Dermot Crowley

Dalata completes hotel group’s first private debt placement

Maldron and Clayton band operator has also refinanced its existing bank facilities, increasing its debt capacity to €600m

Thu Oct 10 2024 - 07:36

Dalata opens new hotel in Liverpool

The group also plans to open a Maldron hotel at Croke Park in Dublin in 2026 along with a hotel in Edinburgh in the same year

Wed Jul 03 2024 - 17:41

‘When I start buying hotels with golf courses...it’s over’ Dalata’s Dermot Crowley

Hotel group’s chief executive says the secret sauce for its success to date has been its people

Fri May 10 2024 - 06:00

Dalata spends €3m on refresh of four-star hotels and group

Dalata chief executive Dermot Crowley says the investment will deliver consistency in its communications with customers

Mon May 06 2024 - 06:00

Dalata hotels on a roll as UK expansion fuels growth

But questions remain about future of travel and tourism as consumer concerns bite

Thu Dec 14 2023 - 06:00

Dalata to invest €55.3m in new Edinburgh hotel

Hospitality group says it has also completed the purchase of Hard Rock hotel in Amsterdam

Wed Oct 04 2023 - 07:58

Hotel group Dalata prepares for hospitality VAT rate of 13.5%

Group revenues climbed 29% in the first half of the year with like-for-like Revpar up 23% amid improved occupancy rates

Tue Aug 29 2023 - 07:27

‘Revenge travel’ helped lure investors to check into Dalata. How long will they stay?

Joe Brennan: Hotel group has been the top performing stock so far this year on the Iseq 20

Sat Jun 17 2023 - 07:00

Dalata hits record €500m revenue in 2022 as it continues recovery from Covid

Hotel group boss says accusations of price gouging are not fair and not an issue that emerges in customer reviews

Tue Feb 28 2023 - 08:06

Dalata sells north London hotel for €24.7m

Clayton Crown Hotel no longer considered core asset for group

Thu May 12 2022 - 07:30

Dalata sees revenue rise 40% as Covid restrictions are removed

Dalata narrowed its pretax losses from €111.5m in 2020 to €11.4m last year

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 07:49

Dalata Group agrees deal for Dusseldorf hotel

Move is in line with company’s plans for European expansion

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 20:10

Gloom envelops hospitality and tourism sector at the end of 2021

Sectors plunged back into uncertainty by the restrictions caused by Omicron variant

Wed Dec 29 2021 - 06:30

‘Work is not a burden – it is something you can find enjoyment in’

Former Dalata chief executive Pat McCann on the seven roles he has lined up for ‘retirement’

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 12:38

Dalata secures 12-month extension to €564m debt

Hotel chain says it has availed of option to extend maturity

Wed Nov 03 2021 - 17:21

Dalata narrows losses as occupancy levels improve

Hotel group reports pick-up in business since reopening of hospitality

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 19:21

Trading picks up for Dalata in second quarter as restrictions ease

But city hotels await return of international travel to fuel demand

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 07:49

Man jailed for five years after €600,000 worth of cannabis found in van

Polish man was to be paid €2,500 to smuggle the drugs into Ireland on ferry from France

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 17:31

'Bad service is what freaks me out'

Interview: Incoming Dalata chief Dermot Crowley hopes to clock up new lease deals in Europe

Fri May 21 2021 - 13:30

Dalata plans Dublin marketing campaign as its hotels record €3.6m Q1 loss

Ireland’s biggest hotel chain said it had a 14% Dublin occupancy level in first three months

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 07:47

Man (22) remanded over €1.8 million drugs seizure in Cork

Customs officers found 90kg of cannabis herb at Port of Cork terminal at Ringaskiddy

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 16:22

Top hotelier Pat McCann blows whistle on five decades in the business

Arsenal fan says he didn’t want to go out like Arsène Wenger, who ‘stayed on too long’

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 14:00

Dalata hotels posts loss of €112m due to Covid while Pat McCann to step down as CEO

McCann will be replaced by deputy CEO Dermot Crowley, having founded Ireland’s biggest hotel chain in 2007

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 11:43

Dalata has better-than-expected year despite Covid-19 pandemic

Hotel group says outlook for 2021 remains uncertain as vaccines begin to roll out

Thu Dec 17 2020 - 08:23

Dalata agrees new debt facility as it recovers from Covid-19

Biggest hotel operator in the State has said customer experience will now be different

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 07:58

Man remanded in custody after pleading guilty to knife attack on family

Woman spent nine hours undergoing emergency surgery after Christmas attack

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 23:24

Man (54) charged with stabbing three members of same family in Cork

Woman spent nine hours undergoing surgery, court hears

Tue Dec 24 2019 - 23:41

Planning permission secured for two Dalata hotels in UK

McAleer & Rushe developing hotels in Glasgow and Birmingham for Irish group

Tue Feb 19 2019 - 11:19

Dalata to open new hotel in Dublin’s Spencer Place

New 200-bed four-star hotel will operate under ‘bespoke’ branding

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 07:16

Brexit yet to impact on Ireland’s largest hotel group

Dalata reaffirms earnings guidance, and notes strong performances in its Dublin hotels

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 17:10

Dalata in €100m deal to acquire London hotel being developed

Rival Prem Group opens first venture in Belgium with Premier Suites in Antwerp

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 15:30

Dalata signs deals for new hotels in Birmingham and Bristol

New deals on four-star hotels will add 580 rooms to UK portfolio

Wed May 16 2018 - 08:22

Dalata raises funds to support research for sick children

Irish hotel group has so far raised €419,000 to fund Crumlin hospital cancer treatments

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 04:49

Dalata chief Pat McCann’s pay package hits €1.71m

McCann’s salary increased by €100,000 to €575,000 in 2017, while his bonus rose to €633,000

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 18:17