The biggest Belfast Telegraph Business Awards in partnership with Ulster Bank held to date. The event took place in The Crowne Plaza Belfast on Thursday night, with over 600 people, hosted by Journalist Mark Simpson. Howard Hastings won the Lifetime Achievement Award and Coca-Cola picked up the award for Outstanding Business.
THE Hastings Hotels group recorded a pre-tax profit of £6.2 million last year, boosted by the recovery of the hospitality industry and a valuable share in Dublin’s five-star Merrion Hotel.
Although Virginia and Howard Hastings detailed compelling and comprehensive logistical reasons about why Northfield is an inappropriate venue to host the massive Christian music festival SoulFest this summer (“My Turn: The Soul of Northfield,” Dec..