The O’Callaghan hotel group recently announced the completion of a major investment in its Dublin hotels. Despite the difficult trading conditions that many hotels in Dublin are currently experiencing this is the second major refurbishment process the group has embarked on in the last three years. In 2009 the group invested some €3.3m on a 21 bedroom extension to its Stephen’s Green hotel in the Irish capital. The O’Callaghan Group is a privately owned Dublin based hotel and apartment group whose properties include the O’Callaghan Alexander, Davenport, Stephen’s Green and Mont Clare hotels.
Bryan O’Callaghan, Head of Group Operations at the company, said that: “This investment is a very significant chapter in the success story of O’Callaghan Hotels Group. In what has been a challenging trading environment in the hospitality sector we have continued to invest in our business to offer our customers a consistently high level of service and care.”
The investment included a refurbishment of the hotel bedrooms in the St Stephen’s Green hotel as well as a major upgrade to the IT installations and energy efficiency the group’s Dublin hotels. The result is improved Wi-Fi systems with increased bandwidth and coverage and high-end Bose speakers with monitors, projectors and microphones in all the conferencing facilities. Mr Callaghan continued, “We understand that business is rapidly changing and with that our customers expect a level of IT support they would expect in an office environment. This upgrade enables us to offer an excellent Wi-Fi system to all of our guests and a quality of AV equipment unrivalled in other Dublin Hotels.”
Some €450,000 of the investment went into installing efficient and environmentally friendly Combined Heat and Power units in the Davenport, Stephen’s Green and Mont Clare hotels. The hotel group worked closely with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to make sure that the units met international efficiency standards. Mr O’Callaghan concluded: “As a group we understand the importance of operating our business in an environmentally sound way.”