Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Plans Approved For New 65-Bedroom Dublin Hotel

Hospitality Ireland – 23.06.2022

Plans for a new €15 million boutique hotel and leisure facility in the heart of Dublin will go ahead after the project got the green light following an appeal. The project, which has been designed and led by London-based architects Studio Anyo, will see a 65-bedroom hotel with rooftop bar, mezzanine and basement, together with ancillary facilities, created on Meeting House Lane in the north west corner of the city. Approval to transform the site on behalf of developer Padraig Kehoe of Development 8 was secured on appeal and comes as demand from international tourism for luxury hotel and leisure accommodation in Ireland continues to recover post pandemic.

Doyle Hotel chain appoints Drake as new group Chief Executive

The Irish Times – 03.06.2022

The Irish-owned Doyle Collection hotel group has appointed Gordon Drake as its new Chief Executive. He succeeds Pat King (52), who had been in the role for 11 years having joined the board of the company in 2006. Mr Drake will take on this position having been senior vice-president at Westmont Hospitality Group in the UK. The Doyle Collection is owned by members of the Doyle and Beatty families and traces its roots back to a company founded by well-known Irish hotelier PV Doyle. It operates a portfolio of eight hotels in Dublin, Cork, London, Bristol and Washington DC, including the five-star Westbury Hotel off Grafton Street in Dublin.