“By 2025, Ireland’s hotel industry will need 80,000 to 100,000 extra people and that’s on top of the 230,000 people already employed, and excluding spin-off industries.” Rising and escalating costs, accommodation and finding the right team members are the key challenges facing the tourism industry here in Ireland. This is according to Aaron Mansworth, Managing Director of…
Patrick and Miriam Mulcahy of Ballinwillin House Farm in Mitchelstown, Co Cork have received the 2019 Innovation in Hospitality accolade at the Irish Hotel Awards. Now in its third year, the annual awards took place in Galway with over 300 guests representing hospitality professionals from across Ireland. The couple, who purchased the 18th-century Ballinwillin House in…
By Mary-Jane O’Regan A Winter getaway may be not what you are thinking of right now, knee deep in wrapping paper and possibly short on time and temper, however, I can assure you that you will leave the Garryvoe Hotel feeling relaxed and refreshed. Nothing warms your cockles like tucking into a big, hearty meal,…
The MET at the Metropole Hotel Cork has launched today, which is the hotel’s new Bar, Restaurant and Tea Room. It is the latest part of the recent €2.5 million refurbishment, which has taken place at the hotel this year. This also includes the refurbishment of all 108 bedrooms earlier in the year. Five new…
Stephen Belton is the Managing Director of the luxurious and romantic Garryvoe Hotel and the scenic and relaxing The Bayview at Ballycotton. Stephen’s career in hospitality seemed inevitable from a young age but his ability to refurbish and rejuvenate hospitality gems from times past was unforeseen then and his results have been astounding. Tell us…
Nestled in the East Cork countryside, just 30 minutes away from Cork City but worlds away from the stress of city life, Castlemartyr Resort & Spa is a unique destination resort. Steeped in history and set on 220 acres of beautiful parklands and lakes, an eighteenth-century classic manor house lies adjacent to the ruins of…
The Cork Airport Hotel has been nominated for Ireland’s Best Business Hotel at the 2018 Gold Medal Awards, which are Ireland’s premium hotel and catering awards. The Cork Airport Hotel is the only hotel in Cork to be nominated in this category! The Gold Medal Awards are now in their thirtieth year and are recognised…
What makes the Montenotte Hotel a unique experience in hospitality? Some say it’s the hotel’s exquisitely refurbished rooms. Others say it’s the stunning Panorama Bistro & Terrace. It could very well be the spectacular views of the cultured Cork City. More say it’s the in-house cinema, The Cameo, showing a nightly movie for hotel residents,…
Debi French has been appointed as the new Sales and Marketing Executive at Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork. Debi graduated from Cork Institute of Technology in September 2017 with a 2.1 honours degree in creative digital media. During her time at Cork Institute of Technology Debi undertook a number of core modules, such as…
Fitzgerald’s Vienna Woods Country House Hotel, a Cork-owned business, has announced a major €1 million investment that is near completion. The Fitzgerald family along with Michael Magner, who bought the hotel in 2006 and renamed it The Vienna Woods Country House Hotel, have lovingly and painstakingly restored much of the original protected features of the building…