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The former Goldridge Resort in Queenstown has a new owner and is undergoing a $3.5 million makeover. Now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group, the 75-room hotel on Frankton Rd is to become the Holiday Inn Queenstown in December.
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Long-established Queenstown firm Rilean Construction is the main contractor for the $3.5 million four-star refurbishment of Queenstown’s former Goldridge Resort. Now owned by one of the world’s leading hotel companies, InterContinental Hotels Group, the 75-room hotel on Frankton Rd will become the Holiday Inn Queenstown in December. The new hotel will operate under franchise agreements in partnership with USAR Queenstown Ltd and USAR Christchurch Limited, backed by well-known New Zealand hoteliers, the Sarin family. Rilean Construction quantity surveyor Aaron Brown says the company’s extensive experience with previous hotel developments and its relationships with loyal sub-contractors has been particularly important in scheduling work for the refurbishment because of the high industry demand in the region. “I guess that’s the benefit of us being 20-plus years in the Queenstown region; we have a good sub-contractor base and we are able to call upon them when we have tight time-frames,” Aaron says. Started in July, the upgrade involves completely stripping out the two-story hotel’s existing rooms in stages around the peak tourist season; as a result work will be in hiatus from about mid-November to March when the hotel is fully booked. Because of the scheduling requirements it has been vital to ensure the architects and subcontractors are all “on the same page”. “Sequencing sub-contractors is a big issue
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