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Cahernane Yoga Weekend

The Live Well Bloom Family has teamed up with the PREM Group owned Cahernane House in order to create ‘Spring’ Into Yoga which runs on the 27-29th March 2020. cahernane0120

The 2-night/3-day spring yoga retreat has been designed to allow guests to indulge in a weekend filled with yoga sessions, art sessions and a healing sound bath under the stars.

The ‘Spring’ Into Yoga Package is priced at €330 per person and includes two nights bed and breakfast along with dinner on both evenings. r

More fly to Kerry

Kerry Airport Ireland recorded a slight increase in passenger numbers on their two London routes last year despite the threat of Brexit.. kerryapt0519

Across all its routes the airport recorded a 1.2% increase with passenger numbers travelling through Farranfore reaching nearly 370,000.

Aer Lingus Regional operate a twice-daily service between Kerry and Dublin and it also recorded growth last year.

Ryanair is also increasing the frequency of its Kerry to Alicante route this summer.

Hotel may close to save on rates

Staff at a Cork hotel and golf resort which has closed for January are facing temporary layoffs after being told an extended closure could save the owner thousands in commercial rates.

It follows a meeting between representatives of the owners of the Blarney Hotel and Golf Resort and staff members late last week.

The staff were told that following discussions with Cork City Council, the owners are considering extending the closure into February to secure a rate cut for a vacant premises.

Premises which are classed as vacant pay rates at a 50% discount.

Staff were told that by extending the closure through February, the owners could save €12,000 in rates.

'Diversity Pays' says Margot

Diverse organisations are more profitable, enjoy better employee retention and engagement, and outperform their competitors across a range of other measures. This was the michmarg0120

core message delivered by Margot Slattery, Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer with Sodexo, at the first ‘Firm Talk’ of 2020 organised and hosted by hospitality industry recruitment consultants The Firm.

Margot is pictured with Micheline Corr, director of The Firm.

Revealing the findings of an industry survey carried out by The Firm Micheline Corr Director said inclusion and diversity are now a critical driver with over 80% of survey participants rating it as extremely important when it comes to attracting talent. Equally important is having a positive working environment with great vision, leadership, values and behaviours being the core ingredients

Storehouse stays as top attraction

The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin continues to welcome the largest number of visitors of any other attraction in Ireland while the Cliffs of Moher are still standing tall in second place over Dublin Zoo.

The final visitor figures for the Guinness Storehouse for 2019 have confirmed that 1,732,528 people visited the St James’s Gate attraction last year.

This was just 2,528 or 0.15% more than the 2018 figure of 1.7m.

Visitor numbers at the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience in County Clare increased by 1.58% to 1,605,131 in 2019, another record year for visitors to the iconic attraction in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Geopark.