AQW 41269/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/01/2015
Answered On Date: 09/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment how her Department is providing support for hotels.

Answer:

My Department, through Invest NI, provides a wide range of support schemes for hotels. This support includes support towards the expansion of existing hotels and development of new hotels, the delivery of tailored programmes and support to help with competitiveness, management development, people excellence, marketing, e-commerce and ICT, and the provision of information and business advice.

In the last three full financial years Invest NI has made 189 offers of assistance totalling over £2.8 million to the hotel sector. Examples of support offered during this period include grant for the addition of new rooms at the City Hotel in Londonderry, support for market repositioning at the White Horse Hotel in Campsie and assistance for management development and marketing provided to the Roe Park Resort in Limavady.

DETI is currently reviewing its policy regarding the provision of support for all tourism accommodation with a view to ensuring that accommodation stock meets the future growth needs of the tourism sector.