QHA Review January 2018
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ACCOMMODATION<br />
Westin Coolum Resort & Spa in Mooloolaba<br />
“THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH RIGOROUS PLANNING<br />
REGIMES AND IN SOME CASES MADE SUBSTANTIAL<br />
MODIFICATIONS AS A RESULT OF COMMUNITY<br />
FEEDBACK, BUT WE ARE NO NEARER TO ONE OF<br />
THEM COMMENCING BUILDING.”<br />
Badderam Eco Luxe Resort & Spa in Buderim<br />
business. That premium sector of the market is now<br />
being courted by destinations up and down the<br />
east coast because they can offer outstanding new<br />
accommodation and conference venues.”<br />
Simon cited Brisbane as having recorded an 11.2%<br />
increase in visitor expenditure on the back of its new<br />
hotel inventory, saying that this allowed the city to<br />
attract additional events and conferences.<br />
“But the Sunshine Coast’s lack of new accommodation<br />
has meant visitors have moved into unregulated<br />
short-term accommodation, which provides little<br />
benefit for the region’s tourism industry, economy or<br />
the community.”<br />
Visit Sunshine Coast Chair David Ryan said that<br />
it was important to encourage appropriate<br />
five-star hotel and resort development.<br />
“There have been three serious proposals for new<br />
five-star developments on the Sunshine Coast over<br />
the past few years,” he said. “They have been through<br />
rigorous planning regimes and in some cases made<br />
substantial modifications as a result of community<br />
feedback, but we are no nearer to one of them<br />
commencing building.”<br />
Those current five-star hotel development proposals<br />
on the Sunshine Coast include the Badderam Eco<br />
Luxe Resort & Spa in Buderim, the Westin Coolum<br />
Resort & Spa and the Aria 5-star development in<br />
Mooloolaba.<br />
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