Staff at Offaly hotel enjoy annual Employee Appreciation Week

COUNTY Arms Hotel Birr, Offaly, has hosted its annual Employee Appreciation Week to recognise the contribution its staff make to the success of the thriving four-star hotel.

Organised by the hotel’s management team, Employee Appreciation Week began on Monday August 21st with a series of events and activities taking place all week long to thank staff for their hard work and dedication during an extremely busy and successful summer season that brought many visitors to the top Midlands hotel.

Activities included morning fitness classes such as Boxing, Circuits, Treasure Hunt, a walking tour of Birr Castle Gardens and Weightlifting all facilitated by the team in the Springs Leisure Club.

There was special ‘Bring Your Kids to Work’ afternoon where the children of staff members enjoyed a disco, fun games and a kids buffet. There was fun for the adults too, with ten brave managers and supervisors taking part in a charity ‘Pie-in-the-face’ game, to raise money for St Vincent De Paul Birr, the hotel's charity of the year for 2023.

The fittest department in the hotel was decided with an interdepartmental sports day, where employees took part in Egg and Spoon, Wheelbarrow, and sack races as well as long puck and penalty shootout competitions.

Barry Kennedy, General Manager at County Arms Birr, stated “it is so important to reward and celebrate our teams’ achievements over the past year. Just 18 months ago we had a little over 60 employees and now we have grown our team of 140 staff. Our team spend each and every day doing their very best to look after our wonderful guests, so we believe it is equally important to show them how much they are valued and appreciated.”

Employee Appreciation Week concluded with a Summer BBQ and live band in Kelly’s the Green, where the Employee of the Year was announced. This year’s worthy recipient was Betty Mulrooney from the hotels breakfast team. Betty received an all-expenses paid two-night stay in a 4-star Cork City hotel.

Employee Appreciation Week at County Arms Birr was well-received and will return next year.

County Arms Birr is one of the Midlands’ leading hotels and offers luxury accommodation in a beautiful Georgian house hotel with original features and a walled garden. All the facilities of a modern four-star hotel are available, including The Springs Wellness club, delicious dining in Bar 62, fine dining in Hackett’s Eatery, Afternoon Tea in the Georgian Drawing Rooms as well The Shaker Room vintage-style cocktail bar.

Located in the historic heritage town of Birr, a stay at County Arms Birr is an invitation to visit the very heart of Ireland and discover all the Midlands has to offer. The hotel is also one of the midlands top-rated wedding venues, hosting beautiful weddings for over 60 years.

For more information on County Arms Birr, visit their website at www.countyarmshotel.com.