The Maldron Hotel Cork, recently bought by Dalata for €8.1m features in the Travel Extra list of Ireland’s most haunted tourist destinations. Dalata invested €13.2m in hotel development and refurbishment in the first half of 2016.
Picture shows Giuseppe Gaudiano of Carlanto Tile Stone Bathrooms with Niall Burns of Slieve Donard which was named ‘Hotel of the Year at the Ulster Talter Awards in Belfast.
Dalata exchanged contracts to purchase three buildings adjacent to Maldron Hotel Parnell Square for €5m with a view to extending that hotel. In August the group entered into exclusive discussions to acquire the operating interest and commit to a leasehold interest in Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on Burlington Road and plans to develop new hotels in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
The sale of the Gresham Hotel to Spain’s Riu group was completed for €92m.
Powerscourt returned to an operating profit as revenues rose to €18m.
Work started on Belfast’s 179-bed Hampton by Hilton hotel across the road from Andras House’s existing four-star Holiday Inn. The firm is adding 66 bedrooms to the Holiday Inn Express at University Street in the south of the city.
Fred Dixon led NYC & Company ‘s four-city European media mission to showcase the “new” New York City 15 years after 9-11, exploring the High Line, the free Staten Island Ferry, and other low-cost and affordable activities. New York City expects to grow from 109,000 to 135,000 rooms by end 2019. New openings include The Beekman, which debuted on 23rd August, in addition to Arlo Hudson Square, The William Vale and Four Seasons New York later this month followed in 2016 by Firmdale Hotels’ The Whitby.
Cinven and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board completed the acquisition of Hotelbeds Group, the global provider of B2B hotel room distribution to the travel industry through its brands Hotelbeds and Bedsonline
