THE three daughters of the late PV Doyle and other interested parties have made a tentative offer for Jurys Doyle Group of €18.90 per share valuing the company at €1.194 million.

THE battle for control of Jurys Doyle moved up a notch last night when the company’s board said it would sell to Precinct on the basis of a 50.1% acceptance of the offer by shareholders.

FINANCIAL advisers to Jurys Doyle Group and Precinct have been engaged in serious talks over the past week thrashing out details of the €1.04 billion bid on the table from Precinct.

THE beleaguered Jurys Doyle Hotel board will take comfort from the Deloitte Hotel Benchmark survey, showing an improvement in bookings for hotel rooms in Dublin.

THE mystery surrounding the unsolicited bid for Jurys Doyle Hotel Group resolved itself yesterday.