Industry awards for Park Hotel
The hotel carried off awards for best marketing innovation and best tourism sales and marketing professional, which was won by Margaret Ryan. The awards were organised by HSMAI, the international association representing the hospitality sales and marketing industry, and sponsored by tourism development body Fáilte Ireland.
Tipperary’s Knockranny House Hotel won the award for best hotel brochure, while best tourism brochure went to The Heritage at Killenard, Co Laois. The Lynch Hotel Group was named best hotel sales team, with the individual hotel sales and marketing professional award going to Gillian Nevin of the McEniff Grand Canal Hotel in Dublin, which opened for business earlier this year. The Westbury Hotel near Dublin’s Grafton Street won the best customer care team category.