Ireland’s hotels come roaring back, with a little help from Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen
The Taylor Swift effect this summer is just one in a series of big events that is boosting room rates
Tifco
Hotel sales tumbled last year amid soaring interest rates
Dublin room rates could fall as pipeline of new hotels speeds up, says Savills Ireland
Hotel investment spend to surpass €500m as visitor numbers hit new heights
Dublin city hotels secured a record average room rate of €258 in June while revenue per available room came in at €234
Tifco Hotel Group secures €11m from sale of Crowne Plaza Dundalk
This 129-bedroom hotel is just off M1 motorway and 2.5km from Dundalk town centre
€100m Travelodge Plus opens for business on Dublin’s Townsend Street
393-bedroom hotel opens to the public following completion of short-term contract to house asylum seekers on behalf of the State
How accommodating refugees has become a lucrative business for hotels
Hotel group Tifco and Tetrarch Capital were paid tens of millions in State contracts
Hotel firms were paid tens of millions of euro to accommodate refugees
Several companies were paid more than €10 million under State accommodation contracts, figures show
New €100m Travelodge Plus Dublin hotel closes to house asylum seekers
City centre property is second new Dublin hotel to sign exclusive deal with State
Holiday Inn at Dublin Airport shuts after seven months to become asylum centre
One of largest hotels in the city, the 421-bed JMK-owned property cost €50m to build
US private equity giant Apollo eyes checking out of 11 Irish Travelodges
Seen & Heard: U2- and Liam Neeson-backed fund plans crowdfunding website
Clontarf Castle paid €500k in dividends before availing of Covid supports
Profits at four-star hotel fell by 90% last year due to pandemic
Hotel group Tifco paid €5.4m for operating quarantine system
Tender negotiated directly by State without formal process
Red Cow Moran Hotel to provide hotel quarantine boosting available rooms by 300
Government battling shortage of rooms after adding 16 countries to list last Thursday
Covid-19: 11 further deaths and 420 new cases confirmed in the State
Of 532 people to quarantine in hotels in past three weeks, 18 tested positive for Covid-19
Inquiry into woman’s detention in quarantine at Dublin hotel formally ended
Emma Kelly was fully vaccinated and tested negative for Covid-19, court hears
Vaccinated healthcare worker joins two others in challenging legality of quarantine
Emma Kelly may be allowed to leave hotel if she tests negative for Covid, High Court told
Two who challenged hotel quarantine awarded their legal costs
Both had been fully vaccinated and tested in Israel but were still required to quarantine
Woman says hygiene in quarantine hotel room ‘pretty shocking’
Irish-Brazilian citizen questions potential risks to guests from lack of cleaning in rooms
Woman in hotel quarantine asks High Court for inquiry into alleged unlawful detention
Court told Inbar Aviezer was vaccinated for Covid-19 in Israel and tested negative for virus
Q&A: What’s the problem with extending the country quarantine list?
Tensions in Government plague future of week-old mandatory hotel quarantine system
No plans to assign gardaí to quarantine hotels despite breaches
Government sticking with plan not to station personnel at cornoavirus isolation hotel
Covid-19 mandatory hotel quarantine: who is in charge of policing it?
Gardaí have powers to enforce quarantine but are not at hotels to stop people leaving
Defence Forces has no direct role in security at quarantine hotels, says chief
Chief of Staff Mark Mellett says military ‘very sensitive’ to its part in mandatory scheme
‘Like a fancy version of prison’ – State to follow NZ quarantine model
State officials put finishing touches to Covid-19 mandatory hotel quarantine system
French real estate group pays €45m for Kilmainham Hilton hotel
European Commission approves acquisition of “joint control” by Covivio and Apollo
Six-storey hotel in Portobello given go-ahead despite objections
An Bord Pleanála rejects its own inspector’s recommendation on €40m development
Travelodge boosts pretax profits at Tifco to €11.8m in 2017
Fourfold profit increase at group following 2016 acquisition of 12 hotels
Hotel sales slow in 2018 even as room rates soar
Transactions to date this year mostly small-sized assets
US fund Apollo raises €204m to buy Irish hotel group Tifco
Tifco runs 24 hotels, some owned and many operated under management contracts
Blackstone eyes Panda waste while Barrett's Bartra plans €600m developments
Seen and Heard: US companies criticise work permit delays as Saudi trade ties deepen
Irish hotel group Tifco to change hands for up to €600m
State’s second-largest hotel chain owns 18 hotels and manages others
Cost of a hotel room outside Dublin rose 8% in July
Latest figures from hotel data company STR show cost of room in Dublin now €160
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Costs of State tenancy as ground bones aid space exploration
Irish firm Kings Laundry acquired by French giant
Tallaght-headquartered company supplies over 50,000 hotel bedrooms nationwide
Hard Rock Hotel for Dublin, another Ryanair strike, and Irish tycoons set for windfall
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Hard Rock Hotel checks in to Dublin in €30m Tifco project
Irish hotel group plans to open a 120-bedroom, four-star hotel on Lord Edward Street
Ireland's second-largest hotel group, Tifco, on the market for €600m
Goldman Sachs-backed hotel group Tifco owns 18 hotels as well as sites for two new hotels in Dublin
Qatar first to take delivery of new Airbus A350-1000
Tifco purchase Travelodges, policy changes at Marriot, Hilton and Hyatt hotels
Company behind Travelodge doubles profit as Tifco moves in
Deal consolidates Goldman Sachs-backed firm’s place as second largest hotel group
Goldman Sachs-backed Tifco checks into Travelodge in Ireland
Hotel assets have become one of the hot spots in commercial property in past 18 months
Irish hotel takeover deals near €140m in first half of year
Dublin hotel deals set for €420 million surge amid record room rates
Spanish company to buy Gresham Hotel for €92m
Buyer is fast-growing business with 105 hotels and resorts in 19 states
Bidders check in with up to €150m for three Dublin hotels
Beacon, Morgan and Spencer hotels among over €400m of such assets on Dublin market
Seen & Heard: official files and Anglo; tussle for Gresham heats up
DCC may be preparing to increase CEO Tommy Breen’s bonus
Dublin’s Gresham Hotel attracts final bids of up to €85m
First-round offers for former Burlington Hotel set for next week
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