appointments
Febvre company announcement
Febvre & Company Limited has concluded the sale of its business to members of the management team together with a private investment group. Under the new structure, Jim Bradley, current CEO, becomes Chairman; Financial Director, Liz Coogan (pictured) is the new Managing Director and Aidan Farrell (pictured) is Operations Director.
New GM tees off at golf resort John O’Grady has been appointed General Manager at the Tulfarris Hotel & Golf Resort, near Blessington, Co Wicklow, part of the PREM Group’s portfolio of hotels. John joined PREM Group in August 2014 as General Manager of the Ballykisteen Hotel & Golf Resort. He was subsequently appointed to an area management position with the Group to oversee operations at a number of PREM-managed properties.
Former website boss buys into Great National Hotels Guestline announces expansion of team in Ireland
Following the launch of its new Ireland office and introduction of a dedicated country manager, global hospitality software business Guestline has appointed Ingrid Fallon as regional sales manager.
Ready for business at Carton House
Carton House, Ireland’s luxury resort, is further strengthening its expert management team with the appointment of four new senior team members. Selina Murphy takes over as Deputy General Manager, Lorraine Allis as Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing, Sean Clancy will support Director of Golf David Kearney as Golf Sales Manager, while Paul Quinn is the new Head Chef leading the award-winning Linden Tree restaurant.
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The Great National Hotels and Resorts Group have announced that Rachel Howes, the former Managing Director of Booking.com Limited, has taken an ownership investment in Great National Hotels, the Irishowned hotel chain. Rachel Howes was instrumental in the success of Booking. com, helping to grow the company into a major global brand, now valued at €70 billion and listing 1.4m hotels in 226 countries. Howes is also co-founder of HomeRez. com, one of Europe’s emerging brand leaders in holiday letting.