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IHF Kerry Branch names Maria Maye ‘Employee of the Year’. Also pictured were the nominees from hotels and guesthouses across Kerry. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD
MARIA Maye has been announced as the 2023 Irish Hotels Federation Kerry Branch ‘Employee of the Year’ at a lunch in The Rose Hotel, Tralee.
Over 60 guests attended the event to celebrate and recognise the 15 nominees from hotels and guesthouses across Kerry who have made an outstanding contribution to their workplace.
Congratulating Maria on their award, Geraldine Rosney, said the judges highlighted Maria Maye’s “kind and caring approach with a great sense of humour and that Maria brings out the best in colleagues and guests alike”, when selecting her as the winner.
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Maria Maye has worked in the Avenue on three different tenures over the last three decades.
Working as part the restaurant team she is described as the epitome of warm and genuine hospitality and goes above and beyond to ensure that all guests experience the best that the Killarney Avenue hotel has to offer.
IHF Kerry Branch names Maria Maye ‘Employee of the Year’. Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD
At the event, Branch Chairperson, Bernadette Randles, spoke about the importance of recognising excellence, and ‘shaping brighter futures’ for people in the sector by supporting future leaders and keeping teams motivated with opportunities for career progression and development.
George White, Parknasilla Resort was selected for a life time contribution to the industry award by the Irish Hotel Federation with almost 50 years of service.
IHF Kerry Branch extended its gratitude to the expert judging panel comprised of Michael Vaughan (Vaughan Lodge Hotel and IHF Past President), Mary Rose Stafford (MTU Tralee) and Geraldine Rosney (formerly of Killeen House Hotel and Rozzers Restaurant), who had the difficult job of selecting a winner from the nominees.
The members of the IHF Kerry Branch now wish Maria Maye the very best of luck as she goes on to represent them at the upcoming National IHF Employee of the Year Awards which will be held during the IHF’s Annual Conference in February 2024.
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