Attendees at the Crowe & JLL Irish Hotel Market Briefing, January 2025

Annual Irish Hotel Market Briefing 2025

Industry leaders gather in Dublin to discuss key trends and insights in the Irish hotel market

24/01/2025
Attendees at the Crowe & JLL Irish Hotel Market Briefing, January 2025

Crowe and JLL co-hosted the Irish Hotel Market Briefing, welcoming over 200 industry guests to an in-person breakfast event at the InterContinental Dublin. The briefing addressed key trends and insights shaping the Irish hotel market.

The event featured a fireside chat with guest speaker Shane Casserly, Deputy CEO of Dalata Hotel Group plc, and Weldon Mather, Director of HTL at Crowe. Shane shared his insights on the local hotel market and transaction activity, drawing from his extensive experience in senior roles at Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc, Ion Equity, Microsoft Europe and Musgrave Group.

Aiden Murphy, Partner at Crowe, provided valuable perspectives on current trade dynamics and buyer interest in the Irish hotel market for 2025. Daniel O’Connor, Head of Hotels & Living at JLL Ireland, offered the latest insights on industry transaction activity and trends for the year ahead.

How we can help

Crowe is Ireland's leading consultancy practice serving the hotel, tourism and leisure industry. We have an unmatched depth of knowledge of the sector. We regularly assist in the sale, acquisition and development of hotel, tourism and leisure businesses – acting for owners, developers, financial institutions and industry stakeholders. Our dedicated Hotel, Tourism & Leisure division, Horwath HTL, is the oldest and largest hotel and tourism consultancy practice in the world and is a member of UNWTO. Since 1995, Crowe has produced the Ireland Annual Hotel Industry Survey, which is a benchmarking tool for the sector and provides analysis by region, classification and hotel size. We work closely with our international HTL colleagues to bring you solutions through a combination of international experience and expert local knowledge.

Crowe has extensive buy-side and sell-side experience and we regularly support investors and funders in completing due diligence, appraisals and valuations for hotel acquisitions. To find out more about how we can help you make smart decisions today that create lasting value for your business, contact a member of our HTL team.

Naoise Cosgrove, Managing partner - Crowe Ireland
Naoise Cosgrove
Managing Partner
Corporate Finance
Partner, Corporate Recovery - Crowe Ireland
Aiden Murphy
Partner
Corporate Recovery
Weldon Mather, Director, Hotel, Tourism & Leisure
Weldon Mather
Director, Hotel, Tourism & Leisure