Luxury Queenstown hotel building for sale, offers over $35m considered
From reporter Debbie Jamieson:L
A new five-star-plus Queenstown hotel building is for sale and the vendor will consider offers over $35 million.
Kevin Carlin built the seven-storey 14-suite Carlin Boutique Hotel and Oro restaurant near central Queenstown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It opened in early 2022 and has since received several international awards including three Boutique Hotel Awards, such as the World's Best New Hotel in 2022.
Carlin operates the hotel and intends doing so for the next 30 years, but now wished to free up the capital involved in the building for other projects.
It was standard practice for hotels and other businesses to rent the buildings they operate from, he said.
”I was the rare person that’s a property developer and owned the building.
”I always intended to sell the real estate to get the cash back for another development,” he said.
He intended leasing the building back for 30 years and operating the hotel himself “if someone pays the price”.
“I’m not going anywhere. This is my retirement project.”
He declined to give details of other developments he sought capital for, though he is developing a five-star Radisson Hotel in Queenstown with Australia-based partner Centuria.
Despite a major staff shortage in Queenstown the Carlin Boutique Hotel was almost fully staffed with 38 employees on board.
Bookings were good going ahead, but he was looking forward to the return of European and wealthy Chinese travellers, he said.
Chinese visitors were struggling with visa issues in their own country while a lack of flights connecting Europe and New Zealand was deterring those visitors.
“I was there recently, and it took me four flights to get home to Queenstown,” he said.
Visitors to the hotel can book a room from $2219.50 a night, according to the website.
Each of the interconnected suites has views over central Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, its own outdoor fire and spa pool, and a kitchen where private chefs can whip up a meal.
“We don’t expect our guests are ever going to buy eggs and cook,” Carlin told Stuff on a tour when it first opened.
The property is listed with Bayleys Real Estate and expressions of interest are sought.
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.7% Summer
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36.7% Winter
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1.6% Other - I'll share below
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