Hoteliers strike note of caution as Brexit looms

It was all going so swimmingly for hotels and guesthouses in Ireland for the first six months of last year — until Brexit happened.

As the prospect of a drop in visitors from Ireland’s most important market looms, hoteliers are looking to other markets such as Germany and France, following strong growth in visitors in 2016.

This year’s Irish Hotels Federation annual conference began in Kilkenny yesterday.