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Local Sourcing for Sports Stadium

Compass Group Ireland, the chosen foodservice provider for Páirc Uí Chaoimh, has committed to sourcing as much food produce as possible from Cork and Munster suppliers for the newly redeveloped sports stadium. The company, which is also the food partner for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, secured the catering contract for the new multi-purpose facility when it re-opened on July 22nd. Local suppliers both in Cork and across [...]

Promoting Ireland in Tokyo

Club Tourism Inc, one of the leading travel agencies in Japan, will bring the first direct flight from Asia to Ireland this August, with 240 Japanese flying to Dublin on a charter flight operated by Japan Airlines. Senior representatives of Club Tourism Inc and Tourism Ireland attended an event in Tokyo on June 23rd, hosted by the Irish Ambassador to Japan, Anne Barrington. Tourism Ireland CEO [...]

Sodexo Helps to ‘Disrupt’ the Gender Gap

Tech-intensive industries are being decimated by an exodus of female role models at all levels due to the prevailing cultural issues around lifestyle. That’s according to Margot Slattery, Country President for Sodexo Ireland, who was speaking at the ‘Disrupt the Default - Closing the Gender Gap for Women in Tech’ event organised by Sodexo Ireland and global non-profit organisation Catalyst at the Bord Bia Thinkhouse in [...]

West Clare Tourist Information Point Opens

The official opening took place in Kilrush on July 18th of a new Tourist Information Point for West Clare. Located at the former Lillis Travel Agency office in the town square and operational until the end of September, the new service is a rural development and tourism initiative of Clare County Council in the West Clare Municipal District and is supported by Kilrush Chamber of Commerce. [...]

Design and Craft Businesses Charm Visitors

Design and craft businesses throughout Ireland’s Ancient East gathered in the Pembroke Hotel in Kilkenny on July 6th to attend a Design and Craft in Tourism workshop, organised by Fáilte Ireland. Thirty craft businesses came together to consider how their craft experience can meet the needs of the visitor and how, by engaging with tourism, they can grow their businesses and fit into Fáilte Ireland’s new [...]

ABP Ireland Strike Gold at Quality Awards

ABP Ireland were quadruple winners at the prestigious annual International Taste and Quality Institute (iTQi) Awards. The Brussels-based institute is a leading global authority when it comes to testing and promoting superior food and drink products. The 135 judges are selected from leading European culinary and sommeliers associations. ABP Ireland received three golden star awards for its Tipperary Dry Aged Black Angus rib eye steak and [...]

Wild Atlantic Way Stars on Swedish TV

A popular Swedish TV show, called Go’kväll, has been filming in the West of Ireland. The TV crew was here to record three separate episodes, capturing some of the unique experiences that their Swedish viewers can enjoy on holiday in Ireland. They’ve been visiting as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Go’kväll is a daily lifestyle programme which airs on Sveriges Television, the national public broadcaster in [...]

Blooming Amazing Tea at The G

The g Hotel & Spa in Galway has been celebrating summer in style with its 2017 Floral Afternoon Tea. Served daily from 12pm to 6pm, afternoon tea at the g promises to infuse their customers’ days with colour and energy. Guests can indulge in delicate delights such as white chocolate hibiscus and pistachio brownie, saffron and vanilla verrine, macaroons, raspberry and lavender tartlets, and the miniature [...]

A Culinary Odyssey Awaits At Adare

The excitement is building as the team at Adare Manor prepare to open the hotel in the autumn following an 18-month renovation and expansion programme. Skilled professionals will provide best in class service and facilities, including innovative dining options for guests. Maev Martin reports. Loughlin Druhan was appointed as Director of Culinary at Adare Manor earlier this year, having lived abroad for over 15 [...]

Osprey Opens New Restaurant

The Osprey Hotel in Naas launched their new restaurant Herald & Devoy on July 13th with the help of architect and star of RTE’s Home of the Year, Hugh Wallace, Cian O’Neil, Kildare Football Manager, and Kildare County Manager, Peter Carey. The men met the team at The Osprey to enjoy a celebratory slice of cake to mark the opening of the hotel’s new 130-seater all [...]

Carton House For Sale

Nama put Carton House Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort in Maynooth, Co Kildare on sale this month on the international market. Joint selling agents Savills and CBRE are guiding f60m for the 668 acres for sale, which includes the newly restored 18th-century Palladian mansion, Carton House, as well as the separate five-star hotel, which has traded since 2006. The hotel has 165 bedrooms, including 18 suites [...]

McKeever Group Buys Dunadry Hotel

Co Antrim family business, McKeever Hotel Group has added to its portfolio of hotels with the acquisition of the Dunadry Hotel for an undisclosed sum. The addition of this 80 bedroom hotel with health, leisure and spa facilities now brings the company’s hotel collection to five as the McKeever Hotel Group owns and operates Corrs Corner Hotel, Newtownabbey, Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim, Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, and [...]

Montenotte Launches The Residence

Following the recent investment of f5m at the luxury four-star Montenotte Hotel in Cork city, the hotel recently announced the launch of The Residence, comprising 19 two-bedroom apartments in the grounds of the hotel for corporate and longer term stays. The Residence dwellers will be able to enjoy all of the Montenotte Hotel’s facilities and services, including screenings at the in-house cinema ‘The Cameo’, and a [...]

Celbridge Manor Celebrates €1.5m Refurb

Celbridge Manor, part of the Podium Hospitality portfolio, recently hosted a summer reception to celebrate phase one of the redevelopment of Celbridge Manor Hotel. The f1.5m refurbishment concentrated on the upgrading of the entire ground floor, the newly landscaped gardens, and the outdoor fountain. The second phase of the redevelopment will begin in the Autumn and will see further investment in the bedrooms, as well as [...]

The last straw for The Tavern

The Tavern Bar & Restaurant Murrisk, a small village near Westport, Co Mayo, has called time on its use of plastic straws. In a move which coincided with Valentine's Day, the restaurant is instead opting for environmentally responsible paper straws instead. Around 500 million straws are used in the US alone each day (175 billion per year) – used once and then binned though they never [...]

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Nominate 2018 Gold Medal Awards

Nominate Your Favourite Places to Eat and Stay! After receiving over 350 nominations last year, we are once again launching a nationwide search asking the public to nominate their favourite place to eat and stay. The top three in each province and Dublin will be site inspected by the judging panel. Their scores will be combined with the scores from the Public Vote to decide [...]

Fly numbers set to peak thanks to hot weather

As Ireland faces its hottest June since 1976, pest control provider Rentokil is warning homeowners and restaurants to flyproof their kitchens and picnics. While the country enjoys the fine weather, so too do disease-spreading flies, and restaurants, as well as barbeques and picnics, are prime locations for them to gather. Flies bring with them the increased risk of food contamination, which can lead to an upset [...]

Killarney Hotels Ltd scoops two awards at Gold Medal Awards 2018

Killarney Hotels Ltd, comprised of three of Killarney’s finest hotels - The Europe Hotel & Resort, Ard na Sidhe Country House and The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens - took home two top awards at the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Awards 2018. ESPA at The Europe Hotel & Resort was named Best 5 Star Spa Experience. ESPA at The Europe, a stunning resort spa on the shores [...]

Top Medals for Ireland at Young Chef Olympiad

TU Dublin Culinary Arts student, Ryan Malone was awarded the Gold medal for Young Chef Ambassador along with a Silver medal in the Cook Off category at the recent fifth World Young Chef Olympiad. In total, student chefs from over 55 countries competed in this international competition which was run over a five day period in four of India’s major cities, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and [...]

Healthy ever after

With customers looking for more nutritious, health-conscious dishes, restaurants are adapting their menus to fit the bill. Hotel & Catering Review takes a look at some popular healthy food from around the country Food that benefits us nutritionally and promotes our wellbeing, both physically and mentally, is having its day. Restaurants are responding to customers’ requirements by adding wholesome yet tasty dishes to their menus so much [...]

Last call for plastic straws

A plastic straw, which is only used on average for 20 minutes, can take more than 200 years to break down into smaller pieces. Quite often, it doesn’t even fully disintegrate. Although other countries have already taken action on this issue, with the UK reportedly set to ban plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds, Ireland still lags behind. Last year, the Restaurants Association of Ireland [...]

Minister Richard Bruton switches on the green lights at Niagara Falls

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton switched the green lights on Niagara Falls last night (9 March), as part of this year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Canada. Minister Bruton is in Canada as part of a "Promote Ireland" programme around St Patrick's Day – helping to promote tourism to Ireland. The famous falls are just one of hundreds of famous landmarks and iconic sites around [...]

Sweet deal for Flynn Family Newpark Hotel for International Women’s Day

The Flynn family name is synonymous within the Irish hotel industry, and 2019 will mark a year of significant developments for the trio of brothers in a number of their landmark properties. Poignantly, the story of the hoteliers began in Dungarvan, West Waterford when the brothers late mother Elizabeth (Dottie) Flynn firmly established the family name within the local hospitality industry in 1965. The Flynn family group [...]

First of its Kind Food-to-Go Summit to Examine Future of Market

A first-of-its-kind international conference and trade show, in association with one of Europe’s leading food innovators, Kepak, is set to examine the future of the rapidly growing and evolving Food-To-Go market. Taking place in the Round Room at Dublin’s Mansion House on 21 May 2019, the immersive, full-day event will gather together a panel of expert speakers, award-winning retailers and industry specialists. The conference will also include [...]