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FOCUS<br />
BRING ON EASTER<br />
<strong>QHA</strong> REVIEW | 44<br />
EASTER 2022 IS SHAPING UP TO BE A MOMENTOUS<br />
OCCASION FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF<br />
OF AMORA HOTEL BRISBANE, COINCIDING AS IT<br />
DOES WITH THE RE-OPENING OF THE VENUE TO THE<br />
TRAVELLING PUBLIC AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR<br />
OF ASSISTING THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT<br />
WITH ITS REPATRIATION PROGRAM DURING THE<br />
PANDEMIC.<br />
The hotel was purchased by Amora Hotels and<br />
Resorts, a family company based in Thailand, for $68<br />
million in October 2020 when it was still operating as<br />
Novotel Brisbane, managed by Accor. It is the third<br />
hotel for the group in Australia, adding to Amora<br />
Jamison Sydney and Amora Riverwalk Melbourne. The<br />
company also has hotels in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and<br />
Phuket.<br />
Amora Hotel Brisbane General Manager Tom<br />
Bloomfield said Amora Hotels and Resorts was<br />
founded by Dr Tanapun Siriphatrawan and is now<br />
managed by the late Dr Tanapun’s family, who have<br />
strong links to Australia and a keen eye on other future<br />
hotel opportunities here. He said they had only just<br />
been able to visit the venue in February 2022 and had<br />
left Brisbane happy with their investment, having put<br />
a $15 million plan in place for a refurbishment of the<br />
hotel to start in mid-2022 and bring it up to a five-star<br />
rating.
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