Hospitality Manager of the Year 2008 – Hotel, Edward Stephenson Jurys Croke Park Hotel.
Edward currently holds the position of General Manager of Jurys Croke Park Hotel, Dublin. Coming from an operations background has ensured that Edward has the knowledge and experience of managing other properties together with large departments in various hotels throughout the company since his first appointment in June 1991. The scope of Edward’s present role as GM of Jurys Croke Park Hotel began with the successful management of the entire pre opening programme for this four star deluxe property which he continues to develop to this day delivering profit and awards for the Jurys Croke Park Hotel.
Young Manager of the Year 2008, Sean O’Driscoll The Brehon Hotel.
Sean was appointed General Manager of The Brehon in 2005 at the age of 24 been the Youngest General Manager in The Gleneagles Hotel Group. He is a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal organisational and leadership skills and demonstrates a keen aptitude towards his job and works very well in this fast paced environment.
Hospitality Manager of the Year 2008– Human Resources, Jane Tegerdine Westin Dublin.
Jane has a total of 18 years experience in Human Resource Management in a number of different industries demonstrating her flexibility as a leader and as a HR specialist. She also has international experience having worked in the pre opening team of hotels and on cross regional projects. Jane has been a Director of HR for the Westin for four and a half years and brings strong influencing skills as well as a clear understanding of the business to the table. Jane has driven employee engagement scores higher in each successive year since joining the Westin.
Hospitality Manager of the Year 2008 – Catering, Therese Sadlier AIB Bank centre.
Therese was appointed Catering Manager at the AIB Bankcentre in July 2006 and is responsible for AIB’s 8 million euro investment in the Catering Department at their head office in Ballsbridge. Her role is to manage the Catering department of AIB which serves up to 5000 customers a day to a 5* service excellence standard. Therese is fully committed to the development of delivering a first class service within the organisation and this has resulted in the Department winning the Gold Medal Award 2008 in the Industrial Catering Category.
Young Graduate of the Year 2008, Sinead Crowley Waterford Institute of Technology.
Sinead successfully completed her BA in Hospitality Management (Honours) from the Waterford Institute of Technology in 2008. She has since obtained the position of Marketing Coordinator with the Four Seasons Hotel and has also been accepted onto the Four Seasons Manager in training programme. Sinead contributed greatly to student life at WIT and was a founding member of the Hospitality Society where she organised numerous social events and charged society meetings.
