Tower Hotel Group continues to expand

THE Tower Hotel Group is continuing to expand its business activities

THE Tower Hotel Group is continuing to expand its business activities. It is due to complete work in April on 27 two-bedroom suites at the Castlerosse Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry, and is also planning to provide a further 28 bedrooms at the Temple Bar Hotel, Dublin. The £1.6 million Killarney project is the latest in a series of developments at the hotel since the group, acquired it in 1986. In addition, 42 bedrooms were added along with a leisure centre with a 20-metre-long swimming-pool. The suites will have two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully fitted kitchen and livingroom to accommodate six people. They will cost from £150 per week in low season to £495 in the peak period. The Temple Bar hotel will have a total of 136 bedrooms, when the extension is completed. The Tower group, a joint venture between Abbey Travel Group and FBD, also operates the Tower Hotels in Waterford and Sligo.