Following the completion of its 30 million Euro investment, the Best Western Premier Academy Plaza Hotel is now the number 1 3-star hotel in Dublin City Centre and has recently been awarded prestigious Best Western Premier status. The significance of the award can be seen from the fact that only 80 of the 4000 Best Western hotels world-wide have achieved this status! The hotel is ideally located just off O?Connell Street, in the heart of Dublin City Centre and offers 285 deluxe rooms of 4-star quality. A short stroll to the very best of international shopping and attractions such as Temple Bar, Trinity College and St. Stephen?s Green. The airport Aircoach stops beside the hotel. Recently upgraded, expanded and entirely re-designed, the hotel boasts Sir Harry's Bar and Bistro, Oscars Restaurant, fine-dining Asian cuisine at Abacus, gym, games room and hair beauty and massage salon.