Luxury hotel group Hotel du Vin and Malmaison is to recruit graduates from the Shannon College of Hotel Management for new boutique outlets overseas, writes Senan Hogan.The firm also plans to locate a hotel in Dublin and senior management visited the city in September to view potential properties.
The chain already has 26 outlets in Britain and Northern Ireland.
Chief executive Robert Cook said: "I’m looking at Dublin very seriously. It’s a city that will love Malmaison or Hotel du Vin. It’s a party city with a fun loving public - a perfect fit for our brands.
"The Irish market is key to our brands in the UK, and to be in its capital is obvious for us. We are at the bottom of the economic cycle so the time is right to acquire or lease and I believe the opportunity is there also."
Mr Cook also said that developing a strategic partnership with Shannon College of Hotel Management in Co Clare was key to the chain's growth.
"Hiring world class graduates, to grow in our business, is essential to our story. "We are now looking at international expansion into the likes of Paris and Venice and in the United States and we believe this would be a perfect fit,” he said.
The twin-brand chain comprises of the Hotel du Vin facilities which cater for the leisure market while Malmaison hotels typically have a modern and contemporary style more suited to business travellers.
Hotel du Vin outlets are located in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Henley-on-Thames, Newcastle, Poole, Tunbridge Wells, Winchester and York.
There are Malmaison outlets in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, Liverpool and London.
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