Granville Hotel celebrates 40th anniversary with continued sponsorship of WIT Marketing Awards

The winners of the annual ‘Marketing Student of the Year’ awards 2020 were announced last Wednesday at an online ceremony. Award recipients were chosen based on their academic results and overall contribution to class.

The winners were Jan O’Dwyer (BA (Hons) in Marketing & Digital Media) and Aideen Cummins (Bachelor of Business (Hons) – Marketing specialisation).

Granville Hotel Support
Ann and Liam Cusack, proprietors of the Granville Hotel have been sponsoring these awards for the past 27 years. At the ceremony Ann & Liam stated that “the Granville Hotel is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year and we are delighted to be associated with the leaders in Marketing in the South East. Our long standing relationship with WIT in supporting business events shows our commitment to community involvement during these very challenging times. This year with Covid-19 and social distancing we had to put on our Marketing hats, and it was decided to use Social Media, Zoom & Facebook for the presentation. A huge thank you to all involved. We would like to congratulate the Award Recipients and all the Students, Lecturers and WIT for making this happen. Great teamwork.”

In his address to the students Dr Thomas O’Toole, Head of the School of Business stated that “The School of Business is delighted that Liam and Ann Cusack, Proprietors of the Granville Hotel have been involved in honouring the best of our Marketing graduates, particularly given that their own expertise is in the area of Hospitality Marketing. Their support has been crucial to hosting these awards for the past 27 years. Students have shown resilience and determination in completing their final year during a global pandemic. WIT is very proud of the achievements of our students and we wish them the best of luck in their future careers.”

Support of lecturers
Jan and Aideen each spoke individually on acceptance of their awards paying tribute to family, friends and their Marketing lecturers at WIT for their help and support over the past number of years. In addition to the overall winners, Marketing Commendations were awarded to the following students:

BA Marketing & Digital Media
Nicola Carroll, Chloe Clince, Michael Clince, Michael Ennis, Sean Fanning & Laura McEnery.

BBS
Karen Cloke, Robert Ryan, Conor Moore, Niamh O Brien, Niamh White & Amber Quigley.

Related Courses
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Marketing & Digital Media Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Business (Marketing) Master of Science in Digital Marketing Practice Winners. Jan O’Dwyer: BA Marketing & Digital Media.