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New Members
With over 30 members already on board and soon to announce two new significant hotel groups, CKA Members is already proving a great hit with our membership.
Recent signings include Mount Juliet, Kilkenny. The Merchant, Belfast, The Osprey, Naas and Residence Club in Dublin.
See which industry leaders are already on board http://www.conorkenny.com/pages/cka-members/
New Open Workshops
We have just launched our new calendar for the next 6 months. It is full of interesting, relevant and focused workshops covering a multitude of ‘right now’ sales and marketing issues.
These include digital marketing, writing, how to create your own PR, design and service workshops.
Seats are always strictly limited and Members have first choice.
Book early if you want to learn more, sell more and profit more http://www.conorkenny.com/pages/open-workshops/
New Associate Partners
We are absolutely delighted to have signed new agreements with key industry partners to deliver workshops for CKA Members and the Open Workshops.
Please welcome our new digital marketing specialist, Anthony Quigley http://www.conorkenny.com/team/anthony-quigley-digital-marketing-trainer-24/
Also, our superb new PR Partners, Amy Buckeridge http://www.conorkenny.com/team/amy-buckeridge-pr-andamp-social-media-trainer-23/ and leading PR expert Rachel McGuinness http://www.conorkenny.com/team/rachel-mcguinness-pr-andamp-social-media-trainer-25/
Rosemary Gorman Morley knows a thing or two about superior service. We are delighted to be working alongside Rosemary on her unique ‘Language of Service’ programme. Take a look at Rosemary’s profile and see why you need to book her course. http://www.conorkenny.com/team/rosemary-gorman-morley-trainer-26/
We also welcome Fionuala Lennon, one of Ireland’s foremost experts in hospitality design who will be teaching you how to create really good atmosphere on a very small budget.
Round Table
- We just delivered our first ever CKA Members Round Table Morning with over 30 business owners and hotel General Managers attending out in the beautiful Killiney Castle Hotel.
We introduced 4 new Associates including PR, Digital Marketing and Writing Experts.
We were also thrilled to announce 8 new members bringing us to 40 since our very quiet launch last September.
- The Seminar was facilitated by Brian O’Kane and there were 4 provocative expert presentations on Digital Marketing by Anthony Quigley, The Language of Service by Rosemary Gorman Morley, Writing by Katharine Blake and PR by Rachel McGuinness.
- Our next Round Table will be in May and will be led by Anthony Quigley, CEO, The Digital Marketing Institute, and will focus on everything you need to know (and be doing) to sell your business in a digital world.
- Round Table Seminars are strictly invitation only and also include CKA Members.
Failte Ireland
We are delighted to be entering our third year as Failte Ireland appointed Marketing Mentors and Business Advisors. To date, we have had the pleasure of working with several independent hospitality clients, 4 major destination marketing assignments and several new tourism attractions that we are just getting our teeth in to.
If you want to know more about how Failte Ireland can help you, contact their Business Mentoring Department led by Colm Breheny, Edel Mitchell and Helen Brady http://www.failteireland.ie/bizcheck
New Courses For Failte Ireland
We are really pleased to have been commissioned by Failte Ireland to develop several new courses for them. These include an online Sales course which is at their business tools website, a Menu writing Workshop to drive sales as well as a new sales course for the meetings and events business, sales and to develop local sales opportunities.
Log on to Failte Ireland’s website to book your places www.failteireland.ie
Howth Prawn Festival April 2011 – “Hooked On Howth”
As part of our Failte Ireland current assignments, we have been lucky enough to work with Howth Tourism Group. Under Aoife Healy’s keen Chair, they have created their own Dublin Bay Prawn Festival coming this April.
You really should put the date in your diary, especially if your kids want to take part in the first ever Prawn Parade http://www.fingaldublin.ie/interior-pages/about-fingal/culture/cultural-events/dublin-bay-prawn-festival
Enterprise Boards
Every day we have the pleasure of working with small and medium sized independent business to help them learn more, sell more and profit more.
We are delighted to have been approved and commissioned to deliver sales and marketing workshops for Fingal, Limerick City, Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow Enterprise Boards in 2011.
Good Food Ireland
Margaret Jeffares is the dynamic and passionate leader of Good Food Ireland. We were delighted to have delivered our new ‘Menu Writing’ workshop for Good Food Ireland Members kindly facilitated by Failte Ireland. They sure do know food. See why www.goodfoodireland.ie/
Kilkenny
Kilkenny is perhaps Ireland’s most beautiful cities. We were delighted to have been commissioned by Kilkenny Tourism via Failte Ireland to help them redefine their marketing and their message. It is a City where Monks once tread, Druids made magic and Kings came to rest. A Mediaeval, Vibrant and Fun City. You should go there http://www.kilkennytourism.ie/
Carlow Hoteliers
Carlow is one of Ireland’s most charming counties. It is full of endless rivers, wonderful ancient history, rolling fields and an adventurers playground.
Again, through Failte Ireland, we are thrilled to be working with all of the Carlow Hotels on a really unique initiative.
It’s endless and all will be revealed on May 15th 2011. http://www.carlowtourism.com/
BIM
We are delighted to have been commissioned by Bord Iascaigh Mhara to work with them on some new and highly innovative programmes. www.bim.ie
New Assignments.
We are very pleased to have received new assignments from the following superb companies; The Lord Bagenal Hotel, The Merchant, Belfast, The Talbot Hotel Group, Corporate Catering Services , Springfort Hall, The Gibson, Kilshane House, Your Home From Home and 2 new projects abroad to be announced shortly.
It’s A Secret
Besides all that, we have just signed contracts for 3 major new assignments both here and abroad. Alas, they must stay secret but that’s the beauty of working with great success stories – they don’t need to shout about it.
Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter
You can join over 1,300 followers on any or all of the above. We would love to link up.
Blogs
Our Blogs are now read by over 10,000 people a month.
Articles.
We are just about to release “10 Reasons Why I Won’t Go In” our latest article for Drinks Industry Ireland.
It’s an interesting read and might give you food for thought.
UK Management Column
We are delighted to be writing our monthly management column for the UK’s leading hospitality website http://www.hotel-industry.co.uk/
The BBC
Yours truly must have sparked something. In a recent article on Trip Advisor http://www.hotel-industry.co.uk/ it seems I opened up a Hornets Nest. So much so that I had the pleasure of chatting it through on a recent live edition on BBC Radio
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