Hotel, Tourism & Leisure

As specialist consultants to the Hospitality Industry, Horwath Bastow Charleton have been involved in a complete range of projects and developments including Hotels, Leisure Facilities, Health Spas, Conference and Banqueting Facilities, and Golf Resorts.

Our dedicated Hospitality Business Unit comprises accountants and hospitality consultants who have worked in the industry and have a mix of functional and strategic skills and knowledge enabling us to provide expert advice to our clients.

Through our affiliation with Horwath International, the recognised leading experts worldwide in the hospitality sector, we can draw on a wealth of international expertise when advising clients, including international policies, processes and procedures, innovative ideas, best practices and business models. Our production of the Ireland and Northern Ireland Hotel Industry Survey report, and numerous feasibility reviews, ensure we stay abreast of the latest and most up-to-date trends and practices.

To order a copy of "The Ireland and Northern Ireland Hotel Survey" please click here.

Hotel Survey 2010 Launched
22 July 2010
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Deteriorating Performance Presents Challenges for Hotel Sector and Advisers
2 October 2009
Horwath Bastow Charleton’s annual hotel industry survey, covering the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, identified deteriorating financial performance for the hotel sector during 2008 continuing to worsen in 2009.[read on]

Profits and occupancy down as recession takes its toll
22 September 2009
While 2007 and 2006 provided the hotel industry with the challenges of high levels of new room stock entering the market and an increasing cost base, 2008 brought the impact of falling demand on hotel profits to the forefront. The twin issues of lower demand and room stock capacity at its highest levels on record will be major challenges for the profit generating potential of hotels in Ireland for the next few years.[read on]

Hotel conversions - a profitable future
22 September 2009
Horwath Bastow Charleton’s most recent hotel survey reveals that the last quarter of 2008 was disastrous for the sector and 2009 has not improved leaving many Irish hotels in a precarious financial situation.[read on]

Hotel Survey 2009 Launched
23 July 2009
While 2007 and 2006 provided the hotel industry with the challenges of high levels of new room stock entering the market and an increasing cost base, 2008 brought the impact of falling demand on hotel profits to the forefront.[read on]