Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Passenger numbers may not fully recover until 2025, daa says

RTE – 20.10.2021

It could be 2025 before the number of passengers using Dublin and Cork airports is back to pre-pandemic levels, the chairman designate of the daa has said. Speaking at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, Basil Geoghegan said optimists have predicted the recovery could happen quicker, returning to 2019 levels in 2023, but he thinks it will take longer. Mr Geoghegan said the two airports are currently back to around 50% of 2019 passenger numbers, although some days, he added, this figure was higher.

Premier Inn opens first hotel in Dublin City Centre

BusinessTraveller.com – 3.11.2021

Premier Inn has opened its first hotel in Dublin city centre, with four others set to follow from late 2022. Premier Inn Dublin City Centre is located in a renovated Victorian terrace building on South Great George Street. The site also includes a restaurant and bar serving breakfast and dinner. Simon Ewins, Managing Director of Premier Inn, commented on the opening: “We are thrilled to open our first hotel in Dublin city centre, right in the heart of this amazing city. Dublin is known for being one of the world’s most captivating, lively and historic cities, so we couldn’t be more delighted to open our doors here and we see a very bright future for Premier Inn in the city.