Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately US $1.33 billion.

ONE down, another to go in Kerry — DTZ Sherry FitzGerald this week bring Bill Cullen and Jackie Lavin’s Muckross Park Hotel to market guiding €6.5m, after their summer 2014 off-market sale of Killarney’s 74-bed Aghadoe Heights for just over €6m, bought by Davy asset managers.

Hotel prices in Ireland increased by 10% to an average of €101 per night during the first half of 2014, according to a new survey.

The Irish Hotels Federation yesterday rejected the findings of a study on the sector which claimed prices increased by 10% in the first six months of the year.

The number of Chinese tourists visiting Ireland is expected to triple in the next five years as it overtakes the US as the world’s largest outbound travel market.

It’s one thing sharing your wedding day with hundreds of friends and family. But it’s quite another to share it with 25,000 golf nuts.

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ENGLAND: When David Yarrow was sent to the heart of Africa to photograph lions in the wild, he spiced up the job with the help of some aftershave.

Killarney is the most expensive place in Ireland to get a hotel room, as figures show hotel prices around the country continuing to rise.

Pól Ó Conghaile has just been named the Travel Extra Travel Journalist of the Year, awarded for “his exceptional body of work” including articles written for the Irish Examiner and the National Geographic.

Hotel prices have increased by 2% in the first half of this year, a survey has claimed.

The number of Chinese visitors to Ireland is set to more than double in the next five years as a new study shows that China has overtaken Germany and the US as the world’s biggest spenders on overseas travel.

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Dublin taxi drivers were ranked fifth in the world for friendliness according to an annual survey.

Hotel room rates were stable in Ireland for the first half of the year due to advance bookings for festivals and concerts and the return of the conference market.

Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar has announced that the temporary 9% VAT rate for the tourism sector will stay until the end of 2013.

Hotel room prices in Ireland have risen for the first time in four years, new figures have revealed.

Hotel prices in Ireland are rising for the first time since 2008 — offering a welcome boost for the tourism industry.

Nearly two thirds of workers fail to use all their annual leave days each year, new research has revealed.

HOTEL prices rose 2% in the first half of this year, with Limerick now the least expensive destination in Ireland.

Irish workers get fewer holidays compared to their EU counterparts, a new survey has revealed today.

It seems we're creatures of habit when it comes to eating abroad.

AS CHANGEABLE as the weather depending on the criteria, Dublin may or may not be one of the world’s most expensive cities.

The Queen’s visit to Ireland has sparked a surge in interest in tourist trips.

IRISH residents are being encouraged to holiday at home this summer with the lure of major discounts for weekend rail travel and a €1 million Discover Ireland promotional campaign.

A survey of hotel prices in 44 countries has shown that Ireland is now one of the most affordable tourist destinations.

IRISH hotel room rates have bucked the global trend and fallen again to make us one of the best value destinations in Western Europe.

Almost two-thirds of Irish workers do not use up their entire allocation of annual leave, according to a new survey.

Ireland has some of the cheapest hotels in Europe with the average price for a room now as low as €79 a night, an internet survey revealed today.

The price of a hotel room in Ireland fell by 21% last year.

THE global recession hit Dubai as hard, if not harder, as most popular holiday destinations, so there has rarely been a better time to venture into the midst of the Arabian Desert and discover the attractions on offer in the destination.

ONE-in-four Irish children have been to America by their 16th birthday as overseas travel for this generation soars, new research has found.

WHETHER it’s the heady mix of sun, sea, sand and sangria – or simply the thrill of a no-strings affair – Irish holidaymakers have admitted a fling is an essential part of the perfect getaway.

Ireland has experienced the steepest fall in hotel prices of all major European countries this year, according to a survey by the hotels.com website.

DUBLIN is now one of the cheapest places in the world to stay, with average hotel prices plunging 26% so far this year, to an average of less than €80 a night.

DUBLIN is now one of the cheapest capital cities to stay in Europe but Galway hotels are among the most expensive.

Irish hotel prices have fallen at the fastest rate in the Eurozone, according to figures compiled by hotels.com.

LONDON taxis are the best in the world, according to a poll of worldwide travellers out yesterday.

The cost of a hotel room has risen sharply in Ireland over the past year, according to a survey by the hotels.com website.

Hotel prices in Ireland have fallen over the past year, according to a new survey by one of the world's biggest online booking sites.