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ACCOMMODATION
IN IRELAND
Fáilte Ireland aims to provide visitors with easily identifiable symbols and standards
of service that they can trust, across more than eight different types of tourist
accommodation such as hotels, self-catering, hostels, Irish Home B&B’s, and
camping sites.Working with the accommodation providers, we ensure that those
standards meet consumer expectations, help your marketing efforts, and support
your programme development.
In 2016 we commenced a standards review, commencing with hotels. Revised
Hotel Regulations were introduced in August 2016 and, following on from this,
Fáilte Ireland, in conjunction with the Irish Hotels Federation, have implemented
new Hotel Classification Criteria, from two to five star.
These new criteria provide opportunities for flexibility in the manner in which
hotels meet the needs of the modern traveller.With the increase in visitor traffic
to Ireland there is demand for both ‘traditional’ hotels and new hotel styles to
meet consumer needs. These new regulations and classification criteria provide
opportunities for our industry to innovate competitively through new hotel
concepts and offerings. In 2017, Fáilte Ireland is reviewing the standards for both
self-catering holiday homes and camping sites with similar objectives to improve
capacity and range.
In a change of policy, Fáilte Ireland will also seek to work closely with all
distribution channels carrying inventories of approved visitor accommodation
stock. It is recognised that such distributors may
simultaneously carry stock for purchase which is
not approved by Fáilte Ireland, however, such is
their importance to the ‘approved sector’ that
Fáilte Ireland considers it prudent to engage
fully with all such distributors to enhance the
promotion and marketing effort.
DUBLIN – ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY UPDATE
Any buyer struggling to contract
accommodation in Ireland, please contact
your local Tourism Ireland office and
together with Fáilte Ireland’s Business
Development team, we will endeavour
to provide practical solutions to your
challenges.
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