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Visitors to hotels in Westport are being assured that value for money is top of the agenda for those travelling to this Mayo tourist haven, despite a survey by a hotel website claiming otherwise this week.

McWilliam Park Hotel offers a €25 menu to include a three course meal and glass of house wine on Thursday evening. Menu items include: jumbo prawn butterfly (golden fried prawns marinated with fresh ginger and garlic served with lettuce leaves and chilli sauce); lamb biryani basmati rice combined with meat flavoured saffron and mild oriental spices.

Hotel prices in Mayo increased three per cent in 2010 according to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI). The average price for a hotel room in Mayo in 2010 was €81 per night compared to €78 in 2009. This increase makes Mayo the only place in Ireland to see its room rates go up in 2010.

One of the best-known hotels in the west of Ireland has moved to deny rumours that it is about to close – and the manager has reported that “we are in good financial health”.

As Chairman of the Irish Hotels Federation in Mayo and General Manager of the McWilliam Park Hotel in Claremorris, Fergal Ryan represents the county and its 40-plus hotels at a national level, attending monthly meetings with other representatives from around Ireland.

Mayo hoteliers this week welcomed the setting up by Minister Mary Hanafin of an industry wide group to oversee and drive actions on measures to support tourism in Ireland. Fergal Ryan, Chairman of the Mayo branch of Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), stated that tourism must remain to the fore of Government policy and decision making if Ireland’s largest indigenous industry is to play its full role in the recovery of the Irish economy. In particular, Mr Ryan welcomed the commitment shown by Minister Hanafin in chairing the renewal implementation group and the Government’s acknowledgement of the importance of maintaining investment in overseas marketing. He also congratulated local hotelier John Raftery, chairman of the IHF Marketing Committee and proprietor of the Downhill Inn Hotel, Ballina, on his appointment to the Group.

Love is in the air at the McWilliam Park Hotel on Sunday November 15 as the hotel invites all future brides and grooms to attend their annual Wedding Fayre from 1pm to 5pm.

If a crossroad is a watershed indicating a choice to be made, then Claremorris is the crossroad of the west of Ireland.

Management and staff at the four star McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, were celebrating this week when word reached them that they were successful in their application to the AA for four star accreditation.

Love is in the air at the McWilliam Park Hotel on Sunday November 15 as the hotel invites all future brides and grooms to attend their annual Wedding Fayre from 1pm to 5pm.