Green Venues – congrats to The Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon!

 

Meeting Facilities, Bush Hotel, Carrick on Shannon

Joe Dolan and his team at the Bush Hotel,Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim, Ireland is to be congratulated for their achievements in creating a green venue for conferences, meetings and events.    The below is an extract from a press release that will be in the papers tomorrow.  The hotel is a great place to drop in for a meal and has a variety of space for meetings and events…. will post more on that when I stay there and do a review.  But I would know the hotel and the great reputation it has locally as I grew up 10 miles away.

“Communication Award. The award recognises exceptional promotional activities to

increase public awareness of the EU Ecolabel – the EU’s label for environmentally friendly goods and services. The three winners, selected by a jury of environmental

and communication experts, were announced at a ceremony in Brussels last night.

The Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, which became the first hotel in Ireland to be awarded the EU Ecolabel in Marchthis year, won the service provider category. The hotel was praised by judges for raising awareness of the EU Ecolabel through a variety of promotional tools, including an in-house awareness campaign, a suppliers’ charter and organised site visits. 

The European Commission has announced the winners of the first EU Ecolabel

Communication Award. The award recognises exceptional promotional activities to

increase public awareness of the EU Ecolabel – the EU’s label for environmentally friendly goods and services. The three winners, selected by a jury of environmental

and communication experts, were announced at a ceremony in Brussels last night.

The Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, which became the first hotel in

Irelandto be awarded the EU Ecolabel in March this year, won the service provider

category. The hotel was praised by judges for raising awareness of the EU Ecolabel

through a variety of promotional tools, including an in-house awareness campaign, a suppliers’ charter and organised site visits.

Venue Review – The Guinness Storehouse – Dublin City Conference Centre

I have held 2 events at the Guinness Storehouse and have got great feedback each time ” the staff are easy to work with and are professionals”. Last week I attended Bizcamp there – I worked with Keith on finding the venue.  Most of the stress of the day is taken away for the organiser if the venue are on top of things, provide excellent service and serve a decent cup of coffee!  This is the case with The Guinness Storehouse – Happy Arthur Guinness Day!

The Review -

Location – Dublin City, at the site where Guinness is brewed – about a 15 minute walk down the keys from Dublin City Centre, 10 mins by Luas or a quick taxi ride.  It is also very close to Heuston Train Station and on the Luas line which makes it so accessible.

What is it perfect for?  If you are looking for a venue that is a little bit different, this is the one.  You enter via the Visitors Centre which has a very touristy feel to it, this I like as I can pretend that I am on holidays.  You can just skip through the line to pay to get in if you are attending a conference.  There is plenty of signage to direct delegates to the conference floors.

Main room at the Guinness Storehouse, great for an event or conference

The main Aural suite is on the 3rd floor.  This will accommodate about 300 people seated.  Lots of room outside for tea/coffee area.   You can feel and hear the buzz of the visitors centre, the building is a large atrium, built in the shape of a Pint of Guinness in the centre so you can feel the atmosphere from the whole venue.

Smaller meetings – Break out rooms – up on the next floor – in the business centre area.  There are 5 rooms here that will hold up to 70 people.

Food - prepared by Campbell Catering – tasty and flexible with a choice of menus for every budget.

For that Special Event -  there are 3 other venue spaces available for evening parties.   During the day they are open to the public but a great private party venue for evening entertainment – choices are -

Gravity Bar

Panoramic views of Dublin, a great Venue

Brewery Bar

Great Party Venue

Source Bar

Party Venue Option/Drinks Reception

To avail of the discounted negotiated rates that FindaConferenceVenue have, do get in touch.   ciara (at) findaconferencevenue.com.  353 ()) 21 4928941.

We are the experts on hotels and venues in Ireland and will do the legwork involved in finding a hotel or venue.  It is a free service to the Meeting Organiser.

Hotels near by – Radisson Blu Royal Hotel,  The Clarence

Earn some cash – participate in a focus group

We are holding a focus group at The Rubicon Centre, Tuesday September 29th – 5pm.  If you are interested in participating, please do get in touch, or post a reply to this post.

Conditions -  you must be a meeting or event organiser and have arranged an event/conference in the last year.

Be available from 5-6 on Tuesday next.

Be able to travel to Cork!

Not work for the competition!

The reward is €75 cash for the hour.

Thanks so much. Ciara