Sofitel’s MGallery for south-west Sydney
Accor Hotels is opening a new luxury boutique hotel under the MGallery by Sofitel brand.
Located near the Warwick Farm racecourse, in south-western Sydney, the hotel will feature more than 800 horse stables re-using the hardwood from the existing Inglis Newmarket stables in Randwick.
Accor has entered a partnership with renowned thoroughbred horse sales company William Inglis and Son Ltd for the hotel.
The hotel will celebrate Inglis’ racing and thoroughbred history.
That will see each hotel room having a personalised name and theme, based on one of the many champion racehorses sold through its sales rings. And it will also feature a a paddock to plate-style restaurant and gardens named The Newmarket Room. There will be a ringside bar, a lobby café, a mezzanine lounge bar, a micro-brewery, entertainment precinct and a spectacular rooftop bar and pool deck overlooking the racecourse and stable precinct.
On level nine of the hotel, there will be a fully-equipped gymnasium and luxurious day spa.
The hotel will also have conferencing facilities, including a business centre, private dining and meeting rooms. A horse sales arena with capacity to cater for up to 1,000 people featuring corporate box ringside dining and access to the mezzanine bar, 1876 Lounge, will be in the adjoining conference centre.
Now under construction as part of the new $140 million precinct developed by Inglis to be known as Riverside Stables, the hotel is expected to open by March 2018,
AccorHotels Chief Operating Officer Pacific, Simon McGrath said the new hotel will be a key part of the group’s growing boutique hotel collection.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Inglis on this prestigious hotel development for south-western Sydney. Not only will it provide much-needed high-end boutique accommodation to service the racing industry and clients of Inglis, but we also believe it will be a major driver and drawcard for regional tourism across both the corporate and leisure sectors,” Mr McGrath told Spice News.
“The William Inglis Hotel will be a special addition to our boutique collection of MGallery by Sofitel hotels across Australia and abroad. Each hotel in the collection excludes its own individual personality, style and stories which are layered into the details of design, signature dishes and cocktails and their destinations, and the William Inglis Hotel will be no different.”
by Leon Gettler, July 28th 2017
