Service Excellence Award for Stillorgan Park Hotel - Third Year Running

The Stillorgan Park Hotel has once again received the Service Excellence award, through Fáilte Ireland’s Optimus Programme, as special recognition for their on-going commitment to continuous improvement and a first class customer experience. This is the third year in a row that the hotel has received this prestigious award, demonstrating a continuous dedication to provide excellent customer service.

The Optimus Programme was established by Fáilte Ireland in 2004 to develop a culture of excellence within the Hospitality Industry through supporting organisations to become more profitable, more efficient and more competitive.

Liam Campbell, Fáilte Ireland, congratulated The Stillorgan Park Hotel:

“The Stillorgan Park Hotel has undergone a full assessment based on the Optimus framework. This assessment confirms the performance of the hotel and the ability to embed the principles of continuous improvement across their business while transforming these principles into tangible results.

He continued: - “The evident drive and commitment of all is very clearly demonstrated by this award. They deserve to be proud of the results they have delivered in raising the profile of quality management within the Irish tourism industry.”

The performance of The Stillorgan Park Hotel reflects well on the tourism industry’s willingness to embrace change and innovation towards self-improvement by providing a practical approach to improving the quality, value and delight that visitors experience during their stay in Ireland.

Daragh O’Neill, General Manager with the Stillorgan Park Hotel, commented:

“Optimus is probably one of the most rewarding journeys a business can make. We plan to progress to the next level of Optimus and achieve the Mark of Best Practice Award. Ultimately our aim is to achieve the Business Excellence Award.”

For more detail on the Optimus Programme visit http://www.optimus.ie/ or visit the Failte Ireland Optimus section

Stillorgan Park Goes Electric

We are delighted to announce that ESB ecars & the Stillorgan Park Hotel have joined forces to install multiple ecar charge points at the Hotel which is a unique first for a Dublin hotel. The hotel is one of the first in Ireland to have a charge point on site. However there is not just one, but three charge points, conveniently located at the hotel.

Daragh O’Neill, General Manager of the Stillorgan Park Hotel said, "As part of our overall Green Strategy and our continuing efforts to become an environmentally friendly hotel, we are delighted to announce that in partnership with ESB ecars we have installed three ecar charge points at the hotel for our guests and employees.”

The roll out of charge points is part of ESB ecars plan to build the charging infrastructure nationwide to meet the Government target of 10% of all vehicles to be electric by 2020. To date more than 560 charge points have been installed in public locations, service stations, commercial premises and in homes across Ireland.

Paul Mulvaney, Managing Director, ESB ecars said “We are delighted that organisations like Stillorgan Park Hotel are supportive of the nationwide ecar programme and proactively promoting sustainable transport. Charge point availability in hotels fits in with our overall objective to position charge points in locations where motorists can conveniently charge their car during their stay.”

Stillorgan Park Hotel is also the Official Accommodation Provider to the Irish Hockey Association which is hosting the Electric Ireland sponsored Olympic Qualifiers which took place in the National Hockey Stadium, UCD.

Irish Men's Hockey - FIH Road To London

The countdown to the London Olympics is on with only 150 days to go until the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium. However the Irish Men’s Hockey team are currently aiming to book their ticket to the Games as they begin the Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dublin, Ireland. The Electric Ireland FIH Road To London will feature six teams and will be held from March 10-18. Korea will be the team to beat, entering the tournament as the sixth-ranked team in the FIH World Ranking. Challenging the Koreans will be Malaysia, Ireland, Russia, Chile and Ukraine.



The schedule for the tournament can be viewed here: http://www.fih.ch/en/competitions-152-2012-men-s-oq-irl-olympic-qualification-tournament:format


Four years ago the Irish Green Machine narrowly missed out on a shot at a one off play-off match to go the Olympics in Beijing and we are hoping they go one step further this year and qualify for the Summer Olympics in London. There is only one place up for grabs in this winner takes all event so it is by no means an easy job. So lets hope we can qualify and make sure we have plenty to shout about this summer


Sponsored by Electric Ireland and hosted by the Irish Hockey Association the tournament takes place at the National Hockey Stadium, UCD from 10th – 18th March. For Tickets visit http://www.hockey.ie/