The 46th Annual Published Accounts Awards celebrate companies, on the Island of Ireland, for their excellence in corporate reporting. We are honoured to receive this accolade for our transparency on Inclusion & Diversity reporting. The actions and policies we put in place to ensure everyone feels like they belong – to be seen, heard and valued as Dalata employees.

Prestigious diversity award for Dalata Hotel Group. Maldron Hotels and Clayton Hotels only hotel group accredited with the mark in both Ireland & UK. Dalata Hotel Group Plc has joined a small group of businesses accredited with a coveted diversity and inclusion mark in both Ireland and the UK, after an external audit found employees feel valued and respected in their roles. The Investors in Diversity Silver award is given to qualifying companies in the EU by the Irish Centre for Diversity who partner with the National Centre for Diversity to accredit companies who have locations in the UK. As Ireland’s largest hotel operator and one of the UK’s fastest growing, Dalata Hotel Group, which operates Maldron Hotels and Clayton Hotels, is one of a select few businesses to receive the accreditation in both jurisdictions.

Dalata Hotel Group chief executive Dermot Crowley has been chosen as The Irish Times Business Person of the Month for December 2022. Mr. Crowley last year led the hotel group as it rebounded strongly from almost two years of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. In mid-December, the company said it was trading ahead of expectations amid a strong recovery and continued expansion of the business. Mr. Crowley said the Group’s revenue would exceed €500 million in the year ended December 31st, 2022, the first time it will have hit that milestone. Like-for-like group revenue per average room was up 21 per cent compared with 2019 levels in the period covering September to November 2022. Dalata said corporate bookings had increased after the summer period, with the strong US dollar leading to a noticeable increase in visitors from North America.

Dalata Hotel Group have been awarded the first-ever EU-wide Investors in Diversity Bronze accreditation. This recognition covers the group’s operations across Ireland and the rest of the European Union. The business has also achieved Investors in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity, our British-based sister organisation, for the progress of its business throughout the UK. Investors in Diversity Bronze affirms that the organisation has built a strong foundation to embed Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) across the operation and is equipped for the journey of becoming more equitable and inclusive.

Dalata Hotel Group and Wolfgang Digital won two awards at the 2022 Global Search Awards – the first for the Best Use of Content Marketing, and the other for the Best Use of SEO for the Travel Industry.

Clayton Hotel Belfast has scooped first prize at the 2021 Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Awards. With stiff competitive from hotels across Ireland, the hotel was awarded the gold medal in Ireland’s Business & Conference Hotel category.

Dalata is the winner of the "Best Talent Management Strategy Award" at the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2020, celebrating the hard work and dedication of our Talent & HR Teams transforming employee experience. At Dalata Hotel Group our employees are our most valuable asset, which reflects in us winning this award.

The Irish Hospitality Institute names Dalata’s Sinead O’Toole Human Resources Manager of the Year at the HR Leadership and Management Awards. We are very proud of Sinead who continues to produce outstanding work here in Dalata alongside her colleagues.

We are thrilled Maldron Hotels was named ‘Ireland’s Best Hotel Group’ at the 2019 Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards. The Gold Medal Awards are judged by industry experts, and we are delighted to be recognised for the outstanding service our teams provide and the quality of our rooms, restaurants, meeting & events venues and fantastic leisure clubs across our hotels.