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now cater for groups of up to 210 delegates .
Hyatt Hotels ’ new lifestyle brand is also heading to the city , with Hyatt Centric Hobart set to open in early 2019 . The
221-room hotel will be the first Hyatt Centric hotel in Australia , and will include a restaurant , bar and meeting facilities . Marriott International has announced it will open The
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Tasman , a Luxury Collection Hotel , Hobart in 2018 , a 128- room hotel that will reside in repurposed heritage buildings in Parliament Square .
But one upcoming hotel in particular is creating quite a buzz around town . Located on Hobart ’ s waterfront , MACq 01 is the latest property by The Federal Group , who also operate sister property Henry Jones Art Hotel .
Slated to open this June , MACq 01 will feature 114 rooms , each designed to tell the story of a prominent Tasmanian character .
General manager Jake Smith says the hotel will attract guests looking for an experience-based stay .
“ We ’ re very much all about celebrating the Tasmanian character , so the design of the hotel has been geared to celebrating Tasmania , our culture and our people , to allow our guests to have a really true understanding about who we are ,” he says .
“ Our characters , the people we are celebrating , are a vast variety of people . We ’ ve got indigenous characters , early settlers , pioneers , we ’ ve got artists and creative types , right through to people living today .”
Each room will be designed with one of these character
as the inspiration , and their stories will be told throughout the rooms and the hotel .
“ I think it ’ s a real privilege and responsibility for us to tell these stories , and I ’ m really excited to be able to do so ,” says Smith .
MACq 01 will also support the conferences and events held at Henry Jones Art Hotel , which is located just 100 metres away .
“ As Henry Jones has a very high annual occupancy we ’ ll be able to support additional room nights for delegates going to conferences in the hotel ,” says Smith .
Hobart has a number of major events in the pipeline for this year , including the 2017 Australian International Education Conference that will see 1200 delegates converge on the city ; the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference 2017 that will bring in 800 delegates ; as well as the 1000-delegate International Congress on Modelling and Simulation . Each of these major conferences will be held at the Hobart Convention and Exhibition Centre .
Hobart recently won the bid to host two major Antarctic meetings in 2020 : the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Delegates ’ Meeting and Open Science Conference , and the Council of Managers
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