Just 17% of hotel rooms booked for October

Based on current bookings, hotels are facing occupancy of just 23% in September and 17% in October, says Elaina Fitzgerald Kane of the Irish Hotels Federation. File picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

A bleak autumn is in store for Irish hotels, with many selling less than one-quarter of their rooms for the coming months.

In October, occupancy is set to be as low as 17%.