[1] Dalata Hotel Group PLC was founded in July 2007 by Pat McCann, former chief executive of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group.

[3] A significant single expansion for the group was the purchase of nine of the ten hotels of the Moran Bewleys Hotel Group in 2014 which were subsequently rebranded to the Maldron or Clayton brands.

[4] The Clayton brand name also comes from an originally independent hotel acquired in Galway in 2014.

[8] On 27 August 2024, Dalata Hotel Group reportedly cancelled existing reservations at its Maldron Hotel in Manchester, blaming technical issues.

[10][failed verification] According to some customers, patrons were reputedly asked to accept their cancellation and offered new bookings at up to three times the original cost.