HOTEL, TOURISM & LEISURE
GLOBAL hotelier Marriott and Far East Consortium have opened the Ritz-Carlton Melbourne, marking the hotel giant’s 1,000th venue in the Asia Pacific region.
The six-star hotel at 250 Spencer Street is Melbourne’s first under the renowned banner and just the second in Australia. It will...
West Side Place is also delivering 2,800 apartments across its four towers, and Far East Consortium is bringing another 2,200 nearby at Upper West Side.
The Ritz-Carlton offers 257 rooms and suites, a heated infinity pool, spa, restaurant, bar, and a conferencing and events centre that includes a ballroom.
It follows the Ritz-Carlton Perth that opened four years ago on the Elizabeth Quay waterfront.
Melbourne, meanwhile, received its first Le Meridien Hotel from Marriott last week, a $100 million, 253-room hotel constructed on the former Palace Theatre site on Bourke Street.
Data from analysts STR show hotel occupancy rates in Melbourne were at 67.7% in December, some 14.3% below 2019 levels. However, room prices have...
Average hotel daily rates are tipped to nationally rise again in 2023, after a 24% jump in 2022, outpacing 2019 rates by 23%.
Fifty years after debuting in the region, Marriott has plans to add 100 hotels – roughly two hotels per week – in Asia Pacific in 2023, expanding its footprint in...
Twelve of those will be part of Marriott’s luxury brand portfolio, including the Ritz-Carlton in Japan’s Fukuoka, and the Ritz-Carlton Reserve will debut in the...
Marriott also plans to debut a W Hotel in Macau’s Studio City, and JW Marriott anticipates openings in Jeju Island, South Korea, Xi’an, China and Goa, India.
“The opening of Marriott International’s 1000th hotel in Asia Pacific is a true milestone, underscoring our confidence in the overall travel outlook...
“Being able to celebrate the opening of Marriott’s 1000th hotel in Asia Pacific is a testament to our vision for growth in...
Yibing Mao, President, Greater China, Marriott International.