Image: Exterior of voco The Club – Dublin Gateway
(IN SHORT) IHG Hotels & Resorts and partner Nhance are launching voco The Club – Dublin Gateway, the network’s tenth property in Ireland, with full rebranding by summer 2025. Located on a 12‑acre estate in County Kildare, the 50‑room hotel offers scenic views of horse‑grazing fields, a brasserie‑style restaurant, outdoor spa, multiple meeting venues, and ample parking. The site benefits from proximity to the N7 motorway for easy access to Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. This addition underscores voco’s rapid expansion—surpassing 100 global openings—and leverages IHG’s flexible conversion model. Industry data shows Dublin’s tourism is growing, with over seven million annual arrivals and €6 billion in visitor spending in 2024, as per Oxford Economics and Tourism Ireland. Executives Willemijn Geels and Eoin Doyle highlighted the collaboration’s significance for Ireland’s hospitality landscape.
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, UK, 2025-Jul-15 — /Travel PR News/ — IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), in partnership with Nhance, today unveiled the opening of voco The Club – Dublin Gateway, marking IHG’s tenth property (open or in the pipeline) in Ireland. This conversion will complete its rebranding by the end of summer 2025 and join voco’s fastest‑growing premium tier, which recently surpassed 100 operational hotels worldwide.
Set on a tranquil 12‑acre estate 15 miles west of Dublin in County Kildare—celebrated as “Thoroughbred County” for its storied horse‑racing heritage—voco The Club – Dublin Gateway offers guests panoramic views of verdant fields, where horses graze against a backdrop of woodland. Conveniently adjacent to the N7 motorway linking Dublin with Cork and Limerick, the property serves both leisure visitors and business travellers seeking seamless access.
The 50‑room retreat features an award‑winning brasserie‑style restaurant, an outdoor spa with hot tubs and sauna, multiple versatile meeting rooms, and generous parking. Its distinctive design and operational framework exemplify voco’s ethos of blending individuality with IHG’s enterprise platform—enabling rapid, cost‑effective conversions for owners.
Dublin consistently ranks among Europe’s top destinations, attracting over seven million international arrivals annually—a figure projected by Oxford Economics to grow 11 percent each year through 2026. In 2024, overseas visitors injected more than €6 billion into the local economy, highlighting the city’s enduring global appeal.
“Signing our first voco hotel in the Republic of Ireland is a significant milestone,” said Mrs. Willemijn Geels, Vice President of Development, Europe, IHG Hotels & Resorts. “This remarkable property embodies the flexibility of voco and strengthens our footprint here. Our collaboration with Nhance paves the way for further expansion across Ireland.”
Eoin Doyle, Director of Nhance, added, “We’re thrilled to partner with IHG on this unique conversion. The combination of voco’s distinctive style and IHG’s trusted brand will offer guests an unforgettable experience in this exceptional setting.”
voco The Club – Dublin Gateway joins over 30 open voco hotels in Europe and 19 more in development—including the forthcoming voco London – Waterloo and the first voco in Turkiye at Antalya Konyaaltı, slated for 2028.
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Hinal Patel
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SOURCE: InterContinental Hotels Group
