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Local Hotel Wins at the Georgina Campbell
Irish Food Hospitality Awards
Visit Belfast Kicks Off New Tourism Partnership with Irish Football Association
THE Irish Football Association
and Visit Belfast, the city region’s destination marketing and management organisation,
have
joined forces in a significant strategic partnership designed to maximise the opportunities for sports tourism. The three-year tie-up, which gets under way this week, will also see the two organisations work closely to boost the development of female participation in sport while promoting Northern Ireland’s National Football Stadium at Windsor Park as a premier venue for conferences and business events. The 18,500-capacity stadium enjoys a busy year-round calendar of local and international sporting fixtures and events, while the Irish FA has a strong and growing focus on the development of women’s and girls’ football in which it continues to invest. The partnership with Visit Belfast will not only help to promote women’s football to new audiences, it will also underline and promote the National Stadium’s credentials as a premier venue for events, supporting Belfast’s reputation as the world’s best conference destination with its solid line-up of hospitality surroundings.
CLANDEBOYE Lodge was delighted to have been awarded ‘4-Star Hotel of the Year 2023’ at the Georgina Campbell Irish Food and Hospitality Awards, which took place in Dublin last week. Celebrating 25 years, the awards this year focused particularly on “genuine hospitality, consistency,
innovation, and good
value”. Described by Georgina Campbell as a “comfortable,
privately owned,
contemporary, four-star hotel near Bangor, the Clandeboye Lodge’s exceptionally warm and helpful reception team, welcoming fire, plentiful seating areas and stylish foyer, creates a good impression that carries throughout the hotel”.
Plans Proposed For Refurbishment of North Coast Hotel
PLANS have been submitted to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to extend the Marine Hotel in Ballycastle. Earlier in 2023, Calum McLornan,co- owner of the Marine Hotel in Ballycastle, revealed plans for a £2m investment ahead of the 2025 Open in Portrush. Proposed plans for the Marine Hotel include partial demolition, extensions and alterations.
This refurbishment is set to provide the Marine Hotel with an extended ground floor restaurant area, fourteen additional bedrooms, a new roof, fourteen additional bedrooms and a function room with external terraces.
Conversion plans for the former Marine Country Club have also been put forward. With plans to convert the former Country Club to 10 self-catering holiday accommodation suites.
Belfast City Council Appoints Design Team For ‘Belfast Stories’ Project
A 12-month competition, led by Belfast City Council and supported by RIBA, has culminated with the appointment of an integrated design team for ‘Belfast Stories’ – a unique destination set to open by 2029, unlocking almost 100 years of heritage at the 1931 art-deco Bank of Ireland site on Royal Avenue. The architectural appointment is a partnership Snøhetta,
between and Belfast-based TODD
Architects. They will lead on design, supported by a team of specialists, whilst property and construction consultancy, Gleeds, has been appointed to oversee project
management and design
assurance. The companies have proven experience in delivering major cultural and public realm projects, and a track record of creating sustainable places to benefit locals and visitors. They were selected based on their responses to the opportunity presented by the Belfast Stories project. As a flagship project of the £850 million Belfast Region City Deal, the appointed consortium will see the 5,000m2 site transformed into a state- of-the-art, interactive, and immersive visitor experience that celebrates the stories of Belfast and provides vibrant social spaces for everyone to enjoy. Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Ryan Murphy,
said, “Appointing a
design team is a significant milestone and we’re grateful to all those involved in the international design competition for supporting us to attract the highest calibre of talent to match the ambition we have for this unique destination. Belfast Stories will transform a much-
and
Oslo-based,
loved heritage site and continue the regeneration of this part of the city centre, as well as becoming a vibrant place for people from Belfast and further afield to come together and share in the unique character of this place and its people. We look forward to inviting residents to support this unique opportunity as the appointed team determine a design that reflects local contributions.”
Whilst work on the design is yet to
start, it is intended that the site will become the city’s greatest example of a climate resilient building, supporting Belfast’s position as a Top 10 globally sustainable city, according to the 2022 Global Destinations Sustainability Index.
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