M&C

The group says hotel operations in NZ “are still challenging” with competition for skilled labour intense for the foreseeable future.

Harrison will commence the handover process in the coming weeks with retiring managing director BK Chiu.

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

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.

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand says it has received more than 9000 cancellations because of the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

Millennium & Copthorne’s New Zealand hotel operations stayed in the black in the first half of the year – just.

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

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

Occupancy across the group plummeted to 1.5% in April.