Dalata Hotel Group eyes three more sites after latest purchase

The Dalata Hotel Group is negotiating the purchase of a further two-to-three development sites in Dublin.

Deputy chief executive Dermot Crowley yesterday said the group has around €45m to invest and needs to secure another 800 rooms by 2020 to maintain its 20% share of the Dublin market.

He said Dalata is only eyeing new build options, rather than acquisitions of existing hotels, in order to develop.