https://www.dublinairport.com/latest...e-400-new-jobs
Four hundred new jobs are to be created at Dublin Airport with the opening of a new terminal-linked four star hotel which is to be built adjacent to Terminal 2.
The new hotel will provide employment for 250 people, while an additional 150 new jobs will be generated during the construction phase of the project. The new 402 bedroom property will be Ireland’s fourth largest hotel upon completion.
Planning permission for the 11-storey hotel has already been granted. Construction is expected to begin next October and the property will open in 2019.
The new hotel will have a total floor area of 22,840 square metres comprising 402 bedrooms, as well as extensive bar, restaurant, café and conference facilities and a fitness suite. It will occupy a prime 0.81 acre site between Terminal 2 and the T2 multi-storey car park – and will be located just 95 metres from Terminal 2.
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In recent weeks Radisson Blu announced they are to seek permission to build a second 7 story (144 rooms) hotel in the car park next to existing one while The Clayton plan to add 140 rooms.
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QR also speaking about DUB again and the CEO says they need Airbus to deliver A350's to free up B787's before it can start.