Dalata Group’s latest £45m hotel shows ‘confidence in UK market’

The Dalata Hotel Group, which boasts four hotels in Northern Ireland, has opened a second Clayton in Manchester.

The four-star city centre facility on Portland Street boats 329 bedrooms and meeting rooms equipped with Clevertouch technology which can host up to 153 delegates.

The new hotel is the Dalata Hotel Group’s second hotel in the area alongside Clayton Hotel Manchester Airport. Next month Dalata, which also owns Maldron Hotels, will open the Maldron Hotel Manchester City Centre.

The main contractor for the £45m project was Russell WBHO on behalf of Property Alliance Group.

Dermot Crowley, chief executive of the Dalata Hotel Group, said the hotel openings were further evidence of the company’s confidence in d the UK market, adding: “This is the first of six new hotels that we are opening in the first half of this year. Four of these hotels are in the UK.

“We have four further properties in our UK hotel pipeline, showing our continued commitment to our UK expansion strategy. We continue to look for further opportunities in the large cities around the UK,” he added.

Mr Crowley said he recognised the current challenges in recruiting and retaining people in the hospitality industry as a result of Covid.

“We look to overcome these challenges by offering people opportunities to grow their careers in Dalata within a culture of integrity, fairness and inclusion,” he added.