17^th March is the date of St.Patrick’s Day, the national holiday of Ireland. It began purely as a Catholic holiday and became a national feast day in the early 17^th Century. Over time it has gradually become a more secular occasion and the emphasis has turned more towards a celebration of Ireland’s culture and identity.

St.Patrick’s Day is celebrated all over the world among Irish diasporas and increasingly in Great Britain and America, among those with no Irish connections at all. So why not visit Ireland itself for St.Patrick’s Day 2011 and see how the Irish celebrate themselves. Dublin is a great city to visit with so much heritage and culture, so why not treat yourself to a week in Dublin and truly take in what Ireland has to offer.

On 17^th March 1996 Dublin held its first ‘St.Patrick’s day festival’ which was a new annual event created in an attempt to develop a new international festival that would “reflect the talents and achievements of Irish people on national and world stages and act as a showcase for the manifold skills of the people of Ireland.” The next year it was expanded to a three day event and the festival has since grown to become a four day festival.  Now over a million people attend each year and the festival is growing in popularity and fame every year.

Dublin has plenty of accommodation options with hotels from small budget B&Bs to large luxury hotels.  However these will always only ever offer the usual one room/en-suite combination which can often be quite a compact, mind-numbingly boring option. That’s why more and more people are choosing serviced apartments in Dublin as their accommodation of choice. A Dublin serviced apartment offers all the comfort and luxury of alternative accommodation, yet also provides the space and flexibility of your own home. If you ask anyone who’s staying a serviced apartment before, having the space of a separate living room, kitchen, bathrooms and bedroom makes such a difference when you staying for more than 1 or 2 nights.

Serviced City Pads can offer a selection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments located around Dublin city centre, all of which are furnished to a high standard. Offering a quality and luxurious accommodation option located in the heart of Dublin city centre, these apartments are the perfect choice for those visiting Dublin in 2011 for the St.Patrick’s Festival.

Serviced City Pads is delighted to announce it’s first listings in Dublin which have been added to the site this week.

The Augustine serviced apartments (which are soon to be followed by the listing of the Christchurch Hall serviced apartments in Dublin) are managed by Stay City, a Dublin based company that has a number of serviced apartment developments across the UK and that already has a strong working relationship with Serviced City Pads.

Chris Rose, MD at Serviced City Pads commented, “It’s great to have the opportunity to list the Dublin apartments. We see Dublin as a great destination for our customer base in terms of corporate and leisure stays. I recently stayed in Dublin and had a fantastic time. It’s a great city to visit and the Guinness is certainly special!

Stay City provide a great product in terms of the quality, space and value for money that their serviced apartments in Dublin provide. The apartments can be booked via the Reservations Team at Serviced City Pads.

Dublin is a large centre for employees working on contracts in the city who vistit from mainland UK. We expect these numbers to increase as both the UK and Ireland work their way out of recessions during 2010. 

Adding the apartments to www.servicedcitypads.com is another step in the right direction for our company and further increases our portfolio of serviced apartments listed.

It feels like we are getting there in terms of UK coverage, however there are always additional locations where we would like to have serviced apartments listed or locations that we take bookings for – generally demanded by current clients. A good example of the latter scenario happened this week when we booked a client in for a reasonably long stay at some serviced apartments in Plymouth. These apartments will be listed on the site within the next few days, and we have the basis for a good relationship with another serviced apartment operator in, what is for us, a new location.”

To learn more about booking Dublin serviced apartments please go to Dublin serviced apartments and we will be delighted to help with your requirements.

Alternatively, if you are a serviced apartment operator in Dublin and interested in listing your apartments with us, then please either call +44 151 709 8000 or drop an email to info@servicedcitypads.com. We would love to discuss promoting your apartments.