Month: December 2022

Dalata Hotel Group plc Trading ahead of expectations

Wednesday, December 14, 2022.

Revenue to exceed €0.5 billion as expansion continues

Dalata Hotel Group plc (“Dalata” or “the Group”), the largest hotel operator in Ireland, with a growing presence in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, is pleased to announce that the strong recovery in trade, as previously reported, has continued in the second half of the year. Annual revenue is expected to exceed €0.5 billion for the first time in the Group’s history. Adjusted EBITDAi for the year ending 31 December 2022 is expected to be in excess of €182 million (2019: €162 million).

‘Like for Like’ Group RevPARii was 21% ahead of 2019 levels for the September to November 2022 period, with all of the Group’s regions performing well. Corporate bookings have picked up after the summer period; there is continued strong leisure demand and

The Westin’s new GM, Joanne Dillon, is back in a five star environment and it suits her

How’s the new role going so far?
It’s great. The Westin is an amazing property and the team are fantastic. It’s also great to still be within the MHL Group. I’m just across the road from Trinity City Hotel where I held the role of GM before coming here, so it’s nice to be in the same vicinity.

How are bookings at The Westin?
We’re seeing a steady return of international guests, especially the US customer. Historically, American guests loved coming to Dublin and to the Westin in particular, so we’re slowly getting back there. We’ve missed seeing them around Dublin, as I’m sure lots of hotels have. I suppose it’s hard to know exactly where we stand until the end of the summer season, but I’m optimistic that we’ll get back to

Cliste Hospitality and SSE Airtricity are powering towards net zero with a 100% green gas partnership

SSE Airtricity has announced it has signed a three-year partnership with Cliste Hospitality to provide energy solutions through its 100% green gas supplies. Through this partnership, the hospitality consultancy will become the first hotel group in Ireland to contract a green gas product that will enable the group to transition to net zero emissions.

The partnership between SSE Airtricity and Cliste Hospitality includes five hotel properties – Radisson Blu Hotels in Cork, Limerick and Athlone, the Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel and the Tullamore Court Hotel – that will receive green gas from 2023 and will be supplied with a total of 36.8GWh of energy. It’s expected that this partnership will lead to a reduction of 7,532 tonnes of CO2 per annum for the five Cliste properties, which will support the hospitality groups green ambitions.

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Clint Estibeiro talks to HCR about what hotels need to offer candidates if they want to attract and retain them

Having spent the last 12 years working as a housekeeping manager in hotels across Ireland, Clint Estibeiro knew better than most the staffing requirements of the hospitality industry. Last year, he set up Sky Staffing Solutions with the aim of placing entry level candidates in suitable positions, not just potential recruits at managerial level. “In my career as a housekeeping manager, I found that a lot of the larger recruitment firms were only interested in finding candidates for higher level positions. I decided to take a different route; we find positions for kitchen porters and housekeeping staff as well as chefs and general managers. Even though we’re operating just one year, we have already successfully supplied over 400 candidates to hotels and laundries across the country,” said Clint.

Business-wise, 2021

“At BWG Foodservice, we have one simple goal and that is to deliver great quality food on time, at market leading prices”

Established in 2001, BWG Foodservice is part of BWG Foods, one of Ireland’s leading indigenous wholesale groups.

BWG Foodservice supplies ‘everything needed to run a foodservice business’, from gourmet food ingredients, chilled food, frozen food and ambient to alcohol and non-food products like catering supplies and catering disposables.
One of our key strengths is our local presence around the country meaning we are always close to you, no matter where your business is. We’re passionate about providing an industry-leading service while supporting local businesses and communities and delivering innovative food solutions.
We are committed to bringing our customers extra value in big, tasty portions and we like to take it up a notch with special extra value promotions.