Kilkenny City hotel nominated for high profile national award
The Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny City has been nominated for Ireland's Favourite Local Business 2026.
Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny City has been nominated in Ireland's Favourite Local Business 2026 competition.
The city hotel celebrated 60 years of business in 2026.
Last month, Newpark Hotel was named Best Family Friendly Hotel in Ireland.
The 132 bedroom family-friendly Newpark Hotel is home to Jurassic Newpark, one of Ireland’s only dinosaur themed adventure parks, and is a popular wedding and conference venue, with on-site leisure club.
Owned by the Flynn family, Newpark Hotel is part of the Flynn Hotels collection which also includes The Park Hotel Dungarvan and Old Ground Hotel Ennis.
Set across 25 acres of parkland close to Kilkenny City centre, the hotel combines family accommodation, an adult only floor with hot tub suites, wedding and conference facilities and wellness and leisure amenities.
“We’re truly honoured to be nominated as Ireland’s Favourite Local Business 2026 which I think comes down to our team and their focus on creating memorable experiences for our guests,” Philip Kelly of the Newpark Hotel said.
“Every team member is empowered to create ‘The Newpark Moment’ for a guest, which could be as simple as a ticket for a late night hot chocolate or gifting a child the chance to visit our inflatable park. We have many multi-generational families visiting us.
The grandparents will often stay on our adult only floor, while the parents and children take advantage of our family facilities like the toddler room or the child friendly pizza and pasta menu.”
“We’re proud to see this nomination for Newpark Hotel in the national Ireland’s Favourite Local Business 2026 competition,” Claire McInerney Brown, president of Kilkenny Chamber, remarked.
The hotel is one of over 150 businesses which accept the Kilkenny Gift Card and one of many local employers who make the decision to support local with their staff rewards and incentives, ring-fencing reward spend into the local economy.