NZ Herald Thursday 30 March 2017 An Australian developer wants to spend more than $60 million on a new hotel at the entrance to Queenstown.
Pro-invest Group lodged plans with the local council for an eye-catching 227-room Holiday Inn Express, which would breathe new life into a prominent plot on the corner of Stanley, Sydney and Melbourne Streets.
It would replace the Bungi Backpackers and cover an adjoining section next to the Millennium Hotel, helping to ease the resort’s shortage of visitor accommodation.
But the development would be sad news for some local people who remember the backpacker hostel as the town’s former maternity hospital.
The hotel would accommodate up to 450 guests in two wings of three and four levels. Read more…
