On Sunday October 25th at 8.30 pm Smarmore Castle and Leisure Club will be featured on RTÉ 1’s “At your Service” programme. In this show Francis and John Brennan who operate the five star Park Hotel in Kenmare visit B&Bs, small hotels and other operators in the hospitality business around Ireland to analyse and suggest solutions to problems they are encountering.
We applied for the show because we felt it would be an opportunity to showcase what we offer at Smarmore Castle and pick up some valuable advice from two of the most successful hoteliers in the industry. The Brennans’ first visit was on Saint Patrick’s Day. They stayed for two days and made a number of suggestions about how we could improve the performance of our leisure club and accommodation businesses. They suggested that we should think bigger so over the summer we put on a craft event, redecorated part of the castle’s entrance hall and held a jamboree for the younger members of the club.
We have not seen the final show yet so don’t know what exactly will be featured or how we will be portrayed. The Brennans were friendly and businesslike throughout and do have a genuine interest in helping people. One of the funniest things that happened was when Francis decided to take a “hands on” approach while we were doing a bit of demolition. He is normally renowned for his dapper appearance but spent that afternoon in his overalls and hard hat, driving a dumper around the courtyard.
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