Hotels

The airline was also looking at aligning daily arrivals with the capacity available at managed isolation facilities.

The value of consents for hotels, motels, and other short-term accommodation fell 76.5% to $11m in May 2020, down from $46m for the same month in 2019.

Lifting restrictions on domestic travel gave Pro Invest Group the confidence to open a new hotel at Queenstown.

Mayor Jim Boult says limited health care capacity in the region would be a “significant” worry if an outbreak occurred.

A steady, five-week rise in occupancy has seen New Zealand’s overall hotel market close in on 50% occupancy, according to figures from STR.

Heritage Auckland and CityLife Auckland have officially reopened, after closing throughout the Covid-19 lockdown.

Queenstown’s newest hotel is preparing to open its doors to guests.

Augusta Capital’s annual net loss of $27m was mainly driven by write downs in the value of two tourism properties.

Auckland’s luxury hotel offering will be expanded with six new CDB properties nearing completion, bringing an extra 900 rooms to the city.

The From our Family to Yours campaign will give away 1200 hotel nights across QT, Rydges and Atura hotels in NZ and Australia to locals who have supported their communities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Christchurch’s hotel market has been given a boost – most probably because of the Government’s managed isolation contracts – with occupancy and RevPAR jumping significantly last week, according to figures from STR.

Some operators are benefiting from Govt contracts, which could be worth almost $300m by the end of the year.

Heritage Queenstown will officially reopen on 1 July, in time for the ski holiday season.

Brands are being caught in the negativity while staff work in difficult circumstances, says Sudima’s COO.

Overall occupancy was also down by an average of 43.7% in the three months to May 2020.

Queenstown’s hotel market appears to have flattened, according to figures from STR.

Occupancy in Auckland has enjoyed a post-Queen’s Birthday weekend boost closing in on 50%, according to figures from STR.

Spending on eating out and on hotels, motels, and other accommodation fell 41%, or $428m, in May, according to new figures from Stats NZ.

National operator Maugers Rentals follows Methven Resort Hotel out of business.

But it will take longer for the return of pre-Covid profit levels, says the agent.

The Overseas Investment Office has given the green light to QT Lakeview Partnership’s development agreement with Queenstown Lakes District Council.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for month of April 2020 was $19m.

While Queenstown, Auckland and Wellington saw a Queen’s Birthday weekend boost in activity last week, Christchurch struggled to lift itself off the floor, according to figures from STR.

New Zealand’s hotel sector appears to be recovering faster than anywhere else in the world, according to The World Hotel Index, compiled by hotel tech company SiteMinder.

The assets were supposed to be the foundation properties in a new tourism fund.

Wellington occupancy has continued its climb into double figures following the move to Covid-19 alert level 2 on 13 May, according to figures from STR.

Occupancy across the group plummeted to 1.5% in April.

Queenstown has seen occupancy and RevPAR climb off its recent record lows during the week ending Saturday 16 May, according to figures from STR.

However, it could take five years for the hotel sector to recover, says the agent.

The reopening of Eichardt’s and Spire hotels in Queenstown will be unaffected by problems affecting owner Andrew Cox’s other companies, including Website Travel.

Across all of New Zealand, occupancy fell to 26.2% for the week ended Saturday 9 May, down 64.5% on the same week last year, according to figures from STR.

Confidence among hotel operators has plummeted, according to a new survey.

Hotel operators have pushed out a raft of offers and packages following yesterday’s confirmation that regional travel is set to resume under Covid-19 alert level two.

For the third week in a row, Auckland occupancy has crept up from a low of 32% a month ago to 44.33% last week, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents for hotels, motels and other short-term accommodation increased 25% in March 2020 compared to the same month last year, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Wellington occupancy appears to have plateaued, falling to 8.6% last week, according to figures from STR.

New Zealand’s second main gateway, Christchurch, saw RevPAR fall to $10.62 last week, down 91.1% on the same period last year, according to figures from STR.  

The new luxury hotel part of the $330 million Adelaide Casino expansion has been named – Eos by SkyCity.

Auckland Council is being asked to go further than putting a hold on the Auckland Provider Targeted Rate until March 2021.

However, it plans to resume the charge once investment in visitor attraction is needed.

A third of New Zealand hotels are currently closed with more expected to shut their doors in the coming weeks as the Covid-19 crisis continues to bite, according to new research from Colliers.

Arrivals forced into self-isolation and departing tourists appear to be propping up the Auckland market, albeit at an unnaturally low level, as the country neared the end of the third week of lockdown, according to figures from STR.

The New Zealand market, sustained now only by self-isolating arrivals and essential workers, saw occupancy fall to 28% for the week ending September, according to figures from STR.

Queenstown hotel occupancy has dropped to a level possibly unheard of before – 11.1% – down 86.5% compared to the same week last year, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for the year to February 2020 was $616m.

The former site of the SilverOaks Hotel Geyserland in Rotorua is for sale.

Colliers is marketing the sale of the County Hotel in New Zealand’s Art Deco capital of Napier.

Occupancy and RevPAR across the country fell by levels possibly never seen before at a national level following the Government’s closure of the border to non-residents, according to figures from STR.

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels says it is now almost certain that its hotel operations for the first and second half of 2020 will trade at a loss.

Arrivals required to stand down are providing “a reasonable amount of business” for some companies.