Refurbishment

A massive 91 percent of people rate pillows as vital for a good night’s sleep according to the US National Sleep Foundation. Yet while accommodation houses have woken up to the importance of pillow comfort in recent years, many remain unconscious of the fact that discerning guests are looking for more than softness.

Largely forgotten is an earlier era in which tourism was viewed as a tool of politics and a subject of political analysis.

The new QT hotel in Queenstown is the pinnacle of Queenstown cool...

While an in-house laundry installation or refurbishment may sound like a simple mission, it’s not all suds and bubbles.

What if you could create a luxurious atmosphere that helped your guests feel grounded and energised, simply by updating the colour palette of your hotel? Pantone's new 2018 colour of the year might do just that.

Maintaining facilities to the standards expected by guests, and determining how and when to upgrade those facilities, is one of the biggest challenges faced by any accom owner.

The 234-room InterContinental Hotel Wellington is encased in a modern glass building with arresting city and harbour views. To complement the natural light streaming in through walls of windows, a harmonising system of LED lighting fixtures was installed in a roll-out of lighting upgrades beginning with a refurbishment in 2013. Switch lighting products have been used throughout the recent retrofit …

Swiss-Belsuites Victoria Park, Auckland offers sophisticated urban living directly opposite Victoria Park and next to Victoria Park Market in a 100-year-old heritage building with space for 85 shops, cafés and restaurants. The hotel is located in the heart of vibrant Auckland city and only a five-minute walk from SkyCity Casino, the Auckland Convention Centre and the stunning Viaduct Harbour. Swiss-Belsuites …

With its world famous thermal attractions and the huge range of outdoor activities it offers for the energetic and adventurous, Rotorua seems the perfect destination for the young in particular who would feel at home in a log cabin or on a campsite. There are several such sites available but Rotorua Thermal Holiday Park has long been a favourite for …

A human being with a clear vision of what could be achieved, combined with singular determination to bring it to fruition, is an extraordinarily powerful combination.