Millennium & Copthorne has announced it is dropping a proposed multi-million hotel development in Whangarei because the tourism landscape has “changed beyond measure”. Large hotel chain Millennium & Copthorne has announced it is canning plans to build a 70-80 bed, four-star hotel in Whangarei as the Government is about to announce a travel bubble with Australia. Millennium & Copthorne managing director BK Chiu said the tourism and accommodation landscape had “changed beyond measure” since it had entered into a conditional agreement to buy land in the Whangarei CBD from the Whangarei District Council. “As the negotiations have been confidential to the parties, neither MCK (Millennium & Copthorne) nor Whangarei District Council will be making any further comment,” Chiu said. Copthorne Hotel Rotorua, Kingsgate Hotel Greymouth and Kingsgate Hotel Te Anau were closed for the majority of 2020 and these hotels were likely to remain closed for a further period.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2021 01:41 UTC