With revenues skyrocketing, Dalata is branching out

Deal of the quarter Dalata’s €40 million purchase of leaseholds for four hotels

Pat McCann, chief executive, and John Hennessy, non-executive chairman, DalataMaxwell

Pat McCann, chief executive of Dalata, talks to Jack Horgan-Jones about the hotel group’s plans for the the Gibson in Dublin, the Clarion hotels in Limerick and Cork, and the Croydon Park Hotel in London

At its agm last week in Dublin’s Gibson Hotel, overlooking the Point Theatre and the docklands, Dalata described 2015 as a ‘watershed’ year for the company.

A glance at the company’s accounts for last year shows why: the ...