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: 2011-12-01 12:00:00
The first of December is here again and with it comes the official start of the Christmas celebrations. The radio stations were playing Christmas songs this morning and at the Carlton Group we’ve launched our Christmas voucher campaign. I know the group marketing team have been working on it for a few weeks but I spotted my first glimpse of it on a poster at the Carlton Hotel Dublin Airport yesterday and I must say it looks great. I also spotted it on TV3 this morning before work and I’m sure plenty of people were delighted to see we are offering an extra 10% free on all vouchers bought today. Our vouchers are usually very popular as a Christmas gift so I’m sure there’ll be plenty of them bought again this year!We’ve had two spa launches in recent we ...
Posted: 2011-11-25 17:00:00
It’s coming to the end of a very busy week for me and I’m heading back to Dublin today after a few days away from the office. Although I do enjoy the travelling that comes with my job, I don’t look forward to the amount of paperwork that tends to be waiting for me when I get back. Although seeing as its Friday I might just have to prioritise and leave some of it for Monday. So far its looking like I’ll be around most days next week so I’ll have plenty of time to catch up on it all.One thing about being away though is that I missed the launch of the new Spa at the Carlton Hotel Tralee last night. ‘Herbs & Roses by C Spa’ was officially opened by the Rose of Tralee, Tara Talbot, and from what I’ve heard it was a great night. The c ...
Posted: 2011-11-18 17:00:00
Last week I mentioned that I was attending the Eircom Spider Awards in the Convention Centre and although we didn’t win we had a great night. It was my first time at an event in the new Convention Centre and I was really impressed by it. We were shortlisted in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality category and judging by our competition it looked like a very strong category. Unfortunately though we didn’t win the award and lost out to Killarneyonamap.ie but we still had a great night and we were delighted to get the opportunity to attend.Of course the big news this week was that Ireland have qualified for Euro 2012. After a four nil victory away last weekend, Estonia then travelled over here to play Ireland at home in the Aviva. I managed to make it to the match and I&r ...
Posted: 2011-11-10 14:00:00
It’s been a busy week all round for the Carlton Group this week as there has been a lot of activity around the hotels. In Limerick, the Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel were hosting the Irish Olympic Handball Team as they took part in competitions at the UL Sports Arena. The hotel were delighted to be able to accommodate the team and it was great to see the place so full of activity with the team and their supporters taking over the hotel. The Carlton Hotel Galway City have also had a busy week as the preparations for the launch of their Ice Factor Skating Rink are in full swing. I must admit I’m not a fan of ice skating myself but it is a very popular winter activity and I’d say it’ll be very busy from their launch date on the 1st of December right up until ...
Posted: 2011-11-04 12:00:00
The big news this week was of course the announcement that Michael D. Higgins won the election last Friday and is now the new President of Ireland. This year’s presidential campaign was one of the toughest yet with many people calling it a dirty campaign as it seemed some of the candidates were being targeted over things they have done in the past. Whether it was justified or not this is unfortunately what can happen if you’re in the public eye and if it didn’t come out during the campaign it would have come out at a later date anyway. In saying that though there were some great candidates in the race and according to the polls it was a close call between Sean Gallagher and Michael D. Higgins right up to the end. I’d like to take this opportunity to congra ...
Posted: 2011-10-28 16:00:00
The big news in sport this week was of course New Zealand’s victory over France in the final of the Rugby World Cup. Although the French had been written off by many of the commentators and spectators, they definitely weren’t going out without a fight and played hard throughout the match, making it a great game to watch. The All Blacks proved the better team in the end and won with a score of 8-7 crowning them the ultimate winners of the World Cup 2011. Obviously I would rather it was Ireland claiming the title but of the two teams in the final I was routing for New Zealand and was delighted to see them beat France even if only by a small margin.I mentioned last week that I was down in Kinsale for the relaunch of their Spa and Restaurant and I can tell you now that th ...
Posted: 2011-10-21 15:00:00
Last weekend was a busy one for me although I did get to fit in a few rounds of golf during a trip to Galway so it worked out very well for me! For the first weekend in a long time my time wasn't taken up with watching sports games on tv so I was able to get out and about while the weather is still ok. There's talk of us getting the really bad weather back again soon so although its cold we need to make the most of the non-snow weather while it lasts!Another busy week ends with a trip to the Carlton Hotel Kinsale as I am attending the official launch of their Rockpool Restaurant and Aphrodite Hills C Spa tonight. Some renovation work has recently take place at the hotel to allow for the changes in both the restaurant and the spa. The Rockpool Restaurant serves dishes on a Polishe ...
