HOTEL bosses celebrated the first stage of a £15million redevelopment with 500 special guests.

A huge party was thrown at Stanley House Hotel, Mellor, to mark the completion of phase one of the large-scale renovation.

Once finished in 2013, the hotel will have more than 50 bedrooms, a spa complex, a gym, a swimming pool and a 90-seat brasserie.

Bosses hope the new improvements will make the complex, on the edge of the Ribble Valley, a leisure destination.

At the special party, Stanley House bosses invited 500 guests, including business clients and people who had stayed at the hotel in the past.

Co-owner Simon Glassbrook said: “We have been investing at a time when other companies are not.”