Hanrattys spread hotel wings in Britain

DUBLIN hotel family the Hanrattys, vendors of the Howth Lodge Hotel back in 2000, and owners of the Eccles Hotel in Glengarriff, have strengthened their UK portfolio.

They have acquired Edinburgh’s four-star Royal Terrace from the Meridien Group (owners of Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel) for €11 million, jointly with their UK business partners Liam and Sylvia Walsh.

The Hanratty family sold the Howth Lodge in Dublin several years ago, to Cosgrove Brothers for an unconfirmed £8 million, and a scheme of over 50 very upmarket apartments is close to going to market, some individually in the multi-million euro category.