227 days ago

West Coast hotels finally come out of Covid mothballing

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

Two West Coast hotels reopened this week after closing down in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The historic Lake Mahinapua Hotel, made famous by the Mainland Cheese advertisements, opened to the public again on Sunday for the first time since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020.

According to data from MarketView, international visitor spending surpassed pre-Covid levels on the West Coast for the month of August.

Scenic Group also reopened its Heartland Glacier Country hotel in Fox Glacier on Sunday. It has now reopened all four of its hotels in Franz Josef and Fox Glacier which were mothballed during the pandemic.

Read the full story from reporter Joanne Naish here (subscription required).

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