ON THE MOVE
MAIRÉAD CULLEN
THOMAS DOYLE
NEW POSITION DIRECTOR OF SALES
NEW POSITION GENERAL MANAGER
EMPLOYER FITZPATRICK CASTLE HOTEL
EMPLOYER CLAYTON HOTEL CHISWICK
Mairéad Cullen has been appointed Director of Sales at the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. A graduate of Shannon College and NUI Galway, where she received an International Honours Diploma in Hotel Management together with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree, Mairead emigrated to Dubai in 2010 to join the Jumeirah hotel group. She worked as Business Development Manager in the seven star Burj Al Arab before returning to Ireland in 2013 when she joined the Four Seasons Hotel as Catering & Conference Services Manager. She was then promoted to Group Sales Manager. Apart from the UAE, Mairead has also worked in Germany and the UK.
Thomas Doyle has been appointed General Manager of Clayton Hotel Chiswick. He joins the 227-bedroom hotel from Jurys Inn where he worked his way up to becoming General Manager of the company’s Islington property. A renovation project, which began in June 2014 and will be unveiled in February 2016, includes the addition of 104 bedrooms, a new bar and restaurant, a dedicated meeting and events area, as well as the Chiswick Ballroom, which seats up to 350 people. Clayton Hotel Chiswick, formerly the Chiswick Moran Hotel, was acquired by Dalata Hotel Group as part of the 452.3m purchase of nine hotels from Moran Bewley’s Hotel Group in February 2015. It was rebranded with the Clayton name in May.
MARCUS TREACY NEW POSITION DIRECTOR OF FOOD & BEVERAGE EMPLOYER THE SHELBOURNE HOTEL
Marcus Treacy is the new Director of Food & Beverage at The Shelbourne Hotel, where he will have a primary role in the operation of all F&B outlets, including the Lord Mayor’s Lounge and The Saddle Room Restaurant, as well as conference and banqueting. A native of Killarney, Marcus was brought up in the hotel business as his family operate hotels in the region. After completing his studies at Shannon College of Hotel Management, from which he graduated in 2011, Marcus worked at the President Wilson Hotel, a Starwood Luxury Collection property in Geneva. He was also Assistant Director of Food & Beverage at The Waldorf Astoria New York from 2011 to 2014.
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