Ireland’s biggest hotel operator Dalata has agreed a lease for a new four-star Maldron hotel in London, which will make it the company’s seventh property in the city and mark a further step in its European expansion.
The new hotel, which will be located on Hammersmith Road in Kensington, is set to open in 2029 and will include 370 guestrooms, a restaurant, bar, dry gym and business centre.
The project will involve the conversion and extension of a vacant office building, designed as an all-electric building that incorporates state-of-the-art heat pump technology.
Dalata chief executive Dermot Crowley said the new London hotel would be “an exciting milestone” for the company.
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“London is a key strategic market for Dalata and this prime location, adjacent to the newly redeveloped Olympia London, positions us strongly to capture both corporate and leisure demand,” he said.
Dalata was bought by a Nordic consortium last year that signed up Scandic Hotels Group to run the portfolio. It is best known for its Clayton and Maldron hotel brands.
The Irish chain operates a portfolio of 56 hotels, mostly in central locations, about three-quarters of which are in Dublin and London. The portfolio comprises freehold, leasehold and managed hotels.
Chief executive of Scandic Hotels Jens Mathiesen said the new four-star Maldron hotel was an important step as the group expanded its hotel brands in the UK.
“As we integrate the hotel brands into the Scandic multi‑brand portfolio and operating platform, developments like this demonstrate the strength of our business to grow in key gateway cities across Europe,” he said.
Dalata said it was also on track to add three more hotels this year, the previously announced Maldron Hotel Croke Park, Clayton Hotel Berlin and Clayton Hotel Edinburgh.
Dalata’s 56 hotels have more than 12,000 bedrooms between them, with plans underway for another 1,912. It currently owns 31 hotels, leases another 22 and runs three via management contracts.
