Checking in and cashing out

Stronger air links with North America have made high-end hotels seriously profitable, and analysts say the buyers who got them cheap could be about to make a killing

Carton House Hotel in Maynooth, Co Kildare, has been put on the market

The entire Irish hotel business has made a major comeback in the past couple of years, but the stand-out performer has been the luxury market. From four and five-star country resorts to swish city properties, upscale hotels have delivered vastly greater profits and revenues than their mid-range or budget ...