A new 500-room luxury Melbourne hotel
Melbourne is getting a new Shangri-La hotel.
Located at 308 Exhibition Street and overlooking Melbourne’s World Heritage-listed Carlton Gardens, the development is now in the process of getting planning approval.
Malaysian property developer S P Setia Berhad Group and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts signed the deal to operate the 500-room hotel at a ceremony in Melbourne on Tuesday.
When it is completed in 2022, the hotel will feature an estimated 500 guest rooms with three levels of amenities.
There will be a sky lobby, restaurants, spa, fitness centre, pool and a state of the art ballroom.
Inside the second tower, there will be 300 luxury residential apartments and some office space. The two towers will be connected through a sky bridge.
The lower levels of the development will have retail space.
S P Setia chairman, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Wan Mohd Zahid told the Melbourne event that getting Shangri La on board was important as it “supported the project’s vision to deliver an iconic development that increases capacity, creates local economic development opportunities, and sets a new benchmark for five-star luxury in Melbourne”.
“S P Setia is honoured to appoint Shangri-La, an iconic global brand that represents the highest standards of quality, as the hotel operator to this development,” Mr Zahid said.
“Through the design and construction phases and for many decades to come as a luxury residence, retail and hotel precinct, the economic benefits of this project will be significant for Melbourne.”
Shangri-La is privileged to be selected as the hotel operator for this world-class S P Setia development, which will be an architectural masterpiece and an iconic part of Melbourne’s skyline for decades to come,” responded Shangri-La Asia’s Chief Executive Officer Lim Beng Chee.
“We look forward to bringing Shangri-La’s hallmark ‘hospitality from the heart’ to Melbourne, Australia’s event capital.”
by Leon Gettler, June 14th 2017
