ON THE MOVE
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New Appointments, Promotions and Recruitment
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HOTEL
TOM BREEN
MARTINA GARVEY
MICHELLE MCDONNELL
NEW POSITION OPERATIONS MANAGER
NEW POSITION DIRECTOR
NEW POSITION DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING
EMPLOYER RADISSON BLU ROYAL HOTEL DUBLIN
EMPLOYER OLAS SOFTWARE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
EMPLOYER RADISSON BLU ROYAL HOTEL DUBLIN
Tom Breen has been appointed as Operations Manager at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel on Golden Lane in Dublin city centre. He has worked in roles including Operations Manager for Finnstown Country House Hotel, Food and Beverage Manager for Highfield Golf & Country Club, and Resort, Conference and Banqueting Manager for the five-star Heritage Golf & Spa Resort. His most recent role was as Hospitality Teacher at Queenstown Resort College in New Zealand. He acquired a qualification in hospitality management from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2005.
Martina Garvey is now a Director of Olas Software Training and Development, Ireland’s only accredited SAP Education Partner, based in Sandyford, Dublin. Martina has been a senior project management professional with the company since 2012 and specialises in the food and drink sector where her clients include the Kerry Group and Irish Distillers. Martina holds a B.Sc. Degree in Information Systems from Trinity College Dublin, the National Diploma in Computer Programming and IT from Carlow Institute of Technology and the Diploma in Accounting and Finance from ACCA Ireland.
Michelle McDonnell has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Dublin and she has also been named as the Radisson Blu Sales Person of the Year for the UK and Ireland. A graduate of DIT with a degree in Hospitality Management, Michelle began her career with the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in 2003. Starting out as an intern at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa in Galway, Michelle then joined the pre-opening team at the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone where she was named Employee of the Year in the first year of trading. She later progressed from the position of Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator to Director of Sales & Marketing at the hotel.
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