Dalata Hotel Group, the largest hotel operator in Ireland, has today opened the new Maldron Hotel Croke Park in Dublin along with development partners McAleer & Rushe – the company’s 21st hotel in the city.<\/p>\n
Dalata said the new hotel marks another important milestone in the continued growth of the Maldron Hotels brand, which now operates 27 hotels with 4,618 guest rooms across Ireland and the UK.<\/p>\n
Over the past five years, Dalata has significantly expanded the Maldron portfolio, reinforcing its position as one of the leading four-star hotel brands in Ireland and an increasingly recognised presence in key UK cities.<\/p>\n
The new 200 bedroom hotel is located at the junction of Clonliffe Road and Jones’ Road, directly opposite Croke Park Stadium.<\/p>\n
The opening of the new hotel has created 80 new jobs and Datala said the recruitment process placing a strong focus on community engagement.<\/p>\n
Designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating, the hotel incorporates a range of environmental features including green roofs, air\u2011source heat pumps and EV charging points.<\/p>\n
The project also marks a first for Dalata, delivering its first hotel with zero on-site carbon emissions and reinforcing its commitment to sustainable hotel development.<\/p>\n
Dermot Crowley, CEO of Dalata Hotel Group, said that Dublin remains an exceptionally strong and attractive hotel market, underpinned by continued economic growth, rising employment and growing business and leisure visitor numbers.<\/p>\n
“We are proud to further strengthen our presence in the city with the opening of the Maldron Hotel Croke Park today, just as the GAA Senior Championship gets underway. The addition of this hotel represents another important step in Dalata’s continued growth journey, as we invest in high\u2011quality assets in key strategic markets,” the CEO added.<\/p>\n
McAleer & Rushe Chairman Seamus McAleer and chief executive Eamonn Laverty said the new hotel marks the successful completion of a landmark new development directly opposite Croke Park.<\/p>\n
“This project builds on our long-standing partnership with Dalata and adds to our portfolio of more than 3,000 hotel bedrooms delivered for the group across the UK and Ireland,” they said.<\/p>\n
Jarlath Burns, President of the GAA, said Dalata has become an important partner to the GAA through its support of the Under-20 Football Championship and its commitment to recognising the role that young players, volunteers and communities play in the future of our games.<\/p>\n
“The opening of Maldron Hotel Croke Park, in such an iconic location, is another important milestone in that relationship and we wish the entire team every success,” he added.<\/p>\n
In total, Dalata operates 55 hotels under the Maldron Hotel and Clayton Hotel brands, mostly in Ireland and the UK, and aims to open new hotels in Europe including in Berlin and Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dalata Hotel Group, the largest hotel operator in Ireland, has today opened the new Maldron Hotel Croke Park…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-484345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116573213490184757","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}