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Airbnb Backs Creation Of EU Digital Regulator After Court Win

Short-term home rental company Airbnb has backed calls for a European Union digital regulator after winning a landmark EU case that meant it woul...

Airbnb Wins Fight To Remain Exempt From European Property Rules

Airbnb has won a battle to remain exempt from onerous European property regulations as the EU's top court ruled it was an online platform and not a pr...

Premier Inn Owner Whitbread Buys Three Hotels In German Expansion

Britain's Whitbread Plc has announced that it has bought three independent hotels in Germany for an undisclosed sum, as the company expands in Eu...

Direct Air Route Between Dublin And Tel Aviv Announced

Ireland Israel Business (IIB), a Dublin-based consultancy firm dedicated to boosting Irish-Israeli trade, has announced that it has secured a direct air ro...

Airbnb To Acquire Urbandoor

Airbnb has announced that it is acquiring Urbandoor. Founded by Erik Eccles, Benjamin Renaud and Zack Chandler in 2015, Urbandoor is a global online mar...

From The Archives: Derry Clarke Talks To Chef James Coffey

Exclusively for Premium Plus and digital website members, Hospitality Ireland presents a piece originally featured in the December 2017 issue of our p...

Accor Confident Over 2019 After Robust H1

Hotel group Accor has said it is confident over its 2019 prospects after reporting a 5.1% rise in first-half operating profit, driven by restructuring effo...

Lufthansa CEO Sees No 'Greta Effect' On Passenger Numbers

German airline Lufthansa expects passenger numbers to rise about 4% this year, its chief executive told a newspaper, playing down talk that public support...