Hotel sector recovery to pre-Covid trading 'a number of years away', IHF warns

Irish Hotels Federation said while it was optimistic for the future, the pace of recovery in the sector was 'disappointingly slow'

IHF president Elaina Fitzgerald Kane addressing delegates at the Irish Hotels Federation annual conference at the Slieve Russell Hotel, Cavan.

The hotel sector is unlikely to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels of trade for “a number of years”, with occupancy levels this summer still set to significantly lag 2019 comparisons.

At its annual conference in Cavan, the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) said while it was optimistic for the future, the pace of recovery in the sector is “disappointingly slow”.