Hotels

MBIE says it believes all 32 hotels being used will renew their MIQ contracts, which currently come to an end in April.

EVENT Hotels and Resorts is making a push for the family market with its ‘Family Getaways’ packages available across its QT, Rydges, Atura and JUCY Snooze brands.

Auckland saw occupancy rebound last week from the city’s first Covid-19 alert level lockdown of the year, according to figures from STR.

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand expects a difficult year ahead with conditions largely “outside of our control”, says BK Chiu.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in January 2021 was $9m, down 25% for the same month in 2019, according to Stats NZ.

Napier’s Scenic Te Pania Hotel has reopened after flooding last year caused extensive damage to the building.

Wellington appeared to bear the brunt of last week’s snap Auckland lowdown with occupancy at the capital dropping sharply, according to figures from STR.

Queenstown managed to crawl off its 2021 low last week, according to figures from STR. 

A “horrid” year saw average hotel occupancy across the group plummet to 39%.

Average weekly occupancy across most of the country’s hotel markets took a dip last week leading into the long Waitangi weekend, according to figures from STR.

The current contracts end in April and at least one major provider wants more certainty.

The agent pointed to Govt work and the rebound in domestic demand for 2020’s performance.

Hotel Grand Chancellor’s lean operations have kept the group in the black during the pandemic, says the company’s New Zealand manager, Frank Delli Cicchi.

New Zealand’s hospitality sector could look to South Australia’s voucher system to boost the economy, says the South Australian Tourism Commission.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in December 2020 was $14m, a drop from 81.5% for the same month in 2019, according to Stats NZ.

Average weekly occupancy ticked up last week in the country’s major hotel markets, with growth led by Christchurch, according to figures from STR.

The MIQ facility will be gradually emptied while investigators try to uncover how guests are catching Covid.

A hotel council industry association has been revived, this time called the Hotel Council Aotearoa.

The ventilation systems of managed isolation hotels have come under the spotlight.

Hotel Grand Central is planning a 191-room luxury offering across the road from SkyCity Entertainment Group’s New Zealand International Convention Centre.

Auckland performed the best of the country’s major hotel markets over the Christmas and New Year’s break, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in November 2020 was $125m.

Queenstown suffered most as occupancy across the country fell to 50% in 2020, according to new data.

Overall average weekly occupancy across all of New Zealand has barely budged since the recovery from Auckland’s second lockdown at the end of August, according to figures from STR.

The hotel group is looking to buy two more properties in NZ to complete the rollout of its boutique brand.

Hotel prospects for next year are fragile but there are bright spots, say industry experts.

Average weekly occupancy in Queenstown has slid to its lowest point since the recovery from Auckland’s second Covid-19 alert level lockdown, according to figures from STR.

The Pandey family’s hotel group announces its second acquisition in two weeks as it continues to roll out its $100m Fable expansion.

The operator’s first Moxy hotels in New Zealand are part of a huge global push of the budget brand.

The New Zealand Lodge award went to the Grand Mercure Puka Park Lodge on the Coromandel Peninsula.

New Zealand’s $42bn sovereign wealth fund has increased its exposure to the country’s tourism sector with the circa $60m acquisition of Queenstown’s five-star Sofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa.

Auckland enjoyed the best October in the Asia Pacific in terms of RevPAR, according to CBRE, and its results appeared to be holding up but there was still no sign of a summer bump for the city, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for October 2020 was $66m, down 4.5% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.

Singaporean-based Naumi Hotels has officially opened its Wellington city hotel, its fourth property in New Zealand.

Auckland revenue per available hotel room in October outperformed other main Asia Pacific markets, according to agent CBRE.

Capstone Hotel Management has added three new properties to its management portfolio.

While most of the major hotel markets remained static or slid last week, Wellington appeared to steal a march on summer with average weekly occupancy jumping, according to figures from STR.

Safari Hotels’ LQ Queenstown will open on 11 December 2020.

Four Points by Sheraton Auckland has won a brace of national property awards.

Retail banks are reassessing their appetite to lend to tourism-related sectors, says the central bank.

The hotel owner is bringing its newly-launched, high-end Fable brand to Queenstown.

Hotel occupancy across all of New Zealand remains stubbornly consistent, hovering around 56% for the past two months, according to figures from STR.

Scenic Hotel Group managing director Brendan Taylor said the situation was “seriously disappointing and comes on top of an already challenging year.”

The hotel featured 150 rooms and suites, a restaurant, and a sixth-floor bar with views of the harbour.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is bringing its TRYP by Wyndham lifestyle brand to New Zealand with new hotels in Queenstown and Wellington.

An all too brief boost over the September/October school holidays has given way to a general slide for the hard-hit resort, according to figures from STR.

After a climb back to almost pre-Covid levels of occupancy by the end of September, Christchurch’s hotel market has been remarkably consistent over the past month, according to figures from STR.

But room rates are the problem this year and Queenstown is a “disaster”, says Raman Sarin.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for September 2020 was $44m, a decline of 45.7% for the same month last year, says Stats NZ.

Wellington’s hotels have climbed off their August low to be the country’s best performing market in terms of occupancy during October, according to figures from STR.