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Whitbread, the parent company of Premier Inn, has commenced construction of its first hotel in Outer Dublin at Sandyford Business Park. The 157-bedroom hotel on Arkle Road will feature the brand’s latest format bedrooms and ground floor spaces, including its popular ‘enhanced’ Premier Plus bedrooms. Galway-headquartered Monami Construction has been appointed to lead the build which is anticipated to take around 18-months to complete. Sandyford Business Park was selected by W

Ireland has been ranked 7th strongest passport in the world, while the US has plummeted in strength, new research shows. The latest annual Global Passport Index (GPI) – compiled by leading residency and citizenship planning advisory firm, Global Citizen Solutions (GCS) – shows nine of the top 10 strongest passports in the world represent European countries. Singapore, at number 10, is the only non-European nation in the leading bunch. The GPI ranks passports across 199 countr

The return of the lower 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector is a “meaningful step” and one which will provide much-needed breathing space for many Irish businesses, a global financial technology company has said. Speaking about the reinstallation of the rate, which officially happens today, John O’Beirne, CEO of Dublin-based global fintech, Squareup International, which provides popular point-of-sale solutions to retailers, said: “The VAT cut for hospitality coming into ef

Brittany Ferries is to sell its Cotentin ship – which runs the Rosslare-Cherbourg route – as part of a wide-reaching cost cutting programme. The Rosslare-Cherbourg route will continue as part of the overall Brittany Ferries programme, but will be operated with other ships. The company will also be selling its Barfleur ship and will close the Poole-Cherbourg and Portsmouth-Le Havre routes. Brittany Ferries may have one of the greenest fuelled fleets in Europe, but still faces

The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) has released a sneak peak at emerging details of its 2026 Annual Conference, coming up in October. Generally seen as the main event for the domestic and inbound tourism sector, ITIC announced, in February, that this year’s conference will be held at Convention Centre Dublin on October 1. In April, ITIC announced its initial line-up of speakers; including Tourism Ireland CEO, Alice Mansergh; UN Tourism Secretary General, Anita Me