Days Hotel Galway wins Property of the year Award
Photo: Patrick de-Peuter PremGroup Benelux and france, Peter Crauwels Holiday INN Hasselt and Jim Murphy MD PremGroup.
We had a superb night last Thursday, 24th April, celebrating many talented people among the PREM Group team, and our most successful property performances in 2007. Our every day goal in PREM Group is to exceed our customers’ expectations by empowering a committed team of people to work creatively and ethically for the benefit of all our stakeholders.All our winners achieved this in 2007. The night began with a bang – actually, quite a lot of bangs, courtesy of two wonderful Macnas drummers, who, with the assistance of superstar Macnas Bono, led all 84 guests to the Galvia Suite in superbly festive fashion. All 29 ‘People of the Year’, representing properties from Ireland, UK, and Benelux & France, received their certificates to a standing ovation from their GMs, Directors and head office colleagues. Following a superb meal, a raffle took place for Beyond the Moon, raising €736. Eyebrows were raised when Patrick de Peuter, Managing Director for PREM Group Benelux France drew Betty Houben’s ticket – Betty being the Sales and Marketing Manager for PREM Group Benelux France!! The long, anxious wait for General Managers and their People of the Year, came to an end straight after the meal. Gareth O’Callaghan, well known national and local DJ, and our Master of Ceremonies for the night introduced the awards. The atmosphere was tense as Jim and our Regional heads each took their turn on the stage to announce the 7 popular award winners.
And the winners are……
PREM Group Person of the Year 2007 Benelux and France – Aline Malle from Holiday Inn Calais.
PREM Group Person of the Year 2007 Ireland – Viorica Sirbu from Days Inn Talbot Street.
PREM Group Person of the Year 2007 UK – Lucy Clarke from Premier Apartments Liverpool .
PREM Group Property of the Year 2007 for Benelux France - Holiday Inn Hasselt.
PREM Group Property of the Year 2007 for UK - Premier Apartments Birmingham
PREM Group Property of the Year 2007 for Ireland - Days Hotel Galway
Overall Property of the Year 2007 – Days Hotel Galway
Siobhan Burke, General Manager of Days Hotel Galway, accepted the beautifully engraved Dublin Crystal vase on behalf of her own team in the hotel, whom, she says, work so hard every day to make Days Hotel Galway the success it is. Not a person in the room could deny the true and genuine gratitude she expressed to her team. What was superb is that every one of us attending the award experienced an exceptionally high level of friendliness and service from the winning team on that night. Well done Siobhan and the Days Hotel Galway team!! It’s difficult to capture the atmosphere on the night in words, but the above mentioned Betty Houben, did come up with something that came close – the night was neither over the top, nor understated, it was warm – and she was right, one looking in on the night, who didn’t know us, might be surprised to learn we were a group of colleagues together on a company night, rather than a group of friends purposely sharing some time together – the atmosphere was warm. The celebrations continued until late into the night, supported by the fantastically talented ‘Manilla Strings’,a trio capable of constantly surprising the audience with their breadth of repertoire!!! Roll on next Year’s awards . Edited photos to follow shortly!
