Hospitality
Land of €5,000 welcomes: Are high prices putting Ireland’s tourism reputation at risk?
From hotels to restaurants to car hire, the cost of holidaying in Ireland is soaring. With the word already out in other countries about steep prices, and accusations of price-gouging beginning to mount, industry bodies say their members are trying to find a balance between providing value for money and staying open
Early this summer, Michael Vaughan went back and looked over the price increases he had plotted in the 17 years since he built his hotel in Lahinch, Co Clare. Typically, any increase at Vaughan’s Lodge Hotel had been around 2.5 per cent, but this year he has upped his prices by 15 per cent compared to the level they were at in 2019.
Rising bills for heating, electricity, wages and stock have come at a ...
