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THE expected surge in bookings for this autumn's Ryder Cup has failed to materialise for hoteliers in Bristol, according to industry experts.

The hotel trade in the city set aside a large number of rooms for the event, which is taking place at the Celtic Manor near Newport in the first weekend of October.

And the leisure industry in Bristol and the South West was expecting to take a large slice of the money predicted to flood into the area during the event.

The event takes place in Europe every four years and is one of the biggest competitions in the sport.

However, it has emerged that many hotels have failed to let out rooms with the expected invasion of tourists from the US showing no sign of taking place.

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As a result, many of the rooms reserved for the golfing enthusiasts have now been put back on the open market.

It is estimated that the event, which is being held in Wales for the first time, could be worth as much as Pounds 70 million for the surrounding region. Hugh Hilary, from the Hoteliers' Association and general manager of the Cardiff 's Park Plaza Hotel, said that the Ryder Cup boost had not been felt outside of south-east Wales.

He added: "Almost all of the hotels in Bristol that had been set aside for the Ryder Cup have been forced to come back to market.

"The hotel industry was promised a huge benefit as a result of the Ryder Cup, but in the peripheral areas we just aren't seeing that. All of the hotels in Bristol are seeing massive releases of rooms, which they were holding on the basis of the increased influx of visitors from the Ryder Cup.

"That was what we were supposed to see across the country."

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Despite the apparent lack of interest in the Ryder Cup, it appears that the hotel trade in Bristol is starting to show signs of recovery after two tough years.

Consultants PKF say that occupancy rates in hotel rooms are on the rise - but that room rates are still falling.

The latest figures have revealed that occupancy was up six per cent to 74.2 per cent, with average room rates dropping 3.5 per cent from Pounds 67.63 to Pounds 65.25 over the last 12 months.

Neil Dimes, partner in charge at the Bristol office of PKF, said: "This is good news for the Bristol hotel sector and shows that managers are reacting to market conditions in order to maintain or increase occupancy levels. We are hopeful momentum will be maintained over the summer months." Mark Hands, general manager of DoubleTree by Hilton hotel at Cadbury House, said: "One might have expected a small ripple in the West as a result of the Ryder Cup competition but we have no evidence of that happening at the moment. What we expect to gain from the Ryder Cup is people moving functions away from South Wales because they cannot get rooms over there.

"There are many good hotels across South Wales and we would expect these to fill up first.

"There may be a surge of bookings nearer the competition for Bristol and the surrounding area, as golf fans find nearer accommodation is full."

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TWO crooks have been jailed for stealing more than Pounds 4,000 in cash from condom machines.

Jason Bolton and James Unick were caught in the Premier Inn, at the Wyvern, in Derby, after a condom machine in the hotel's toilet was found empty - and the pair paid for their overnight stay in pound coins.

Derby Crown Court heard the men had used skeleton keys to steal the money from 61 machines across the Midlands and northern England, including 11 in Derbyshire, in April.

A satellite navigation system found in Bolton's car mapped out their route.

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Police found a total of Pounds 4,658 in their room and in the car.

Jailing "prime mover" Bolton for a year and Unick for six months, Recorder Nigel Godsmark QC said: "This was planned, organised and pres meditated."

Bolton, 29, and Unick, 24, both of Kilmarnock, in Scotland, admitted six counts of theft and one charge of going equipped to steal.

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Alastair Munt, for Bolton, said: "He says he led the coaccused into this. He was given the tools by a drug dealer, who he owed a debt to."

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Passers-by pull body of woman

A GRIM discovery was made by two members of the public who pulled a woman's body out of the sea at a Devon beach.

Beachgoers at Sidmouth found the 68-year-old local woman's body in the sea.

Passers-by spotted it close to the shore just after 5pm on Saturday and recovered it at the Jacob's Ladder area. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. It is not known how long she was in the water.

Her family has been informed, but has not yet formally identified the body.

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Police say they are not treating her death as suspicious. It is believed the woman went into the water of her own accord.

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The coroner has been notified and an inquest will be held.

The body was initially taken to Sidmouth Lifeboat Station and was then taken from the scene by ambulance crews.

A police spokesman said: "We were called by the ambulance service after she had been brought out of the water.

"Officers went to her address to inform her family."

A coastguard team was also called and the Sidmouth Lifeboat was launched to assist. A spokesman for the Coastguard said: "We attended a report of a body in the water.

"The lifeboat was launched to assist with recovering the body.

Two members of the public had already brought the body to shore and it was taken away by the ambulance service."

The body is understood to have been Chicago-Bears fully clothed and a few personal possessions were left on the beach.

The woman is expected to be formally identified and named in the next couple of days, when an inquest will be opened and adjourned.

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