The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) seeks expressions of interest to finance, build, operate and transfer (FBOT) a terminal-linked hotel.

The successful bidder will construct the hotel and operate it for a specified period of time, before transferring it back to daa at the end of the agreed term.

The new terminal-linked four star hotel which is to be built adjacent to Terminal 2. It will become Ireland’s fourth largest hotel upon completion. Planning permission for the 11-storey hotel has already been granted. Construction is expected to begin October 2017 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.

DAA has appointed property consultants Savills Hotels & Leisure to seek expressions of interest for the development and operation of the new hotel.

Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison, said:

“There is significant demand for a new terminal-linked hotel at Dublin Airport and this development will benefit not just the airport but the city and region as a whole as Dublin needs more hotel beds. It will also provide employment for 250 people, as well as a further 150 construction jobs during the building programme, which is expected to last about 18 months.”

“We’re constantly striving to improve the product that we provide to our customers and this new hotel will offer extra choice and convenience to passengers and to the many companies that are based on the Dublin Airport campus. It will also provide much needed additional hotel capacity for the entire Dublin region.”