Welcome from Our Chief Executive, Michael Kearney
As Chief Executive of Carlton Hotel Group, I'd like to welcome you to the Carlton Hotel Group blog. The Carlton Hotel Group was established in 2004 and since then has developed as one of the premier Hotel Groups in Ireland. In the past 7 years Carlton has grown substantially from operating one hotel to having a presence in many locations throughout Ireland.
Through this blog it is my aim to give you an insight into what's going on in all of our hotels plus my opinions on current affairs, sports news, general activities and events. I will also occassionally invite some of my colleagues to write on the blog giving you more opinions and insights into what's going on at Carlton. If you have any questions or queries on any of the posts please leave a comment and I will respond at my earliest convenience. Enjoy reading.............
Posted: 2012-03-16 17:00:00
St. Patrick’s Day is the one day of the year that most Irish people, both home and abroad, look forward to. Not only do they look forward to the extra day off work but it’s a day that gives everyone a chance to celebrate their Irishness. My guess is there will be plenty of celebrating this weekend with St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Saturday giving us a three day weekend. If our hotels are anything to go by it looks like there are plenty of people taking advantage of the bank holiday and heading away for the weekend. Most of our hotels have entertainment on over the weekend so if you are looking for something to do make sure to head to a Carlton Hotel!Of course not only will we have our traditional celebrating to do but we will also hopefully be celebrating a vi ...
Posted: 2012-03-09 17:00:00
The talk in the sporting world this week has been all about Ireland's game against France last weekend. Following their victory over Italy, Ireland went into the game confident and fought well for the whole match. France put up a hard fight and it was definitely a game not to be missed. Despite a well played match by both sides neither were victorious and the game ended as a draw. It was a brilliant outcome for Ireland though as their performance in the Six Nations is definitely improving.This week Ireland face another tough challenge as they take on Scotland in the Aviva on Saturday. The loss of key personnel on the Irish team plus the fact the Scotland are predicted to hit their best form will no doubt put pressure on Declan Kidney. It'll be a tough fight but if Ireland play to ...
Posted: 2012-03-02 13:00:00
I was delighted that I got the chance to watch Ireland take on Italy in the Six Nations game on Saturday. It was definitely a match worth watching as Ireland beat Italy 42 – 10, which was great to see after their defeat against Wales. Hopefully they’ll be on form again this Sunday when they take on France, either way I’ll be cheering them on. This week the National Aquatic Centre hosted the Carlton Long Course Nationals and the Irish Olympic trials with a lot of the teams staying with us at the Carlton Hotel Blanchardstown. We were delighted to be the main sponsors of such a fantastic event and from what I’ve heard it has been going really well. This week we also heard the news that South Korea's Olympic swimming team will train in the National Aquatic Cen ...
Posted: 2012-02-24 15:30:00
I’ve been based in the office for most of the week so I’ve had a chance to catch up on what’s been going on in Carlton head office lately. I’ve been getting filled in on all the latest campaigns and marketing activities and as always am delighted to see there’s plenty of activity going on. The big focus for the next few weeks is our wedding giveaway competition where we will give one lucky Facebook fan a free wedding at a Carlton Hotel of their choice. Our online team showed me how it will work and I must admit it looks very impressive and it’s sure to prove very popular with brides to be.The idea for the competition came from the fact that this year is a Leap Year and according to tradition is a popular time for females to propose. What our te ...
Posted: 2012-02-17 17:00:00
Last weekend didn’t quite go as planned as the Ireland and France rugby game was postponed due to the weather conditions in Paris. Along with the rest of the country I’ll now have to wait until the 4th of March to watch the game. I did get to watch the Wales and Scotland game on Sunday though and I’m glad I did. It was a great game with Wales proving how good they are by scoring three times in 13 minutes and ultimately beating Scotland 27-13. They are now top of the RBS 6 Nations Championship and will be looking to hold onto that position when they take on England on the 25th of February.In other sporting news the staff at the Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel were delighted to meet former Manchester City and Arsenal star Patrick Vieira on Sunday night. The World Cu ...
Posted: 2012-02-10 17:30:00
Whether you celebrate it or not you can’t hide from the fact that Valentines Day is just around the corner. Being a hotel group Valentines is one of the busiest holidays in the year and from what I have witnessed this week our hotels are in full swing preparing for it! Our marketing team in head office went with a more controversial campaign this year and decided to target the lads with the adverts entitled ‘Keep your Bird Happy’. I was a bit surprised by it at first but I must admit it has been one of our most successful Valentines campaigns to date so maybe they’re onto something!Along with the weekends away and dining out, Valentines is one of the most popular times for hotels to hold wedding fairs as a lot of couples have recently got engaged or are pl ...
Posted: 2012-02-03 17:00:00
As I mentioned briefly in my post last week, we had the Carlton Apprentice Awards Night at the Carlton Hotel Kinsale last Thursday. For those of you that have been following my blog you’ll know we recently ran a competition to search for the new Carlton Apprentice, following the success of last year’s campaign. After a tough competition Louise Rennison from the Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel won the overall competition and became the new Carlton Apprentice.The awards night in Kinsale gave me the chance to reward all the Apprentices for their hard work and commitment throughout the task. Not only did I present Louise with her prizes, I also presented certificates to all apprentices as recognition of the work they put into the competition. Unfortunately some of them were ...
