Despite the closure of the Clarence Hotel for redevelopment, 2025 was a good year for the new majority owners of the group’s eight Irish hotels.
Hotel sales rose 28% in the first half of the year; more owners are selling to buyers who will spend on necessary upgrades, writes Will Parker, The Wall Street Journal.
Acquired by private equity in 2019 and mired in a high-profile legal battle, the story of the building that once housed the Central Hotel reveals much about the financial machinations changing the capital's streets.
The same day the Donegal native sold her nursing-home business Brindley to France's Orpea in 2021, she bought the iconic Co Kildare castle for €15m. Five years on, she is revelling in her role at the helm.
Elis planned to buy Ballinrobe’s OCL Laundry Services but after nearly a year of scrutiny from the competition authority, the deal collapsed. Here’s how it unravelled.
The bitter row between veteran hotelier Noel O'Callaghan and his two sons will be thrashed out behind closed doors following a 26-page judgment finding the arbitration provisions in a contested 2024 shareholders’ agreement are “valid and subsisting”.
Our columnist sounds off on ways hotels can up their game on everything from room lighting to oversize towels, writes Dawn Gilbertson, The Wall Street Journal.
Ireland’s international reputation for hospitality will be closely watched as more institutional capital enters the hotel market – perhaps no more so than when the Ryder Cup arrives in Adare next year.
Thousands of new hotel rooms have entered the capital in recent years, yet occupancy rates have remained high.
The imminent opening of the luxury Sofitel hotel at Dublin Airport and the arrival of the Hoxton points to strong demand in cities, but regions are struggling to make the capital investment work for new-build hotels.
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