Hotel group has cash to expand

The Hodson Bay Hotel Group wants to expand its hotel business into Dublin, managing director Padraig Sugrue confirmed yesterday.

Mr Sugrue revealed the group’s expansion plans after describing the hotel group recording the profit last year as “a mammoth achievement in a very difficult environment”.

The group operates the four-star, 182-bed Hodson Bay Hotel and 167-bed Sheraton Hotel in Athlone, Co Westmeath, along with the four-star, 153-bed Galway Bay Hotel.