The Dalata Hotel Group is set to spend nearly €70m on taking majority ownership of three Irish hotels that it has to date run on a rental basis.

The Dalata Hotel Group has defended its executive pay levels, which soared by nearly 73% last year.

The Dalata Hotel Group plans to speed up its expansion in the UK this year. It hopes to open up to four more hotels there before the end of 2017.

The Dalata Hotel Group has bought the building which houses its Clayton Hotel in Cardiff, in a move analysts estimate will add nearly €2m to group earnings next year.

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

Ireland’s largest hotel operator, Dalata, will have spent up to €90m on Cork city hotels by next year, spanning purchases, upgrades and completion of its Beasley St hotel site off Cork’s South Mall and Parnell Place (pictured) where a €10.2m purchase from Nama has finally just completed.

The Dalata Hotel Group has continued its expansion drive by spending €40m on acquiring operatorship status in four hotels.

The Dalata Hotel Group has reached agreement to buy the Tara Towers Hotel, in Dublin, for nearly €13.2m in cash.

The decision to retain the Vat rate at 9% for tourism is a very positive move.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group is weighing up the sale of over €400m of Irish hotel assets.

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