Sheraton Noosa leaving Starwood.

[drron]

A real pity for us as if short a couple of nights requalifying plat it is where we go as so close.
Is the case this year-looked at their site and leaving June 13th.
Fortunately a conference came up on the Gold Coast and it is at the Mirage.

 

[thatsthatmattressman]

More details here; appears to now be a Sofitel: Starwood confirms Sheraton Noosa Resort and Spa exit, new operator unconfirmed - Hotel Management

 

[J.Alfred.Pruflock]

There's a story in today's Oz about it. It also notes that the Four Points in Sydney is going to Hyatt.

It's been a long slow decline for Sheraton in QLD and Australia is general. They've lost Townsville, Brisbane, and now Noosa in QLD, a strong NT presence is gone, the Sheraton Towers in Melbourne is now the Langham and Perth is the Pan Pacific. Granted a lot of these hotels were pretty average (the Melbourne, Brisbane, and Noosa properties been the exception) but they gave the brand a strong local presence and I used to stay in their properties a lot cause their strong market presence made it relatively easy to be loyal to the brand.

This year I don't think I've used a Sheraton once. Last year I did Noosa and the new Melbourne property. Melbourne was perfectly pleasant in a beige corporate way, the Noosa property, yeah well, it doesn't hum like it used to.

 

[moa999]

Wow. Four Points in Sydney a big loss - particularly with its expansion... and they've lost the Aloft that was under construction to the Sydney Metro build

 

[drron]

And I used to stay at the Sheraton Hobart.

 

[thatsthatmattressman]

Do you know if there is a plan to put the Aloft somewhere else in Sydney or is the project finito?

 

[drron]

The Sydney Aloft has disappeared from the new openings in Australia on the Starwood site.
nothing on the 4 points page saying they are leaving yet.

 

[Solid]

I just walked past an Aloft "under construction" in Pitt Street down towards World Square

 

[moa999]

I just walked past an Aloft "under construction" in Pitt Street down towards World Square

Site is being compulsory acquired for Sydney Metro Stage 2 as a station entrance

 

[ric_melb]

Just read this morning, in the Australian, that Four Points Sydney will be leaving Starwood. Contract finishes 30 November 2016. Apparently next week two new Four Points for Sydney will be announced, with a total of 620 rooms. And within two weeks a new Westin beachfront hotel will be announced for Queensland.
Its encouraging that Starwood have a pipeline of properties coming on stream in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, but we will be waiting till 2017 -2019!

 

[thatsthatmattressman]

More detail on what we have been speaking about; for this to be a Hyatt Regency the rooms need a serious uplift.

Breaking News: Hyatt to take over 900-room Four Points by Sheraton Sydney - Hotel Management

 

[moa999]

And by AusBT
New Hyatt Regency Hotel for Sydney - Australian Business Traveller

Agree they will need to spend a bit to upgrade to Hyatt Regency standards.
Still remember when it was Hotel Nikko before Starwood took it over in early 2000s

 

[dajop]

Don't forget, highly likely that in the next 1-3 years, SOTP & Westin Sydney will also be both leaving the program, or depending on your point of view, they will be staying and there will be three new properties joining .... one at Circular Quay, one over at Pier One, and one in North Ryde Plus one each in Brisbane, Gold Coast & Melbourne .....

 

[moa999]

Don't forget, highly likely that in the next 1-3 years, SOTP & Westin Sydney will also be both leaving the program,.

why do you say that?

 

[woodborer]

Don't forget, highly likely that in the next 1-3 years, SOTP & Westin Sydney will also be both leaving the program, or depending on your point of view, they will be staying and there will be three new properties joining .... one at Circular Quay, one over at Pier One, and one in North Ryde Plus one each in Brisbane, Gold Coast & Melbourne .....

Depending on your perspective, you could say it is SPG that will be leaving SOTP and Westin Sydney

 

[dajop]

why do you say that?

This:

Depending on your perspective, you could say it is SPG that will be leaving SOTP and Westin Sydney

The reason being the impending Marriott acquisition of starwood.

 

[amaroo]

A real pity for us as if short a couple of nights requalifying plat it is where we go as so close.
Is the case this year-looked at their site and leaving June 13th.
Fortunately a conference came up on the Gold Coast and it is at the Mirage.

Only a few more years and you'll have another local...

Starwood Hotels, one of the world’s largest chains, will build a 220-room five-star Westin Resort and Spa on a beachfront parcel directly adjoining Palmer’s Coolum Resort, which is no longer taking bookings.

Due for completion in 2021, the resort and spa will be the first new five-star hotel to open on the Sunshine Coast in 27 years, and, in a vein similar to what the original Coolum resort once was, is pitching itself squarely as a luxury resort, spa and conference centre.

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