Organisation: Kingsley

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business

Weddings without a band and breakfast in your room - hotels in Ireland ponder the new world order

Breakfast in your room, weddings without a band, and bars for residents only are some of the changes hotel guests may see when venues reopen in July.

Fergal Harte, General Manager of the Kinglsely Hotel (left) who took overs chairman of the Cork branch of the Irish Hotel Federation. Neil Grant of the Celtic Ross Hotel (right) says social distancing will have to be incorporated into traditional tourism practices. Photo: Brian Lougheed

business

Cork tourism chiefs confident of recovery, but not without help from government

general

You've Been Served: Tim Daly, The Kingsley

home and gardens

Wish List: Sustainability Month special - How going green can still be stylish

property

With about 1,300 rooms in the planning pipeline, Cork’s stock of hotel beds could jump by 60%

travel

Weekend break: A new look for a new beginning at The Kingsley Hotel, Cork

Quirky World ... Fancy your own village? That’ll be £20m

ENGLAND: Estate agents dealing with the sale of an entire English village say they have been inundated with inquiries despite the £20m (€25m) price tag.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

Castlemartyr Resort Hotel sales bed down

AFTER a market revival in 2012 and 2013, 60 Irish hotels sold in 2014 for a total of €440m, double that of the prior year.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2015

Hospitality sector has a busy year with some big sales

Irish hotels are back in business - they’ve sold like hot-cakes during 2014, with over 50 finding new owners, with €450m changing hands in the process.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2014

Culinary perfection and the return of the Irish Open recognised in awards

The dual return of a prestigious sporting event and hotel, allied to the continued pursuit of culinary perfection were the driving forces behind the success of the Cork Business Awards quarterly winners.

Thu, 31 Jul, 2014

ESB must shut River Lee fish pass to save salmon

In 1951, 14,000 salmon were caught on the River Lee between the draught nets and rods. In 1957, the inniscarra Hydro Scheme opened to generate electricity. In 1961, 141 salmon were caught.

Sat, 26 Jul, 2014

Hotel reopens fit for The Kingsley

A hotel which had to close following extensive flooding five years ago will reopen today following an almost €5m investment.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2014

New firm targets Asian appetite

An entrepreneurial Irish property broker has made a move into the Chinese market, opening an office in Shanghai to lure cash-rich Chinese buyers to European purchases.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2014

Co Cork hotel on market for €6m

Back in the mid-2000s, a site for an hotel was put to market in Cork’s Ballincollig, with €7m sought for a 100-bed hotel (never built) on 5.5 acres.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2014

Kingsley Hotel snapped up for €6m by Chinese owners of Fota Island estate

A second multi-million euro hotel swoop by Chinese buyers has been made on the flood-ravaged Kingsley Hotel in Cork City.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2013

€9m losses for owners of Kingsley

The firm that operated the 5-star Kingsley hotel in Cork — which shut down due to extensive damage caused by the 2009 floods — had accumulated losses totalling €9.3m at the end of 2011.

Wed, 29 May, 2013

Schuck it and see

A RESTAURANT dedicated to fresh seafood has finally been landed for Cork city centre.

Thu, 21 Jun, 2012

New take on bathing delights as the Kingsley splashes out

Tommy Barker says new-look Kingsley has presidential suite ambitions.

Sat, 15 Dec, 2007

Firm has handled high profile cases

THE legal firm called on to provide assistance to the parents of missing Madeleine McCann in the UK is accustomed to high profile cases.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2007

182 feared dead in Bali blast

The death toll from an explosion in a Bali nightclub is reported to be at 182, with at least 178 injured in what the national police chief described as the worst act of terror in Indonesia’s history.

Sun, 13 Oct, 2002