The head of Ireland’s largest hotel group expects a lot of the lockdown restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to remain until September. Speaking to Inside Business, a podcast from The Irish Times, Pat McCann, chief executive of the listed Dalata Hotel Group, said: “I would love to think we’d see some flickers of recovery from September. “I feel the restrictions will have to go on longer than people expect. Dalata has closed 29 of its 44 hotels in Ireland and Britain, including the Gibson in Dublin’s docklands and a nearby Clayton hotel on Cardiff Lane. Dalata has so far laid off 2,500 staff and introduced pay cuts and short-time working for the remaining employees.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2020 16:50 UTC