Jurys to take survey comfort

THE beleaguered Jurys Doyle Hotel board will take comfort from the Deloitte Hotel Benchmark survey, showing an improvement in bookings for hotel rooms in Dublin.

In April the survey found reservations for rooms in the Dublin region rose 11.3% year on year yielding a 9.3% increase in occupancy to 77.0% and a 1.8% increase in average room yield to €138.65 per room.

Analysts said some encouragement can be drawn from the figures. The impact it will have on any potential price paid for Jurys Doyle Group is a matter for conjecture.