After a carefully orchestrated 12-month refurbishment program, Crowne Plaza Melbourne has unveiled a stunning, AU$25 million (US$18 million) transformation of its guestrooms, making it one of the city’s most enviable hotels for business travellers.
As part of the refurbishment, all 402 guestrooms of the Crowne Plaza have been completely transformed, with contemporary bathrooms, standalone showers with state-of-the-art showerheads, premium bedding, designer furnishings and striking artwork a feature. Connectivity throughout the entire hotel has also been upgraded.
The hotel’s City View rooms now boast spacious walk-in wardrobes with sleek workstations, while the hotel’s luxury suites feature deep bathtubs, walk-in showers, plush bedding, new furniture and sweeping views of the Yarra River and Melbourne city skyline.
“Few properties in Melbourne have a history as rich as Crowne Plaza Melbourne and the standard to which all of the hotel’s guestrooms have been refurbished is outstanding,” says David Mansfield, area general manager for InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) for Melbourne and Canberra.
“The property is absolute riverfront and is in a premium position – close to Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, the CBD and on the doorstep to Melbourne’s tram network. With Phase 1 of the refurbishment now complete, together with the hotel owners SB&G Group, we are excited by the appeal the new rooms will have for business, long-stay, and leisure travellers and we look forward to welcoming them”.
Phase 2 of the hotel’s multi-million dollar refurbishment will commence in the second quarter of 2019 and will see all of the hotel’s public areas redesigned, including updates to the hotel’s conference and event facilities, a new restaurant and bar concept, and updates to the hotel pool, gymnasium and lobby.
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