HASTINGS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF CULLODEN
Eoin O’Sullivan, General Manager of the Culloden Estate & Spa, was joined by Hugh Margey, the first General Manager of the Culloden.
Northern Ireland’s Hastings Hotels is celebrating 50 years of ownership of the Culloden Estate & Spa. Hastings Hotels purchased the luxurious property in June 1967, and over the course of the last 50 years, under the direction of Sir William Hastings, has transformed the Culloden in size and luxury. “I purchased the Culloden in 1967 for £100,000, when it was a 13-bedroom boutique hotel with a splendid reputation for luxury and was by far the best in the province,” says Sir William. “Fifty years on, the Culloden Estate & Spa remains Northern Ireland’s foremost five star hotel with 98 bedrooms and suites, an ESPA spa and health club, a superb ballroom, conference facilities and meeting rooms, and the Cultra Inn. I would like to pay tribute to the wonderful staff who have worked tirelessly over the last 50 years - to my first General Manager Hugh Margey, a young hospitality graduate from University College Dublin, and to the current General Manager, Eoin O’Sullivan and his wonderful team who I am indebted to for their hard work and dedication.”
DIT WINS WORLD’S BEST COOKERY SCHOOL BOOK All in the Food: 75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street was recently awarded the World’s Best Cookery School Book for 2017 by Gourmand International. Books from 205 countries participated in the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, which honour the best food and wine books, printed or digital, as well as food television. This year’s awards ceremony was held in Yantai, China. All in the Food: 75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street is published by The O’Brien Press, Dublin and is available in all good book shops. All royalties from the book will be used to enhance educational activities in DIT’s School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Cathal Brugha Street in Dublin.
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INCENTIVISING CORPORATE BUYERS TO CHOOSE IRELAND A group of North American corporate and incentive buyers arrived in Ireland in May for a five day fact finding trip hosted by Fáilte Ireland in conjunction with Tourism Ireland.The buyers, who arrived into Shannon Airport, had the chance to carry out a number of site inspections at key venues across the country, including Adare Manor, Co Mayo, The Killarney Park Hotel and The Europe, Co Kerry, The K Club, Co Kildare, and the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. They also sampled first-hand some of the attractions and experiences that await their clients should they choose Ireland, including whiskey tasting, bódhrán lessons, Gaelic games, and Fab Food Trails. Already this year, Fáilte Ireland’s Meet in Ireland team has supported and delivered 67m in meetings, incentive and conference business for Ireland for current and future years.
CATERING REVIEW | JUNE 2017
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