Hoteliers warn 'anomaly' blocking access to key Covid-19 support payment

Travel restrictions have had 'disastrous implications for revenue and related employment', the Irish Hotels Federation has said.

Irish Hotels Federation president Elaina Fitzgerald Kane. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Irish hotels have warned about losing out on the Government's new Covid-19 support scheme even as bookings and revenues fall sharply in December. 

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) said that because of "an anomaly", some hotels and guest houses were excluded from the Government's Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), despite revenues sliding by as much as 75% in the first three weeks of the month. Bookings were down to only 22% in December from 60% in the previous two years.