Luxury Hotels Westin owners back down from renaming hotel after noted slavery advocate The move comes after it was highlighted the originally planned Westmoreland namesake had ties to slavery with the hotel now being renamed the College Green hotel
Opinion Jarlath Regan: Sure it’s grand – why not complaining is a national afflictionWe’ll take anything you serve us, and won’t utter a word about how awful it is – we just wait to moan and grumble about it to anyone who will listen later
Hospitality ‘It’s harder than a marriage break-up’ says staff member over sale of Brennan hotelsFrancis and John Brennan announced last week they are selling The Park and The Landsdowne hotels in Kenmare. The employees, they say, are ‘devastated’
Legal Paddy McKillen: ‘I’m frightened’ about Qatari tactics in £1.5bn battle over luxury hotelsThe Irish property tycoon says having successfully fought Nama and the Barclay brothers he now faces ‘vile lies’ from estranged business partners
Companies Boss of Bulmers-owner C&C resigns after botched tech changes costs firm €25m David Forde has stood down as chief executive officer from the Dublin-headquartered firm with immediate effect
Hospitality Center Parcs up for sale, reports indicateResort’s owners are believed to be looking for €4.6bn - €5.75bn for the company’s six attractions in the UK and Ireland
Hospitality Rural pubs bouncing back from Covid-19 despite cost of living crisisNew survey finds 72 per cent of publicans outside Dublin say turnover is back to pre-pandemic levels
Companies Too Good To Go: Free app for unsold food gets boost from cost of living crisisApp that helps reduce food waste has seen demand increase from both retailers and consumers
Commercial Property Guest house with well-equipped leisure centre on banks of LiffeyThe Gables, in the vibrant Co Kildare town of Newbridge, is for sale by auction, guiding €1.35 million
Commercial Property Feeding the growing appetite for fun experiences Competitive socialising has reached a new level of sophistication in which people choose Instagram and TikTok-friendly experiences over material things
Cocktails Will Lynch of Bar 1661 in Dublin is named Irish bartender of the yearLynch will represent Ireland at the global final of the World Class cocktail competition in Brazil in September
Food & Wine The Secret Restaurateur: We don’t value our service staff nearly enoughIf we don’t make servers a truly valued part of our businesses, they won’t want to build a career with us
Companies Portadown-headquartered Deluxe Group secures $40m in export contracts with US clientsThe company, which has worked on projects like the Jurassic World VelociCoaster in Orlando, will open a new facility in Florida amid rising demand for its services in the US
Hospitality British pubs expect £350m boost from coronationHospitality companies will benefit from the extra bank holiday on May 8 and an extension of alcohol licensing hours
Hospitality Former Sachs Hotel in Donnybrook to close permanently after decades of tradingThe well-known D4 landmark, formerly Sachs Hotel, has been in operation since at least the 1950s
Good Friday Agreement ‘Belfast is a totally different city. The difference from then to now is absolutely insane’How real is the peace dividend for small business owners? We speak to entrepreneurs who have founded companies since the 1998 accord
Long Read Keeping it in the family: How Irish businesses handle the tricky issue of succession planningThe hit HBO series Succession follows the turmoil in the ultra-wealthy Roy family as the family’s patriarch steps down (or doesn’t) as head of Waystar Royco. But how do the tens of thousands of family-owned Irish businesses handle the tricky issue of succession planning? Ellie Donnelly investigates
Food & Wine The Secret Restaurateur: ‘I’m going to letting agencies pleading with them to rent to my staff’Is it any wonder that restaurants are struggling to attract staff, when even those on decent pay can’t house themselves without putting a severe strain on their finances?
Legal Dispute over use of ‘Dubliner’ pub name heats up in USRival companies in Washington and Boston are locked in a court battle about the right to use the famous moniker
Long Read Bunsen, Mad Egg and Dough Bros: The firms leading Ireland’s mid-market restaurant sceneLimited menus, value for money and canny use of social media – meet the young mid-market restaurateurs who have found success by keeping a laser focus on their offering
