A TRALEE hotel was named the Best Place To Stay In Munster at the Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards.

Ballyseede Castle won on the double as it also picked up the Best Hotel Website gong at the awards held in the Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny, last night.

Another Tralee connection was Brook Foods winning the Best Event Caterer for its work at the The Rose Ball back in August.

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In other Kerry successes, Cahernane Country House Hotel in Killarney won Ireland’s Best Country House and Guest House Experience awards; The Europe Hotel and Resort in Killarney won the award for the Best Five Star Hotel Spa Experience and the Dunloe Hotel and Gardens was named Ireland’s Best Designed Hotel. For the full list of winners, click here

The Gold Medal Awards, which were hosted last night by Martin King of TV3, are the leading independent awards for the Irish hospitality industry and aim to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the hotel and catering sector throughout the country over the past twelve months.