Good Food Ireland® Approved Member Ballymaloe House Hotel, Co. Cork has announced their inclusion among the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, one of just a small number of businesses within the country and the only business within the country to be listed in their Considerate Collection.  

Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ (SLH) is a community of independently-minded travellers with a focus on small boutique luxury hotels located across the world. Each establishment invited to join this Collection is independently visited and vetted. With 50 rooms the average size accommodation offering, SLH provides guests with charming and unique experiences centred around quality and high standards of care.

Ballymaloe House was approached and invited to join the SLH community of over 500 independent luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. The news was announced by SLH at a prestigious event in Cannes in December 2022.

Commenting on the inclusion, General Manager of Ballymaloe House Hotel, Laura Behan said:

I am delighted to become part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World family and excited that Ballymaloe House has been chosen to represent Ireland on this luxurious international stage.

Marketing Manager of Ballymaloe House Hotel, Helen Cuddigan added:

This is a fabulous bonus for everyone who works so hard here, we look forward to working with Small Luxury Hotels, welcoming its international community & maximising this opportunity to promote Cork to the world.

This good news from Ballymaloe is further heightened by the additional honour of being listed in SLH’s Considerate Collection. This special Collection includes those locations that go above and beyond in terms of sustainable operations within their business.

Ballymaloe House’s inclusion in this Considerate Collection comes as no surprise as they have been leading the way in the hospitality industry in terms of sustainable practices both on a micro and macro level. These practices include impeccable local food sourcing, tree planting, beekeeping development among many more sustainable endeavours.

Speaking on this inclusion, Laura Behan remarked:

Ballymaloe House Hotel boasts an impressive sustainable tourism footprint, proving that luxury can be compatible with tourism.

Dan Luddington, VP of Development for SLH, said:

Ballymaloe House is a very special, one of a kind place. It is a perfect fit for Small Luxury Hotels of the World, but beyond this, we are also thrilled to see it qualify for our Considerate Collection of actively sustainable luxury hotels. The positive impact that the Allen family continues to have in the local area is quite remarkable. Environmentally, they care deeply for wildlife conservation, for rewilding & regenerative farming, & they’ve always placed a huge emphasis on sourcing local food. In the house itself, not only do they continue to restore & rejuvenate the building, they seek to radically reduce their carbon footprint with solar panels on the farm house roofs & biomass boilers fed from their own straw bales. Ballymaloe House & its people are proof that staying small & staying independent is the way forward.

Many congratulations to the entire Ballymaloe House Hotel team on this wonderful achievement!

Read more about Ballymaloe House Hotel on their Good Food Ireland® business profile page below.