Clayton Hotels owner suggests full recovery could take up until 2024

Dalata has seen continued upward momentum since Irish-based hotels reopened in early June and virtually halved its first-half losses.

The largest hotel operator in the country has suggested it may not return to pre-pandemic levels of trade until 2024, following two years of Covid upheaval and the time it will take to fully recover.

The Dalata Hotel Group – which owns and operates the Clayton and Maldron chains – has said the near-term outlook “remains uncertain at present”, with new Covid variants and the continued spread of the virus still threatening to curtail widespread growth in international travel.