Clarion Hotel Cork

What Clarion Hotel Cork does

Clayton Hotel Cork City (formerly Clarion Hotel Cork) is a 4-star hotel property located in central Cork city along the banks of the River Lee, operating under the Clayton Hotels brand of Dalata Hotel Group, Ireland's largest hotel operator with more than 53 hotel destinations across Ireland, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. The hotel offers rooms ranging from 22 m² to 38 m², including deluxe rooms and penthouse suites, alongside an on-site leisure centre branded Club Vitae that includes an 18-metre heated pool, fully equipped gym, jacuzzis, saunas, a steam room, and a functioning physio clinic. Dining is provided through the Globe Restaurant & Bar and the Red Bean Roastery coffee dock, and the property also operates state-of-the-art meeting rooms with natural light for corporate and private events, as well as wedding and special-occasion services.

The hotel's commercial offering is built around an integrated hospitality stack rather than modular technology products. Revenue is generated from five streams: room accommodation, dining services, meetings and events, leisure-centre access, and gift vouchers redeemable across the Dalata portfolio. Distribution is conducted primarily through owned digital channels — a direct booking engine at bookings.claytonhotels.com that offers €10 per-room-per-night member-rate savings, a dedicated corporate login and signup portal for business accounts, and an online gift-voucher storefront — with no third-party resellers identified. Underlying technology is a standard hotel property management system (provider unspecified) with no disclosed AI, data, or proprietary platform components.

The target customer base is hybrid: leisure travelers drawn to Cork's signature events (Live at the Marquee, Cork Jazz Festival) and city-break stays, and business travelers and corporate clients using the meeting and group-booking facilities. The property was previously operated as Clarion Hotel Cork prior to its rebrand under the Clayton Hotels brand, and no public listing, funding history, or standalone financial disclosures are available — the entity is a single property inside a private parent group.

Name

Clarion Hotel Cork

Legal name

Dalata Hotel Group

Website

https://claytonhotelcorkcity.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clayton Hotel Cork City is a 4-star hotel on the River Lee in central Cork, owned by Dalata Hotel Group, serving leisure and corporate guests with rooms, dining, leisure facilities, meetings, and events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel Accommodation

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (721110), Accommodation (721), Traveler Accommodation (7211)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Resort-Area Full-Service Hotels (Non–All-Inclusive) (THAGAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH), Conference Retreat Hotels (THAGALAG)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodation
• Leisure facilities
• Wedding venue
• Meeting event spaces
• City break packages

Headquarters

HQ city

Cork

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Room Bookings: Core revenue from hotel room accommodations. Offers direct booking with member rates and promotional pricing for direct bookings.
2. Dining Services: Revenue from on-site dining at Globe Restaurant & Bar and Red Bean Roastery coffee dock.
3. Meetings & Events: Rental of meeting rooms and event spaces with state-of-the-art facilities for corporate and private events.
4. Leisure Services: Revenue from leisure centre access including gym, pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, and physio clinic services.
5. Gift Vouchers: Sale of gift vouchers for hotel stays across 53+ destinations in Ireland, UK, and continental Europe.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clarion Hotel Cork (now operating as Clayton Hotel Cork City) is a 4-star hotel located in Cork city centre along the River Lee. It sells overnight room accommodation, on-site leisure access through Club Vitae, restaurant and bar dining, meeting and event space hire, wedding packages, and multi-night city break packages, alongside gift vouchers for its products and services. The offering is delivered under the Clayton Hotels brand within the Dalata Hotel Group portfolio of 53+ hotels across Ireland, the UK, and continental Europe.

Product overview

Clayton Hotel Cork City operates as a single 4-star hotel property offering an integrated suite of hospitality services. The core product portfolio includes room accommodation (ranging from 22-38 m² deluxe rooms to penthouse suites), the Club Vitae Leisure Centre (with 18-metre heated pool, gym, spa facilities, and physio clinic), and Globe Restaurant & Bar with Red Bean Roastery. Additional services encompass meeting and event spaces, wedding packages, city breaks packages tied to local events (Live at the Marquee, Cork Jazz Festival), and gift vouchers redeemable across 53 Dalata Hotel Group properties. The hotel also provides an Accessibility Hub via Mobility Mojo and a direct booking platform. The offering is unified under the Clayton Hotels brand, with no separate modular software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Guest Room Accommodation

Quantifiable outcome

• Rooms range from 22 m² to 38 m² providing spacious accommodation options
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hayfield Manor: A 5-star boutique manor hotel in Cork city, offering comparable upscale rooms, dining, leisure, and wedding/celebration services. Direct competitor for premium leisure, corporate, and wedding demand within the same Cork catchment.
• Metropole Hotel Cork: A 4-star city-centre Cork hotel offering rooms, dining, leisure, and meeting facilities. Direct competitor across leisure, corporate, and group segments in Cork city.
• Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Cork: 4-star full-service hotel on Cork's Little Island with leisure club, spa, dining, and meeting facilities. Competes head-to-head for Cork corporate meetings, leisure stays, and weekend breaks under an international brand.
• The River Lee Hotel: Operated by Lee Hotels, this is a 4/5-star full-service hotel on Cork's Western Road with comparable room, dining, leisure, and meeting product. It is the closest premium urban competitor to Clayton Hotel Cork City in the same city catchment.
• Maldron Hotel Cork (South Mall): City-centre Cork hotel under the Maldron brand, which is owned by Dalata Hotel Group (Clayton's parent). Sister-brand direct competitor for city leisure and corporate demand, providing useful brand-portfolio context.
• Maryborough Hotel & Spa: A 4-star Cork suburban hotel with leisure centre, spa, dining, and wedding facilities. Comparable full-service offering targeting leisure, family, and celebration segments within greater Cork.
• The Montenotte Hotel: A 4-star Cork hotel with leisure facilities, dining, and meeting/event space located just outside the city centre. Competes for leisure, corporate meetings, and wedding demand across the Cork catchment.
• Imperial Hotel Cork: Historic 4-star hotel in Cork city centre offering rooms, dining, bar, and event space. Direct competitor for city-centre leisure, corporate, and wedding demand within walking distance of Clayton Cork City.
• Jurys Inn Cork: A value-oriented city-centre hotel in Cork (now operating under Leonardo Hotels) targeting price-sensitive business and leisure travellers. Competes directly for budget-conscious Cork city demand within the same catchment as Clayton Cork City.

Regional players

• Fota Island Resort: A 5-star resort on Fota Island in Cork Harbour offering rooms, spa, leisure, golf, and meeting facilities. Competes for Cork-region leisure, wedding, and corporate demand but serves a resort rather than city-centre traveller, making it an adjacent rather than head-to-head competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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