Irish Hotels Federation slams price hike claims as ‘outrageous’

The Irish Hotels Federation has rejected as “outrageous” claims by website hotels.com that the average price of a room here has increased by as much as 5%.

The site yesterday released its Hotels Price Index in which it said average nationwide hotel room prices had increased by 2%. It said the biggest increase was in Killarney, where the average paid for a room for a night was €107.

However, the Irish Hotels Federation said the figures used for the index were “based on a very limited share of Irish hotels online sales and the sample size is only reflective of accommodation available on the hotels.com website”.