AVERAGE hotel prices have fallen by more than 40% as hoteliers pursue aggressive discounting in tough times, a trade magazine survey has found.

THREE-STAR hotels in Ireland cost €5 less per night than their one-star and two-star counterparts.

PROSTITUTION is a booming business in this country and, on the evidence of industry magazine Hospitality Ireland and research by the Irish Examiner, many of the nation’s top hotels are doing their bit to promote the profession.

Under the guise of seeking escort services for business partners, the Irish Examiner’s Stephen Rogers conducted a telephone survey.

TOURISTS still feel they get a distinctly Irish welcome on arrival in Ireland, though staff at hotels and pubs are likely to be from their own home countries.

ALMOST 50% of young women have found that their drink or a friend’s drink has been spiked on a night out, a shocking new study reveals.