We had a wonderful evening at our Member’s Autumn Social at the fantastic new Moxy Cork ! A huge thanks to Roger Russell and the amazing team at the Moxy for the lovely welcome, exceptional hospitality and for hosting our evening.

Our next IHI College & Industry Morning ‘College to Career, Your Next Steps’ will take place on Thursday, October 10th at Atlantic Technological University. Please email Monica.Morgan@ihi.ie if you would like to attend.

Six teams from Hospitality and Event Management Programmes across Ireland competed in the 39th annual game which took place at the Radisson Blu Athlone. The intense two-day competition kicked off on Sunday, 3rd March with teams from Atlantic Technological University, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Technological University Dublin, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest and Shannon College of Hotel Management. The teams were given three challenges which were designed to test them in the areas of financial planning, human resources, and business development strategies. The winning team from ATU included Team Captain Genie Mc Dowell, Siobhán Byrne, Zoe Mitchell, Caoimhe Sweeney and Keeva Gannon.

Clayton Hotel Burlington Road – over 650 Hospitality, Catering and Tourism professionals gathered at last week’s IHI Founder’s Evening & Hospitality Management Awards. The IHI Hospitality Management Awards (HMAs) are not about the hotel /restaurant/tourist attraction or catering venue, they are a recognition of the nominated person in their role, their capability, technical skills, innovation, passion and excellence in what they do.

The focus of our event is to explore and discover how our industry will need to evolve and adapt to a changing world.

IHI Members and guests enjoyed an extraordinary evening at the luxurious Carton House, A Fairmont Managed Hotel for our President’s Dinner honouring our 29th President Brian Bowler. Attendees began their evening sipping cocktails sponsored by Boatyard Distillery in the stunning Gold Salon. The evening’s spectacular five-course menu was perfectly paired 🍷🥂with wines sponsored by our business partners Classic Drinks. We hope all enjoyed the evening.

In March, the IHI hosted the 38th National Business Management Game. Participating colleges included; TU Dublin, Shannon College of Hotel Management, Galway International Hotel School -ATU and Dundalk IT. The game tests participating teams on their business acumen & management skills. This year’s game was held at the Galmont Hotel & Spa. After two very intense & exciting days of competition, a group of 5 students from Shannon College of Hotel Management were declared the outright winners. Rachel O’Connell captained the winning team & teammates included Sam Downey, Jamie Carton, Sherine Woodcock & Bruno Pineda Ballester.

IHI President Brian Bowler was joined by Munster Rugby Head Coach Graham Rowntree for our Munster Chapter Networking Event. Graham was an absolute gentleman and so generous with his time. He gave attendees some wonderful insights on team building, leadership and culture. The future of Munster Rugby is certainly in safe hands.

Over 500 industry Hospitality & Tourism professionals gathered at the IHI Founder’s Evening & Hospitality Management Awards to celebrate 59 finalists and exceptional winners across 13 categories. The annual IHI Hospitality Management Awards are a recognition of the nominated person in their role, their capability, technical skills, innovation, passion and their ability to demonstrate continuous professional development.

BBQ season was well underway when we hosted our Leinster District Summer BBQ at the Radisson Blu Dublin. IHI Members joined for a gorgeous evening with a chance to catch up with friends and colleagues while enjoying delicious food and drinks.

In March we held our Connaught Chapter Launch at the Hyde Hotel in Galway. It was great to meet so many new members and to reconnect with those we had not seen for a while. A very special thanks to our Connaught Committee, our guest panel who included, Andy Friend, Head Coach Connacht Rugby, Eveanna Ryan, Group Marketing & Innovation Manager at Connacht Hospitality and Kevin McGinley, Operations Director, Aramark Northern Europe.