Happy holidays from The Hotel Conversation! We look back at a booming 2018 and recap our top 20 most read articles from across Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific.
International tourists and Kiwis boost tourism spend to over $39 billion
Continued growth in overseas visitor numbers, and a buoyant domestic tourism market in New Zealand drove tourism spending to $39.1 billion in the year ended March 2018, Stats NZ has announced.
Queenstown’s highest altitude boutique hotel opens, Kāmana Lakehouse
Queenstown’s newest boutique accommodation, Kāmana Lakehouse, has this week opened, following a multi-million-dollar brand development by owners Coherent Hotel Ltd.
Furneaux Lodge and Punga Cove Resort sold to Marlborough Tour Company
Marlborough Tour Company has expanded with the purchase of the popular Furneaux Lodge and Punga Cove Resort in the Marlborough Sounds, located in Endeavour Inlet, on the world-renowned Queen Charlotte Track.
$29 million luxury hotel to open in Christchurch’s Arts Centre
Sarin Investments will open a $29 million luxury hotel at Christchurch’s Arts Centre in early 2022, in the former physics and biology buildings and on the ground floor of the Observatory Tower building.
Novotel New Plymouth Hobson Hotel sold to Ngāmotu Hotels for NZ$23m
A new joint venture entity, Ngāmotu Hotels Limited Partnership, has been established to purchase the Novotel New Plymouth for NZ$23m, currently owned by Hobson Hotel Property Holdings.
DoubleTree by Hilton hotel opening early next year in Napier New Zealand
Hilton has announced the signing of DoubleTree by Hilton Napier Hotel and Suites in New Zealand's North Island opening early 2019, adding to DoubleTree by Hilton’s portfolio of 54 properties across Asia Pacific.
Comfort Hotel Wellington and Quality Hotel Wellington sold to Singapore-based Naumi Hotels
Naumi Hotels, the Singapore-based private hotel owner and operator further expands its design-led hospitality label in New Zealand with the purchase of Comfort Hotel Wellington and Quality Hotel Wellington in a deal brokered by Dean Humphries, National Director of Hotels for Colliers...
