Between 2014 and 2024, Accor has increased its number of airport hotels across the Pacific region by 144% (with 22 airport hotels in 2024 vs nine in 2014).
The opening of the Novotel & ibis Styles Melbourne Airport follows other significant Accor airport hotel developments across the Pacific region in the past year.
Australia’s first airport ‘resort’ launched last December following the $30 million investment by Airport Development Group (ADG) in the upgrading and integration of the award-winning Novotel & Mercure Darwin Airport hotels. The reimagined resort property added a 61-metre swimming pool, new pool villas, additional food and beverage outlets, an integrated arrivals and welcome area, extensive Indigenous artwork and murals and an Indigenous training academy.
In New Zealand, Accor recently added a Pullman hotel to its existing Novotel and ibis hotels at Auckland Airport. Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel is the first five-star hotel to open in the Auckland Airport precinct and is just 100m from the front entrance of the international terminal.
Pictured left to right: Pullman Auckland, Darwin Airport Resorts
Accor now operates 22 airport hotels across the Pacific – the largest airport hotel operator in the region.
Accor Pacific Chief Operating Officer PM&E, Adrian Williams, said the expansion of the Group’s airport hotel network highlighted the evolution of airport precincts into major commercial and service centres. “Airport hotels are no longer necessarily just about transiting travellers; they are the engines of whole new integrated multi-use developments that have evolved to offer a complete mix of business, retail, industry and tourism activities,” said Mr Williams.
“Airport precincts are transforming into mini-cities in their own right with their own demand drivers.
“Novotel and ibis Styles Melbourne Airport will be a prime example of hotels fuelling this demand and providing considerably more than just a place to sleep for a night. In particular, we expect the hotels to become highly popular venues for conferences, events, incentives, and functions, fuelled by the range of leisure facilities within the area.
“The reasons to stay at an airport hotel are growing exponentially, particularly in Melbourne, where the lack of integrated transport options to the terminals makes staying overnight at one of our hotels and relaxing and preparing for a major overseas trip one of the best investments a traveller can make. Starting a long international trip stress-free is a massive plus for wellbeing.”
From luxury to economy, Accor operates 19 international brands across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and French Polynesia, such as Sofitel, MGallery, Art Series, Pullman, Swissôtel, Mövenpick, Grand Mercure, Peppers, The Sebel, Mantra, Handwritten Collection, Novotel, TRIBE, Mercure, BreakFree, ibis, ibis Styles and ibis budget, as well as Ennismore’s SO/.
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