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young manager of the year - the d hotel
Elaine Nolan of the d luxury 4 star hotel in East Ireland announced Young Manager of the Year at the Irish Hospitality Institutes Founder’s Banquet & Hospitality Awards 2007
d hotel recognised as drogheda's top business
The d hotel Drogheda won the best medium to large business category at the Drogheda Business Excellence Awards 2007 organized by the Drogheda Chamber of Commerce which took place on Saturday November 9th 2007.
middle east journalists visit drogheda and the d hotel
The d hotel Drogheda recently hosted a lunch for a group of Middle East Journalists who came to Ireland for the first time.
the d hotel employee of the year awards 2006/2007
The d hotel Drogheda recently held their inaugural employee of the year awards.
SHE spoke fondly of her Irish roots at the recent Top 100 Irish Americans event hosted by our sister publication Irish America magazine – well, as fondly as possible when you throw in a few four letter words! – so it was natural that comic Kathy Griffin would take the next step and make a trip to the old country for herself.
unsung heroes of local culture get top honour
THE brains and hard work behind one of Drogheda’s most exciting new ventures in recent years were honoured with a civic reception by Drogheda Borough Council last Friday at the d hotel.The board of the Highlanes Gallery – John Callan, May Cotter, Des Foley, Dermot Kierans, Tommy Leddy and Rita Lambe – were chosen by Mayor Michael O’Dowd for the honour.
event to remember at mayor’s big night
THE civic awards, held in the D Hotel last Friday, gave Mayor Michael O’Dowd the opportunity to honour locals who he felt had contributed in terms of hard work and dedication to the community.
festival set to be feast of arts and fun for all
DROGHEDA is set for a May Bank Holiday to remember with the third Drogheda Arts Festival launched at the d hotel.
galway-mayo institute of technology
(GMIT) School of Hotel & Catering Studies has appointed its first Placement Officer, becoming the first Hotel School in the Institutes of Technology Sector to provide a designated placement service for its hotel & catering students.
drogheda hotel d-lighted with four-star rating
THE d Hotel in Drogheda has become the first fourstar hotel in the Co Louth town. The new classification means the hotel, which opened at the end of 2005, becomes only the second hotel in the county to earn the rating.
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drogheda’s supreme announced at award ceremony
The gentlemen were handsomely dressed in their evening attire and the ladies looked fantastic in all their finery.
it's official - the d hotel becomes drogheda's first four star hotel
The d Hotel Drogheda has officially become the first and only hotel in Drogheda to be classified by Failte Ireland as Four Star, and only the second hotel in County Louth to be classified as Four Star.
team building at the d hotel drogheda
The d Hotel Drogheda in conjunction with one of Ireland's leading event management companies has just launched a team building exercise programme for the corporate market.
Defining the uniqueness of their businesses in the marketplace and translating this into a daily lived reality for guests while maintaining and increasing profitability is the ongoing challenge for Irish hotels in a sector where performance measures and standards are being driven by the best hotels in the world. Failte Ireland's Optimus Programme assists the industry in meeting this challenge.
staff and management at the d hotel celebrating the hotel’s first birthday.
The d hotel Drogheda recently celebrated its first birthday with over 300 guests attending a cocktail and canapé reception. The property, which boasts 104 bedrooms and six meeting and event suites, was the first hotel to open in the Monogram Hotel group and was followed by the g hotel Galway in November 2005.
the d hotel drogheda becomes first hotel in county louth to be
The d Hotel Drogheda has become the first hotel in County Louth to win the Optimus Ireland's Best Award, announced today Friday 17th November 2006 by Failte Ireland.
the d hotel drogheda wins the customer excellence award in
The d hotel Drogheda wins the Customer Excellence Award in Tourism and Hospitality at the Drogheda Business Excellence Awards 2006 organized by the Drogheda Chamber of Commerce which took place on Saturday November 11th 2006.
the d hotel drogheda winner of the best group website category at the
The website of the d hotel Drogheda, www.thed.ie won the Best Group Website category at the 10th Annual HSMAI Sales & Marketing Awards 2006.
the d hotel drogheda celebrates its first birthday in style
The d hotel celebrated its first birthday last Thursday night with over three hundred guests attending a fabulous cocktail and canapé reception overlooking the river Boyne.
the d hotel restaurant drogheda awarded happy heart catering award
The d hotel restaurant has been awarded the Happy Heart Catering Award. The award is in recognition of the restaurants compliance with:
local charities benefit from the mayor’s ball
WITH a decidedly continental atmosphere, guests at Friday’s Mayor’s Ball in The D Hotel sipped Kir Royale in the sunset on the boardwalk overlooking the Boyne as Roy Taylor sang Cafe Orchestra jazz numbers. ‘It has been a wonderful year, and my first official function was to open this E60 million complex on the banks of the river,’ said Mayor Tommy Murphy, celebrating 29 years in local politics and his third term as mayor.
eat, drink and be charitable at pancake fundraisers
PANCAKES were tossed all over the place as the people of Drogheda and district dug deep for charity, with East Meath Hospice Homecare’s annual Pancake Morning in The Old Mill Julianstown and a Gary Kelly Pancake morning in The D Hotel Drogheda.
drogheda honours its cup-winning heroes
THE FAI Cup has travelled thousands of miles over the last two months, zig-zagging across the North East to visit schools, clubs, businesses and great Drogheda United supporters. But last Wednesday the famous trophy was back in the heart of the town where it belongs, as Drogheda Borough Council hosted a black-tie civic reception in honour of the team, management, board of directors and other staff.
Back in Europe, architectural firm Douglas Wallace is working on a couple of Monogram hotels which are expected to set the pace in terms of design, texture and colour for Irish hotel interiors. The G hotel in Galway, featuring input from hat maestro Philip Treacy, has already garnered many column inches, while its sister hotel, the D in Drogheda, looks set to be every bit as noteworthy.
The pace of hotel development in Ireland has been frenetic in the last few years, but is such growth unsustainable or will the market correct itself?
