ARAMARK MANAGER WINS HOSPITALITY AWARD Aramark frontline manager Yvonne Pugh won the Irish Hospitality Manager of the Year award at the Irish Hospitality Institute’s 50th anniversary founders banquet in December. The awards recognise outstanding achievements within the hospitality industry. Frank Gleeson, Managing Director of Northern Europe for Aramark, said that Yvonne has shown a constant commitment to excellence in her work for many years, while Yvonne Pugh said that it was ‘incredibly motivating’ to receive the award, given the level of competition in the hospitality sector in Ireland. The awards were attended by over 500 hospitality industry professionals from across Ireland.
4 STARS FOR CLYBAUN HOTEL
Pictured at the Irish Hospitality Institute Annual Awards are (l-r): Jim Reeves, Customer Director, Unilever Ireland, award sponsor, Irish Hospitality Manager of the Year Award winner Yvonne Pugh, Aramark, and IHI President Martin Mangan, General Manager, Conrad Dublin.
ANIAR AMONG 1,000 OUTSTANDING RESTAURANTS
(l-r): Dermot Hogan, Sales & Marketing Manager, John Divilly, Financial Controller, Nouman Zeb, Assistant Manager, and Fintan Loftus, General Manager.
Galway’s Clybaun Hotel was recently awarded four star classification by Fáilte Ireland. The recent award to the Knocknacarra-based hotel follows an extensive million euro refurbishment and upgrading of facilities and amenities over the last year and a half. “Refurbishment work started in March 2015 when the hotel’s ballroom was completely refurbished and remodelled,” explains General Manager Fintan Loftus. “The function suite now caters for weddings and large events for up to 300 people. Our wedding business has really taken off since the ballroom was completed and we are extremely busy with show arounds and wedding consultations on a weekly basis. We have bookings in for 2017, 2018 and 2019. All 100 bedrooms were also refurbished to a very high standard with different themes and designs, giving our guests a unique experience. Also, late last year we introduced a brasserie style O’Gorman’s Bar which opens from 10.30am daily, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our newly-created ‘Maritime’ restaurant opens daily from 6pm and caters for large parties of up to 50 persons.” The Clybaun Hotel also received a 2016 Service of Excellence award from Trip Advisor, as well as accolades from Booking. com, Holiday Check and RSVP Wedding magazine.
Galway Michelin-star restaurant Aniar has been included in the prestigious international restaurants guide ‘La Liste’, which features the world’s top 1,000 Outstanding Restaurants for 2017. La Liste is compiled by aggregating reviews of the world’s top restaurants by more than 300 guidebooks and trusted publications. These guidebooks and publications are graded by several thousand chefs who rank them from zero to ten according to trustworthiness. Online customer reviews are then factored in and given a 25% weighting to produce a final score. Aniar, which scored an 87.25 grade, was one of 11 restaurants in Ireland and the only restaurant in Galway to make it onto the list for 2017. Two Northern Ireland restaurants are on the list.
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