide a separate event space for dinners, parties and group meetings. Each of these suites includes a king and queen bed, with a full kitchen in one and a kitchenette in the other, along with jacuzzi tubs and flat-screen TVs.
Beautiful and secluded patios grace the grounds for outdoor dining and relaxation while an outdoor spa by the patio provides a place for guests to unwind. The entire garden area surrounding the home offers a perfect spot for outdoor weddings and receptions or private parties for any occasion.
“Our guests’ comfort is our priority,” says Owner Donna Shattuck. “As a traditional bed and breakfast we provide an elegant, homey atmosphere and treat our guests like family. Our staff is friendly and helpful, ensuring the house is perfect for the guests every day.”
When it comes to meals, the Iron Gate Inn offers the freshest fruits, homemade entrees and baked goods. Vegan meals as well as dairy/sugar free options are available as well upon request. “I personally develop menus specially each week for our arriving guests with their health and preferences in mind,” says Shattuck. “I accommodate any reasonable special request, and I’m flexible with arrival and meal times for those on a different time zone or schedule. Someone is always available to provide for a guest’s needs.”
The Iron Gate Inn has maintained the highest awards status in the hospitality business community continuously since its inception, including its five consecutive Spectrum Awards. “The original owners had high standards; and through my event planning professionalism and lifelong cooking abilities, we just raised the bar,” says Shattuck.
The Iron Gate Inn is located at 100 N 200 W in Cedar City. For more information, call 800-808-4599 or go online to www.theirongateinn.com. Visit the inn’s Award Page at https://awards.citybeatnews.com/THE-IRON-GATE-INN-CEDARCITY-UT.
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Governor Gary R. Herbert’s Schedule
May 20, 2019 - May 24, 2019
**The Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, May 20
No Public Events
Tuesday, May 21
9:00 a.m. Attend Grand Opening for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Technical Support Building
Location: Salt Lake City
Media Access
10:00 a.m. Meet with Leadership Team
Location: Governor’s Office
12:00 p.m. Attend Utah Foundation Luncheon
Location: Salt Lake City
3:15 p.m. Meet with General Counsel
Location: Governor’s Office
6:00 p.m. Speak at Utah County Junior Achievement City Event
Location: Provo
Wednesday, May 22
8:00 a.m. Meet with U.S. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
Location: Governor’s Office
8:30 a.m. Attend Breakfast Meeting with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
Location: State Capitol
Media Availability to Follow
11:00 a.m. Participate in Watershed Restoration Initiative Project and Discussion with USDA
Secretary Sonny Perdue
Location: Tooele County
Media Availability
12:45 p.m. Lunch Discussion with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
Location: Governor’s Mansion
2:15 p.m. Tour Welfare Square with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
Location: Salt Lake City
Media Availability to Follow
4:30 p.m. Attend Boards and Commissions Meeting
Location: Governor’s Office
Thursday, May 23
10:00 a.m. Governor’s Monthly News Conference
Location: KUED Studios, Salt Lake City
Media Availability
12:00 p.m. “Let Me Speak to the Governor” Radio Show
Location: KSL Studios, Salt Lake City
3:30 p.m. Speak at Envision Utah’s Your Utah, Your Future Awards
Location: Governor’s Mansion
Media Access
Friday, May 24
No Public Events
Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox's Schedule
May 20, 2019 - May 24, 2019
**The Lt. Governor’s schedule is subject to frequent change**
Monday, May 20
10:15 a.m. KSL Studio 5 Appearance
Location: KSL Studios, Salt Lake City
11:30 a.m. Emcee ElevateHER Challenge Panel
Location: Salt Lake City
Tuesday, May 21
9:55 a.m. Meet with Students from Emerson Elementary
Location: Governor’s Office
10:00 a.m. Meet with Governor’s Leadership Team
Location: Governor’s Office
3:30 p.m. Present Board of Oil, Gas and Mining Environmental Excellence Awards
Location: Salt Lake City
Media Access
Wednesday, May 22
8:30 a.m. Meet with Thom Carter
Location: Salt Lake City
10:30 a.m. Speak at Utah’s Emergency Management Conference
Location: Midway
1:45 p.m. Attend Staff Event
Location: State Capitol
2:30 p.m. Tour PolarityTE
Location: Salt Lake City
Thursday, May 23
9:15 a.m. Participate in Read for Railway Safety Event
Location: Guadalupe School, Salt Lake City
Media Availability
10:00 a.m. Interview with The Salt Lake Tribune
Location: Lt. Governor’s Formal Office
10:30 a.m. Meet with Natalie Gochnour
Location: Lt. Governor’s Formal Office
11:00 a.m. Meet with Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall
Location: Lt. Governor’s Formal Office
4:00 p.m. Attend Name Unveiling Ceremony for Memorial Wall
Location: Brigham Young University, Provo
Friday, May 24
Telework - All Day
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• Happiness class
What is happiness, and how can people attain it? A new course at the University of Pennsylvania called “The Pursuit of Happiness” uses psychology and philosophy to help students explore this question. The professor, James Pawelski, wants his students to practice what they are learning and form long-term habits. “My job isn’t to foist habits on students, and I’m not teaching this class because I’m the model of happiness that I hope the students will follow,” he said. “Really the pursuit of happiness is not a class but part of their lives. Regardless of how well they do academically, much more important for them will be what they take away for their own life moving forward.” (EDITORS: Additional information)
• Lump-sum pensions
The U.S. Treasury Department’s recent move to allow private companies to provide retirees and beneficiaries lump sums rather than monthly payments is good news for companies that do not want to be saddled with long-term pension obligations. But Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania wants the federal government to weigh the long-term implications for retirees. “If we look at the retirement picture, we have to understand the incentives we are putting in peoples’ way — or the disincentives to save,” she said. (EDITORS: Additional information)
• The brain & smell
Animals like dogs and rodents use their sense of smell to navigate toward desirable items or places and away from those they should avoid. But do humans have the same capabilities? It’s a question that University of Pennsylvania neurobiologist Jay Gottfried has been trying to answer, and in a recent study that used varying mixtures of banana and pine scents, he discovered that three key brain regions help humans navigate from one odor to the next. The work points to the existence of architecture in the olfactory regions of the brain which resemble the same structures that help animals with spatial navigation. (EDITORS: Additional information)
• Bacteria & diabetes
About 10 percent of Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and a quarter of these patients will develop wounds that do not heal. A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that specific strains of common bacteria are associated with these non-healing wounds. Researchers also identified other common strains in these wounds that can either impair or improve healing, suggesting that monitoring the types of microbes in diabetic foot ulcers could provide doctors with information on how best to treat wounds. (EDITORS: Additional information)
• Childhood trauma
Childhood trauma is linked to abnormal connectivity in the brains of adults with major depressive disorder. “This study not only confirms the important relationship between childhood trauma and major depression,” said Yvette I. Sheline of the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, “but also links patients’ experiences of childhood trauma with specific functional brain network abnormalities. This suggests a possible environmental contributor to neurobiological symptoms.” (EDITORS: Additional information)
• The brain in space
Living in space for an extended period of time may lead to a decline in cognitive performance. Three years after astronaut Scott Kelly returned from his nearly year-long mission on the International Space Station, the NASA Twins Study has yielded results published recently in Science. Mathias Basner at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine led the team that studied the cognitive performance of Kelly and his twin brother, who acted as a control on Earth. “The surprising finding was that, once Scott returned to Earth, we saw a more relevant decline in performance across almost all 10 tests; he was slower and less accurate, and this effect persisted for six months after he returned, when we performed our final test,” Basner said. This study is a step toward ensuring the safety of astronauts who may undertake longer missions in the future. (EDITORS: Additional information)
• Rwandan genocide
Since 2016, historic preservationist Randall Mason of the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design has been working with the Rwandan government to protect memorials of the genocide that took place in that country 25 years ago. The monuments are dedicated to remembering the 800,000 people who died, including nearly three-quarters of the entire population of Tutsis, one of Rwanda’s two socioeconomic classes. The other group, the Hutus, committed the majority of the genocide. “There’s a long game here, to be sure,” Mason said, “but, if there’s a way to contribute to protecting these memorials in the short term, that’s an incredible opportunity and honor.” (EDITORS: Additional information
