2015 Award Winners BUSINESS HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2015

Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin 4

While other guides tend to be focused solely on the leisure market, we have always taken the needs of business guests into account when making our selections, and we appreciate the value of business tourism also.

One of the most appealing of all Dublin hotels, this large, privately-owned contemporary property is attractively located in an 'urban plaza' near the RDS and the public park after which it is named. Ideal for business travellers, its underground carpark and smart lower ground foyer make an unusually convenient and welcoming 'back entrance' for a large city centre hotel.

The impressively light and spacious ground floor Terrace Lounge is comfortably furnished in well spaced groups, allowing for a certain degree of privacy, and popular for informal meetings; excellent light meals and drinks are provided here by discreetly efficient waiting staff.

The Pavilion Restaurant and well equipped meeting rooms of various sizes all open off this pleasant central area and everything is overseen with quiet efficiency by Director/General Manager, Ewan Plenderleith. Bedrooms - all spacious and very comfortable, with views over Ballsbridge and Herbert Park - offer a high standard of amenities, including security features, while extras for executive rooms include a daily newspaper and tea/coffee delivered to the room (but no in-room hospitality trays).

The adjacent Herbert Park is a great amenity for business guests, as it offers an opportunity to enjoy quiet outdoor relaxation away from main roads - a huge bonus in a city centre hotel. Staff are efficient, enthusiastic and warm and the Herbert Park Hotel is reasonably priced for the standard of accommodation and facilities offered: all round, an excellent choice for the business traveller or corporate events.