The NSW Hunter Valley’s Cypress Lakes Resort has joined Accor’s Grand Mercure network and will look to build on an already strong conference and leisure business with the assistance of global branding and distribution.
Accor has revealed plans to re-open two of its four Christchurch hotels within the next twelve months.
Registrations for the forthcoming 6th annual New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference on May 31, 2012 at the Pullman Auckland are 15% up compared to that at the same time last year according to co-hosts Tourism Industry Association and Horwath HTL Ltd.
Tasmania’s historic Hadleys Hotel has completed its multimillion dollar expansion and reopened under a new name, the Grand Mercure Hobart Central Apartments.
Accor has launched Planet 21, the company’s new global ‘key’ to hotel sustainability.
Brisbane’s largest hotel, The Sebel and Citigate King George Square Brisbane, has unveiled a new room concept to the market and to its loyal customer base called Sebel Premium.
Novotel Wellington is set to begin a major renovation project with all 139 rooms to be refurbished by the end of August 2012.
Proving that you don’t have to be a five-star property to win accolades, it was Accor’s economy-brand hotel Ibis Melbourne that won the Hotel of the Year Award at the Accor Hotel Awards, which covered hotel performance during 2011.
New Zealand Hotel Council and Horwath HTL, co-hosts of this year’s New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference, on May 31, 2012 at the Pullman Auckland, have announced the line-up of its keynote speakers headlined by Accor’s Chief Development and Investment Officer for Asia-Pacific, Gaurav Bhushan.
Accor Hotels’ Director of Sales and Distribution Henrik Berglind says the takeover of Mirvac is progressing well and the company is excited about the properties and staff that will join the global group from June.
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