Focusing on ‘extortionate’ room rates could damage Irish tourism, say hoteliers

Tim Fenn, CEO of the Irish Hotels Federation, speaks to the Oireachtas Tourism Committee (PA)

Focusing on the high rates of the last available hotel rooms could do reputational damage to Ireland’s tourism industry, hotelier representatives have told a committee.

Tim Fenn, CEO of the Irish Hotels Federation, told the Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media that there was a need to grow the supply of hotels in Dublin.