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ROUNDS of applause and even standing ovations saluted the nominees and winners at The Gleneagle Group’s annual staff awards which took place recently.

The Gleneagle team gathered in the Ballroom of The Gleneagle Hotel for their ceremony last Tuesday, while the awards for The Brehon, The Travel Inn and The Maritime Hotel, took place earlier in the month.

The top awards of Employee of the Year went to Trevor O’Keeffe for The Gleneagle Hotel, Ewelina Rychalk for The Brehon, Joan O’Neill for The Travel Inn, Liam Cunney for The Maritime and Gretel O’Sullivan for The Gleneagle Group, each of whom received standing ovations from their colleagues.

In The Gleneagle Hotel categories, Ita Lyne won Colleague of the Year, Sean Counihan won Best New Talent, Vance Harris won the Emerging Talent Award, Margaret Brosnan won the award for Going The Extra Mile, Pat Brosnan and Betty Tracey shared the Hero Award, Eugene O’Riordan won the Special Achievement Award, Eimear Flynn won the award for best Business or Training Initiative and Jadwiga Surmiak won Manager of the Year.

In The Brehon categories, Danielle Delaney won Colleague of the Year, Eimear Bartley won Best New Talent, Patrick O’Sullivan won the Emerging Talent Award, Ernestas Karosas won the award for Going The Extra Mile, Sinead McCarthy and the Kitchen team led by Head Chef Chad Byrne shared the Special Achievement Award, Sean Hughes won the Hero of the Year Award, and the Angsana Spa team led by Spa Manager Fiona Collins won the Business Initiative Award.

In The Travel Inn categories, Agatha Potts won Colleague of the Year, Louise Murphy won Best New Talent and Patrick Byrne won the Emerging Talent Award.

In The Maritime Hotel categories, Radek Chimielewski won Colleague of the Year, Helena Downey won the Emerging Talent Award, Aileen O’Mahony won Best New Talent, Richard Garcia won the award for Going The Extra Mile, Elaine Dempsey won the Special Achievement Award, the Leisure Centre Team led by Manager Jason O’Sullivan won the award for best Business or Training Initiative while Malgorzata Dudek and Angelika Mereszne won an award for making the Most Significant Contribution to the group.

In The Gleneagle Group category, which represents the shared departments across all The Gleneagle Group properties, the winners were Eileen Doherty who won Colleague of the Year, Michael MacSweeney who won the award for Best New Talent, Cariosa Fleming who won the award for Emerging Talent, Ann Shanahan who won the award for Going the Extra Mile, Orla Steinbeck who won the Hero Award while Gina Wickham and Ann O’Leary and The HOD team shared the Special Achievement Award.

 
Above: Patrick O’Donoghue, left, MD, Gleneagle Hotel Group, and Brian Bowler, General Manager, Brehon Hotel, presenting Ewelina Rychalk, with Brehon Hotel 2016 Employee of the Year at an award ceremony at the hotel, also included are category award winners, Kristine Zeige, Sean Hughes, Claire Costello, Monika Bdgek, Chad Byrne, Sinead McCarthy, Kamila O’Connor Fiona Collins, Moriez Karpea, Kimie O’Keeffe, Danielle Delaney. PICTURE: VALERIE O'SULLIVAN