Archive for month: October, 2018

Shangri-La heads to Melbourne

CONSTRUCTION of Melbourne’s first Shangri-La Hotel is set to begin following an official ground breaking ceremony earlier this week at the city’s newest multi-purpose complex.

Located at 308 Exhibition Street, the new five-star complex will combine the 62-storey Shangri-La Hotel in a western tower with 300 residential apartments in a 60-storey eastern tower, joined by a Sky Lounge overlooking the Royal Exhibition Building and the surrounding Carlton Gardens.

The $565 million contract will become one of Victoria’s most significant projects over the next three years, with development company SP Setia working closely with Multiplex on the construction.

Shangri-La Asia Limited Chief Executive Officer Lim Beng Chee said demand for five-star accommodation in the city’s precinct made the location ideal.

“We couldn’t have chosen a more strategic and spectacular location to site our hotel and introduce our Asian-inspired hospitality to all visitors once the complex is complete,” he said.

Source: traveldaily

Kangaroo Is to tender

SEALINK Travel Group this morning revealed that the use of port facilities and infrastructure at Cape Jervis and Penneshaw for the Kangaroo Island ferry route will involve a competitive tender from 2024.

The company noted that in 2015 it had requested consideration of an extension of its existing arrangements at the ports to “underpin further investment by SeaLink in both vessels and South Australia”.

However South Australian Minister for Transport and Planning, Stephen Knoll, has told the company the government had reached a decision that access to the facilities would be subject to a public tender to take effect from 01 Jul 2024.

SeaLink said it was currently continuing discussions regarding future arrangements for the route, with existing arrangements in place until Jul 2024.

The company welcomed the government’s decision to “move the process forward and provide clarity to SeaLink, its shareholders and the 370 staff we employ in South Australia”.

Source: traveldaily

AFTA adds director

GRANT Wilson, Executive Manager of CT Partners, has been appointed to the AFTA Board of Directors, filling the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Helloworld CEO Andrew Burnes (TD 30 Jul).

CT Partners GM Ian Edwards will act as an alternate director to Wilson, AFTA confirmed today.

Source: traveldaily

APEC cruise hotels

PRINCESS Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia will send three cruise ships to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea as lodging for delegates attending the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Nov.

Pacific Jewel, Pacific Explorer, and Sea Princess have been chartered to house some of the 10,000 officials and journalists expected to attend the event.

The APEC Summit is a govt forum for 21 Pacific nations.

Source: traveldaily

Curio Collection by Hilton adds Maison Astor Paris

Parisian hotel, Maison Astor Paris, has joined the Curio Collection by Hilton portfolio, a collection of more than 50 upper upscale, one-of-a-kind hotels and resorts. The hotel has a rich history with roots stemming back to the States. John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the prominent Astor family, was born and raised in the opulence of the New Yorker’s aristocracy; a circle he felt […]

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