Imperial Hotel Proprietor, Nick Mobbs, is celebrating 35 years at the helm of the hotel this September.  Over the last 3 and a half decades, Nick and his family have seen some incredible changes at the hotel, and also in Great Yarmouth. In 1984, the seafront hotel was graded 2 star with 45 bedrooms, only some of which were en suite. Back in the 80s, it was quite acceptable to pad to the end of...

It started with a scout Earlier this year a trickle began with a film scout and ended in a flood of at least 200 people crashing at our Great Yarmouth Hotel on the 23rd May. The cast and crew of Danny Boyle’s new film were ready to go. The Imperial was doubling for the Pier Hotel in Gorleston. The excitement was infectious, and rightly so. There are filmmakers, and then there are members of...