'We are largely done in Ireland' — Dalata targets UK and Europe for growth

Cork Chamber CEO Conor Healy; RDJ LLP partner Gillian Keating; Dalata Hotel Group, CEO Dermot Crowley; Irish Examiner MD, Karen O'Donoghue; RDJ LLP partner John Dwyer, and Cork Chamber vice president Rob Horgan at the Cork Chamber Business Breakfast in association with RDJ and media partner the Irish Examiner at the Clayton Hotel, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

The CEO of the Dalata hotel group Dermot Crowley said it may acquire further hotels in Dublin, Cork, and Galway but was "largely done in Ireland" and now plans to more than double the number of hotel rooms it operates across the UK.

Speaking at the Cork Chamber's Business Breakfast on Wednesday, Mr Crowley outlined the group's rapid expansion in recent years and said it is also laying the groundwork for future growth in Europe.