Nothing short of a disastrous December awaits hotel sector if media reports are correct - IHF Chief 

For many hotels, bookings within their own county would account for less than 10% of their December turnover

Irish Hotels Federation, Chief Executive Tim Fenn has written to Ministers asking for inter-county travel to be allowed for December. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

"Nothing short of a disastrous December awaits our hotel sector if media reports and briefings by Government on the revised restrictions are correct."

That is the opening line in an open letter from Chief Executive of the Irish Hotels Federation, Tim Fenn, to Ministers today, urging them to use their influence to avoid "needless damage" to the economy by allowing people to travel outside their country from December 2.