The former Nugget Point Hotel, a modern resort when it opened in the late \u201980s, is about to start a new life as the five star-plus Coronet Ridge Resort.<\/p>\n
Following an extensive upgrade to the Arthurs Point property, the 41 rooms, including suites, will open to guests this coming Monday.<\/p>\n
Then, on the following Monday, the all-new Elevation Bar & Restaurant opens for both guests and the public.<\/p>\n
The restaurant\u2019s being helmed by executive chef Dominic Dsouza, whose dishes are said to reflect his Indian heritage, European training in Michelin-starred establishments and deep appreciation for New Zealand ingredients.<\/p>\n
Also opening are a state-of-the-art fitness centre, squash courts, Roman-style spa, outdoor jacuzzi, conference room and private cinema.<\/p>\n
“The rooms are pitched into that premium luxury market with a number of suites added,” says Clare Davis, the founder\/managing director of Kiwi-owned Capstone Hotel Management, which was hand-picked to manage the resort.<\/p>\n
“The feedback we\u2019ve had from trade and media we\u2019ve had through the property has been overwhelming, so the product\u2019s really hitting the mark in that luxury market.<\/p>\n
“The conference room\u2019s going to have this lovely wrap-around deck so delegates will have all that natural sunlight coming in.”<\/p>\n
Bookings from the get-go are “really solid”, Davis says.<\/p>\n
Touted as a $30million makeover, the upgrade follows the $20,125,000 purchase of the property in 2023 by a subsidiary of Singaporean\/New Zealand company, New Bay Group.<\/p>\n
As a condition of the Overseas Investment Commission approval, at least $9m had to be spent on upgrading it to a five-star resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Nugget Point Hotel, a modern resort when it opened in the late \u201980s, is about to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-182430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}