Cork hotels suffering as tourists stay in student houses during summer

Hotels in Cork city are now being challenged by the growth in purpose-built student accommodation, with a dramatic surge in summer letting offers of apartments to tourists, when colleges are traditionally wound down.

The impact of the seasonal availability of hundreds of student beds is identified in a report out today by international property agents CBRE, in their Outlook 2020 report, which noted a dip in Cork city's hotel perfomance during 2019.