Our approach
- Own capital only. No outside investors, no fund, no borrowing from the public.
- Long holding periods: buying to own and improve, not to trade.
- Professional operators run the properties under clear agreements.
- Regular reinvestment in rooms, energy efficiency and staff.
This site does not describe individual properties or transactions.
What we look at
- Location and year-round demand: business, leisure and events.
- Condition of the building and the investment it needs.
- The operator's track record and the team on site.
- Energy use and the cost of improving it.
- Planning, licensing and fire safety, checked by professionals.
Hotel arithmetic
For anyone learning how a hotel's numbers fit together. Enter a hotel's basic figures to see revenue per available room, operating profit and the occupancy needed to break even.
The hotel
Costs and price
Simplified: the operating margin is held constant at every occupancy level, which real hotels do not achieve. Before debt, tax and management fees. Educational only, not investment advice or a valuation. Figures stay in your browser.
Questions we hear
Can I book a room or a table through you?
No. We do not take bookings. Please contact the hotel or restaurant directly.
Can I invest with you?
No. We invest only our shareholders' own capital and do not accept money from anyone else, in any form.
Do you manage hotels yourselves?
Day-to-day operation is carried out by professional operators under written agreements.
I am selling a hotel. Will you look at it?
Owners and their advisers are welcome to write to us by email with a short description.
Someone offered me an investment in your name.
It is not from us. Do not pay. Report it to An Garda Síochána and the Central Bank of Ireland, and let us know.
Five hotel terms
- ADR average daily rate
- Room revenue divided by the number of rooms sold.
- Occupancy
- The share of available rooms that were sold over a period.
- RevPAR revenue per available room
- ADR multiplied by occupancy: one number for both price and demand.
- NOI net operating income
- Operating profit after fixed costs and reserves, before debt and tax.
- Yield
- NOI divided by the purchase price: the annual return the property earns before financing.
Who should write to us
- Owners or their advisers considering a sale of a hospitality property.
- Operators and suppliers working with properties we own.
- Banks, auditors and public authorities.
- Not guests looking to book, and not people looking to invest. We cannot help with either.
Free help and fraud warning
- Looking to invest? Check any firm on the Central Bank of Ireland's public register first.
- Consumer guides on investing and scams: the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).
- Running a hospitality business? Fáilte Ireland and your Local Enterprise Office offer free supports.
Fraud warning. We never offer hotel investments, shares, bonds or "guaranteed returns". Any such offer in our name is fraud. Do not pay. Report it to An Garda Síochána and the Central Bank, and let us know by email.
Correspondence
Written enquiries are answered by email.