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Hilton Broadens Footprint on South Island
Two-Year Old Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa Re-Envisions
Identity and Launches Spa Package
QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand.
Two years after its grand opening, Hilton
Queenstown has expanded its ambitions
on the country’s South Island and reestablished itself as Hilton Queenstown
Resort & Spa.
“We felt somewhat
confined by the original
name, which didn’t quite
communicate the
expansiveness of the guest
experience here,” said Andrew
Nisbet, general manager.
“As a resort and spa, we’re
really embracing this
destination as a place to
experience some of the
greatest natural wonders and
most exhilarating pursuits
available in all
New Zealand.”
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Hilton has four properties spread throughout the country, with the Queenstown
location being the only resort & spa.
Situated at the foothills of the Remarkables
mountain range, the property is a jumping
off point for skiing and snowboarding in
the winter and exploring hiking and biking
trails in the summer, as well as the numerous adventure sports in the surrounding
area, including Bungee Jumping, which
began in New Zealand.
In celebration of its new conception, the
resort has unveiled a new spa package,
“Escape to eforea,” which includes:
• Accommodation for two in a lake-view
room with floor-to-ceiling windows, private balcony and a schist stone fireplace
• Two half-hour massages (per stay) at
the award-winning eforea spa: at Hilton,
with 20 percent discounts on additional
treatments
• Full buffet breakfast at Wakatipu Grill,
a finalist in Cuisine magazine’s 2012 “New
Zealand Restaurant of the Year Awards”
eforea spa has also received accolades,
as a Condé Nast Johansens Luxury Spa
Recommendation in 2012 and “Best Hotel
Spa“ in the Australasian Spa Association
(ASPA) Awards last year.
Guests can opt for à la carte treatments
like the Meditation Massage using deep
aromatic oils, or select from three distinct spa journeys – Essentials, Escape
and Men’s. The three-level spa includes
a 25-metre heated pool with adjoining
hot tub, sauna and steam rooms, and fully
equipped fitness centre.
The spa, like the resort itself, has a strong
sense of place. Renowned New Zealand
designer Chan Andreassend created the
ceramic lights, which emit a soft glow
highlighting the etched symbols of Pacific
culture. The earthy tones of the walls and
the smoked oak wooden floors are in tune
with Queenstown’s position in the middle
of the Southern Alps.
The resort is conveniently located only five
minutes from Queenstown International
Airport, and just a 15-minute drive or
eight-minute water taxi ride into the centre of Queenstown.
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