Hospitality

Ireland’s largest hotel group expects earnings in excess of €100m for the first half of the year

Group’s portfolio comprises 50 three and four-star hotels with 10,953 rooms

Dermot Crowley, CEO of Dalata Hotel Group. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Dalata, Ireland’s largest hotel group, has said it expects to report adjusted earnings before deductions in excess of €100 million for the six months ending June 30.

In a trading update on Wednesday, the company said the performance reflects a “very strong” first half trading performance across the group’s existing hotels and the continued impact of new hotels as they ramp up.

Dalata disclosed in April that group ‘like for like’ revenue per available room ...