Hotel & Restaurant Sector

Deputy CEO of Dalata Hotel Group PLC hopes to see recovery in 2021

Business Post– 12.10.2020

In an interview with The Business Post, Dermot Crowley stated “We need to continue to protect our people, our business and our cash over the next 6 months. I would hope that we will start to see recovery set next year as the world is better able to manage Covid19 through a combination of vaccines, improved treatments, testing, tracing etc. We will then look to rebuild our business throughout 2021 and 2022. We will also look to complete the 3,300 rooms in our development pipeline as well as look for new opportunities that may arise out of the Covid19 crisis. We’re very focused on finding new opportunities in London and the larger UK cities. We are in a strong place financially and look forward with confidence to the post Covid world”.

 Just Eat set to hire 700 additional couriers for lockdown

Irish Times– 23.10.2020

Food delivery service Just Eat is to recruit 700 additional couriers in the Republic to support an anticipated rise in online ordering during the lockdown. The company also plans to expand its delivery areas in some key urban locations and to temporarily waive commissions for 30 days for restaurants that sign up to the platform in the next two weeks. Just Eat, whose app has been downloaded more than 2.5 million times in the Republic over the past six years, said it had delivered €1 million worth of supports for Irish restaurants in recent months. In addition, it said it was extending its 14-day courier relief payment for workers who become ill or need to self-isolate as a result of the coronavirus.