With about 1,300 rooms in the planning pipeline, Cork’s stock of hotel beds could jump by 60%

Over 1,300 new hotel beds are in various stages of planning in Cork city and if even half come though could boost hotel capacity by 30% — “but the Cork Events Centre proceeding is necessary for the city to exploit its true potential,” says Tom Barrett, director of Hotels and Leisure at Savills.

He lists seven proposed new hotels/hostels and four extensions:“if these projects were completed, it would represent a very significant increase on current stock.”

Hoteliers and developers are considering projects with 1,355 new bedrooms, on top of current Cork hotel stock of 2,297 bedrooms, a notional 60% increase.