Directors move to ease fears over landmark hotel

The directors of a top hotel which has been a landmark in Irish tourism for more than a century and a half, yesterday moved to ease concerns among customers arising from its forthcoming sale.

The Malton, in Killarney, Co Kerry, is being put on the market by Nama along with a number of other hotels. The four-star town centre hotel will be sold as a going concern thus ensuring that all bookings and commitments to existing customers, employees and suppliers will be honoured within the sale process, according to general manager Conor Hennigan.

It is understood a number of potential Irish and international purchasers have expressed an interest in the 172-bedroom property which also includes a conference and leisure centre and sits on six acres.