Conor Kenny has worked in marketing, design and people development for the last 25 years. His career started out at Kilkenny Design and prior to founding Conor Kenny & Associates, he was Group Business Development Director for the Irish Pub Company and McNally Design International.. Conor has worked directly with many of the world’s leading brands including Baileys, Guinness, Hennessy, Tullamore Dew and Smirnoff, through to International hotel groups including Intercontinental, Crown Plaza, DeVere, Hilton, Conrad amongst others. He has also worked with casino groups in Las Vegas and in the UK and with several independent nightclub and leisure operators at home and abroad. In 2002 he founded Conor Kenny & Associates to help hospitality professionals create more imaginative and ambitious plans, develop its people and create real, meaningful and customer driven strategies. Today, Conor is advising many of Ireland’s leading hotels, hotel groups and independent hospitality owner/operators. Conor is a regular contributor to many industry publications, a frequent conference speaker and a speech writer for industry leaders. Conor is an honours graduate of University College Dublin and is a keen marathon runner. 

 

Conor is responsible for the overall direction of the company. His particular area of expertise is getting the most out of your people and helping them to think differently and to really ‘own’ their ideas.