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Ireland's Hotel Scene: Crowne Plaza Santry Hotel

Where: NORTHWOOD PARK SANTRY DEMESNE , Dublin, Ireland, 0000

HotelChatter had an operative in Ireland last week who has so graciously forwarded us reviews of some hotels. This is the second part in a three-part series.

Our Hotel Maven continued on from his hotel in Cork to the Crowne Plaza Hotel near the Dublin airport. Here's the review:

The hotel provided complimentary service from the airport. It was a fairly new hotel with a Holiday Inn attached. We were upgraded to an executive level which included free use of the executive lounge and access to free refreshments.

The rooms were nice with a modern decor and included the largest working desks that we have ever seen in a hotel. This hotel would be perfect for business travelers and included a trendy bar, Asian-inspired restaurant and they brewed Starbucks coffee.

Er...we're pretty sure "working desks" meant work spaces not actual desks that do work. Although, that would be cool.

As for the Holiday Inn, that makes some sense since these are both Intercontinental Hotels but it is weird that it is attached to the Crowne Plaza. Nevertheless, room rates average about $265 a night and since the hotel was recently renovated in 2003, everything is fairly brand-new and updated. It actually looks to us like a cool airport hotel. And there's a forest behind it! (See the hotel website's photo tour.)

[Photo: xangav ]

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