tourism ‘Closing the restaurant was heartbreaking; you feel like you’re letting people down’: Hospitality sector faces into an uncertain summer Many in the industry are struggling due to increased costs and staff shortages, yet others are more upbeat about the prospects for a recovery in business over the next few months
Energy costs ‘impossible’ to predict, says Dalata chiefDermot Crowley, chief executive of Ireland’s largest hotel group, assumes that energy costs for the group will be ‘multiples’ of its €10 million spend in 2019
Dalata’s British business to outstrip Dublin by 2025The Maldron and Clayton hotels owner predicts business travel will return
Former Communicorp chief Gervaise Slowey joins Dalata board Slowey, who will join as an independent director will be the fourth woman on the board of the hotel group which will, according to Dalata’s chairman ‘achieve gender equality’ by January
Company Watch: Crowley hopeful of healthy outlook for Dalata as restrictions easeThe hotel group took a battering during the pandemic, but its incoming chief executive is optimistic of better times ahead
Five key takeaways from the Dalata half-year resultsIreland’s largest hotel group reported a big loss for the first six months of 2021 but it was better than this time last year and demand for rooms has been steadily increasing
Company watch: Summer bounce a ‘positive surprise’ for Dalata hotel groupChief executive designate Dermot Crowley says the group has benefited from better than expected trading and is comfortably placed for further expansion in Britain
Dalata ‘encouraged’ by Irish vaccine rollout after €3.6m loss in Q1Group’s chairman John Hennessy says company has ‘strong liquidity’, with cash and undrawn debt facilities of €272 million
Dalata founder to leave hotel group with hope on the horizonThe hotel group’s founder says it has ample resources to weather the Covid storm and that the sector will be on the road to recovery by year’s end
Dalata chief executive steps down as hotel group suffers €101m lossesPat McCann will resign after Ireland’s largest hotel chain sees revenue fall by 68 per cent in 2020 due to pandemic
Dalata and Trigon hotels willing to offer travel quarantine services Mandatory 14-day quarantine is coming into force later this month for travellers from Brazil and South Africa