CIM NEWS MAGAZINE Issue 8 2016 | Page 30

VENUE UPDATE Queenstown’s high country goes luxe A new luxury accommodation, eco and wildlife experience in New Zealand is being launched this summer, with Queenstown-based accommodation and concierge company MajorDomo introducing an exclusive-use hosted experience at the Mahu Whenua Ridgeline Homestead & Eco Sanctuary. It will feature rustic yet stylish accommodation sleeping up to 12 guests and an array of private guided and hosted experiences at Mahu Whenua – over 550 square kilometres of high country. Guided onsite experiences will include horse trekking, overnight stays at shepherds’ cottages around the station, heli-skiing, mountain biking, 4wd adventures, farm tours, picnics alongside pristine alpine rivers, backcountry touring and wellness experiences such as yoga. News in brief SwissBelhotel opens in Brisbane Swiss-Belhotel Brisbane has opened at South Brisbane. The new build full service 134-room hotel offers a large corporate lounge, two meeting rooms, an indoor heated swimming pool, in-house gymnasium and secure on-site parking for 40 cars. Mantra expands in Hawaii Mantra Group has expanded into Hawaii with the 1100 room Mantrabranded Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. Ala Moana Hotel is located beside the world’s largest open-air shopping mall, Ala Moana Shopping Centre, and features nine-dedicated spaces for meetings and events. 30   Convention & Incentive Marketing, Issue 8, 2016    www.cimmagazine.com Atura Hotels takes off at Adelaide Airport Adelaide Airport precinct will see a new 165-room Atura Hotel with an expected opening of late 2018. The hotel will feature a restaurant and bar, a business centre, flexible function and meeting spaces plus a port-cochere, while a walkway will directly link the hotel with the airport's Level 2 domestic and international check-in area.