Hotels

Novotel Auckland Airport, Katalyma Hotels & Hospitality, Cordis Auckland and SkyCity Hotel are among 59 accommodation providers participating in a new campaign to attract New Zealanders to Auckland.

The country’s hotel sector scored a much-needed boost from the Easter and Anzac Day long weekends and the first week of the April school holidays, according to figures from STR.

The pandemic has highlighted the strength of hotels that can cater for the extended stay market, says Colliers.

The new accommodation arrives as consent is sought by the NZ Super Fund for another 130 rooms for the city.

Queenstown’s hotels saw a much needed Easter boost as the resort hoped to benefit from a combination of school and public holidays in the second half of April.

A steady rise sees Wellington top the country’s hotel markets in terms of occupancy last week, according to figures from STR.

The border opens to Australia, with hopes a winter lift will mark the start of the long road to recovery in international tourism.

Boutique luxury hotel The Mayfair will open in Christchurch this June.

Lone Star has opened its first hotel restaurant within the Mercure Auckland Queen Street.

A lack of demand from business and leisure travellers has led to the worst March results for hoteliers since the pandemic began.

A slow but discernable rise in occupancy across New Zealand has been underway for most of the past month, according to figures from STR.

The resort’s struggling hotel market appears to have pulled itself off its 2022 occupancy low, according to figures from STR.

The Financial Services Council has launched its flagship annual conference for 2022.

Vaccine passes will no longer be required to be presented at Millennium & Copthorne hotels, restaurants, bars and meeting venues from 5 April.

ADR last week dipped below 2021 levels for the first time this year as hoteliers attempt to entice customers.

The Carlin Boutique Hotel in Queenstown has been officially opened.

It continues a dismal slide for the country’s major hotel markets since the Omicron outbreak started.

The new border reopening dates bring much-needed certainty to the struggling accommodation sector.

Returning managed isolation facilities and new accommodation in Auckland will add more than 62% of rooms to the city’s hotel market.

Only four hotels, including Jet Park Auckland Airport, will remain as MIQ facilities beyond June 2022.

Retraining and recruitment are the top priorities for hotels returning from MIQ, say operators.

Wellington was the only major hotel market to show any growth in occupancy last week, compared to the same period last year, according to figures from STR.

Of the 32 MIQ facilities, 28 will return to being hotels by the end of June.

EVENT says it has refurbished the facility, including The Cut restaurant and bar, as well as its 267 guest rooms.

One of the country’s most acquisitive hotel investors has re-launched Canterbury’s iconic Terrace Downs Resort.

Average weekly occupancy across New Zealand fell to its lowest level last week since December last year, according to figures from STR.

Accommodation spend in the fourth quarter of 2021 fell 12%, or $113m, compared to the same time the year previously, according to Stats NZ.

Average weekly occupancy at Queenstown hotels remained subdued in the week ending Saturday 19 February as hospitality closures cast a pall over the tourist town following a number of Covid-19 exposure events. 

Pacific International Hotel Management School in Taranaki is calling on New Zealand students to train for a tourism career ahead of an expected surge in demand.

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels will reopen the former Kingsgate Hotel Greymouth as Copthorne Hotel Greymouth on 1 March.

Millennium & Copthorne says occupancy across the group fell to 36% for 2021.

Average weekly occupancy at Auckland hotels fell to the lowest level since the Christmas period and only just above that seen during the Delta lockdown for the week ending Saturday 12 February, according to STR.

Quest New Zealand plans to open another four apartment hotels after after launching four properties during the pandemic.

Average weekly occupancy at Wellington hotels fell to the lowest level since the Christmas period for the week ending Saturday 5 February, according to STR. 

The record value in hotel acquisitions recorded in 2021 is a sign of confidence in the sector, says the agent.

Hotels in Auckland being run as managed isolation and quarantine facilities are concerned the market is nowhere near ready to absorb thousands more rooms any time soon.

The Maximum Occupancy New Zealand event has set a new date of 26-27 July due to difficulties holding the accommodation industry conference at red.

Average weekly occupancy at Christchurch reached their highest levels since mid-August in the week ending Saturday 29 January, according to STR. 

Average weekly occupancy at Auckland hotels broke above the 50% mark for the first time since the Delta lockdown began mid-August.

Auckland Rose Park Hotel Parnell has been listed as an Omicron close contact location of interest.

Accommodation is open under red but hotels may be forced shut if Omicron strikes their already depleted staffing ranks.

The resort saw the biggest jump in occupancy over the summer peak of the country’s major hotel markets.

Average weekly occupancy at Christchurch hotels recovered to nearly the 50% mark in the week ending Saturday 15 January

SkyCity Hotel Group has unveiled its new SkyCity Hotel Premium Family Suites at Auckland.

Occupancy across New Zealand slipped slightly in the week ending Saturday 11 December with Auckland’s ongoing lockdown suppressing activity in the country’s major hotel markets.

Sudima Hotels’ new 120-room, 4.5 star-rated waterfront hotel in Kaikoura will open 1 September 2022.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for the month of October 2021 was $4m, a decline of 93.3% from the same month last year.

The tsunami of Aucklanders that typified the end of previous lockdowns is yet to appear, say hoteliers.

The deal for an undisclosed sum sees the 63-bed hotel, the largest in the Buller district, return to the original family who developed the property.

Russell Group and Lockwood Property have sold the hotel into their jv with NZ Super Fund.