Burlington Hotel (Dublin)

The Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, known as the Burlington Hotel, is a hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1972 and nicknamed "the Burlo" by Dubliners,[3] it is the largest hotel in central Dublin,[4] and the second largest in County Dublin after the CityWest Hotel.

Clayton Hotel Burlington Road
The Burlington Hotel, pictured in 2008.
Location within Central Dublin
Former names	Burlington Hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road
Hotel chain	Clayton Hotels
General information
Classification	[1]
Address	Burlington Road Upper Leeson Street Dublin 2
Coordinates	53.3305869°N 6.2486434°W / 53.3305869; -6.2486434
Current tenants	Dalata Hotel Group[1]
Opening	1972
Renovated	2014
Owner	DekaBank[2]
Other information
Number of rooms	502[1]
Number of suites	2[1]
Number of restaurants	1[1]
Website
www.claytonhotelburlingtonroad.com

The hotel was purchased by property developer Bernard McNamara in 2007 for €288 million.[5] Following the post-2008 Irish economic downturn, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) took possession of the hotel from McNamara.[3] It was sold in 2012 to The Blackstone Group for €67 million, in what was Ireland's biggest property transaction since the start of the downturn.[3] It was redeveloped by Blackstone in 2013 as DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road, within the DoubleTree chain.[4] In 2016 Blackstone sold the hotel to the German investment bank DekaBank in 2016, and a 25-year lease to operate the hotel was granted to the Dalata Hotel Group, which renamed it to align with the Clayton Hotels brand in November 2016.[6][1][2]

The hotel's former nightclub, Club Anabel, gained notoriety in 2000 when the death of Brian Murphy took place during a fight outside the premises.