For hotelier Colm Neville, growth in the international market is key to his native Wexford’s tourism growth

Colm Neville.

Colm Neville.

The Neville Park Hotel Group, operated by Wexford brothers Colm and Anthony Neville, is thriving. Last year, the group acquired what is now the Newtown Park Hotel, to add to their impressive portfolio which includes two 4-star hotels, The Riverside Park Hotel in Enniscorthy and the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise, along with the Crown Quarter in Wexford town.

Colm was speaking from the Riverside Park Hotel on the banks of the River Slaney, where it all began. In some ways, by accident. “William Neville and Sons were asked to look at the possibility of building a three-star, 60-bedroom hotel on the machinery yard site.