{"id":1830,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/barry-island-premier-inn-changes-name-to-whats-occur-inn-for-gavin-and-stacey-finale\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","slug":"barry-island-premier-inn-changes-name-to-whats-occur-inn-for-gavin-and-stacey-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/barry-island-premier-inn-changes-name-to-whats-occur-inn-for-gavin-and-stacey-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Island Premier Inn changes name to Whats Occur-Inn for Gavin and Stacey finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2024-11-29 15:09:53<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A hotel on Barry Island has changed its name to &#8216;What&#8217;s Occur-Inn&#8217; &#8211; to celebrate the last-ever &#8216;Gavin and Stacey&#8217; episode. <BR><br \/>\nThe Premier Inn branch on the Welsh island where the hit show was set and filmed, has been renamed in honour of the programme\u2019s iconic catchphrase, made famous by Ruth Jones\u2019 character Nessa, as fans gear up for the sitcom&#8217;s finale on Christmas Day (25.12.24).<BR><br \/>\nThe \u2018What\u2019s Occur-inn\u2019 was opened by Knock-Off Nessa, who was also seen working in the hotel.<BR><br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;As a Barry local myself, it\u2019s been great to be involved in this opening. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Ever since the final episode was announced, the town has come alive with the Gavin and Stacey buzz.  <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It has been very exciting, especially when the filming started in September, so this is the cherry on top of a LUSH year.&#8221;  <BR><br \/>\nA spokesperson for Premier Inn added: &#8220;The last ever episode of &#8216;Gavin and Stacey&#8217; is a hotly-anticipated national event and as the UK\u2019s biggest hotel company here to help people rest easy this Christmas, we hope our tribute to this beloved sitcom will make people smile. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;People visit our Barry Island hotel from as far and wide as China and even Hawaii, swapping Sunset Beach for Barry Beach to get a taste of what the Island is really like. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;With bookings at the hotel seeing an increase with guests flocking to the area to get a glimpse of the stars, so we thought this name change was very apt <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Christmas is a time when people are often travelling great distances to stay with friends and family \u2013 don\u2019t compromise on quality sleep by risking a cramped spare room or sofa \u2013 and definitely don\u2019t even dream about a camping trip \u2013 why not book with us.  <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Whether you\u2019re visiting Billericay, Barry or anywhere in between there\u2019s somewhere perfect for you.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangpremier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Premier (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-11-29 15:09:53 A hotel on Barry Island has changed its name to &#8216;What&#8217;s Occur-Inn&#8217; &#8211; to celebrate the last-ever &#8216;Gavin and Stacey&#8217; episode. The Premier Inn branch on the Welsh&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}