HOTELS
The Hotel Britomart opens with five Green Stars
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A regenerative programme to bring new life to a run down part of Auckland's downtown includes an hotels with sustainability at its heart.
fficially opening its doors on October 1 2020, the highly anticipated The Hotel Britomart brings more than just great design to the reinvigorated Britomart precinct. The Hotel Britomart, part of the TFE Hotels collection, will be the first 5 Green Star hotel in New Zealand, certified by the New Zealand Green Building Council. The scaffolding came down in July on The Hotel Britomart construction, revealing its breath-taking brick exterior. Work is now focused on the interiors of the guest rooms and suites, with the hotel’s opening scheduled for 1 October 2020. 24 SEPTEMBER 2020 - HOSPITALITY BUSINESS
The 104-room hotel experienced six weeks of construction delays because of New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown, but work on site is now restarted, with the only active Covid-19 cases in the country all in managed isolation. “Work on The Hotel Britomart site is completely back on track,” says Matthew Cockram, Chief Executive Officer of Cooper and Company, owners of The Hotel Britomart. “The current circumstances mean our opening in October will focus mostly on domestic tourists, who we think will recognise the enormous appeal of The Hotel Britomart’s design and the many attractions of the Britomart neighbourhood around it.”
Designed by Auckland-based Cheshire Architects, The Hotel Britomart will be New Zealand’s greenest hotel, with a 5 Green Star rating from the New Zealand Green Building Council. The hotel is a bold new addition to Britomart, the historic waterfront neighbourhood in downtown Auckland that has been the focus of a thoughtful 15-year regeneration process led by Cooper and Company. With 99 timber-lined guest rooms and five luxurious Landing Suites, The Hotel Britomart will be part of the TFE Hotels Collection, managed by TFE Hotels on behalf of Cooper and Company. Hotel General
