Kilkenny hotel wins best employer at Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence Awards

The Hoban Hotel in Kilkenny won the 'Best Employer - Ireland’s Ancient East Award' at the inaugural Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence Awards last night.

The awards ceremony celebrated businesses who have demonstrated their commitment to making the tourism industry an appealing and rewarding place to work through their participation in Fáilte Ireland’s Employer Excellence programme.  

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Fáilte Ireland developed the Excellent Employer programme to provide tourism businesses with a competitive edge as they recruit and retain staff in a highly competitive employment market.

The initiative will help to drive improvements in employment practices across the industry and provide businesses with tailored action plans. Participating businesses will obtain the Employer Excellence mark on completion of the programme. 

The mark will become a recognised trusted symbol for tourism businesses denoting a quality workplace for employees.

Managers of participating businesses will have the opportunity to undertake a new Best in Class People Management Programme, which has been developed by Fáilte Ireland as part of this initiative.

Areas covered include Best Practice Recruitment and Induction, Probation and Performance Management and Building High Performing Teams.

As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland.