SINCE day one the markets have said the shareholding of the daughters of PV Doyle and their close associates would ultimately determine the future of the Jurys Doyle Group.

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.

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

The mystery bidder for hotel chain Jurys Doyle does not have the support of families owning one-third of the company, it emerged today.

Walter Beatty, former Jurys Doyle chairman and current non-executive director, is to retire from the hotel group's board at the end of this year.

IRELAND’S Jurys Doyle Hotel Group Plc which in July reported a drop in full-year profits, yesterday said it expected first-half trading to be ahead of last year despite a continuing tough environment.

Jurys Doyle Hotel Group PLC said it expects its trading profits for the first half of the current year to be ahead of last year providing performance in the key months of September and October is in line with the company's expectations.

Hotels group Jurys Doyle today emerged from one of the sector’s toughest years with an 8% profits fall after ‘‘faring better’’ than its rivals.

Ireland’s biggest hotel group, Jurys Doyle, today reported a 12% dive in profits in the wake of last year’s terrorist attacks on the United States.