Killarney hotel complex opens after €45m revamp

HOTEL expansion is continuing in Killarney, which now has over 40 hotels. The Quality Resort hotel and holiday complex, on the Cork side of the town, has reopened this weekend, following a €45m redevelopment programme.

The capacity of the hotel (formerly the Killarney Ryan) has more than doubled to over 300 bedrooms, including 160 guestrooms, 64 luxury one and two-bedroom suites, 63 family apartments and 24 four star holiday homes.

A second phase of the programme involved the refurbishment of 50 guest rooms and the addition many, new facilities including mini-golf and teen zone.

Other developments currently taking place in Killarney include extensions to Lake Hotel and Randles Court Hotel, a 75-bedroom development on the Scott’s Hotel site and the building of a new Ross Hotel.

Meanwhile, Peter Brennan, director of operations for Quality Hotels, said Killarney was the perfect location for such a resort hotel.

Their Killarney development includes a leisure complex, kids’ clubs and an extensive entertainment programme.

From Easter, the hotel will have new KMX bikes and tracks, an outdoor multi-purpose sports pitch, which is suitable for tennis, basketball, volleyball and 5-a-side soccer.