Introducing Hotel Council Aotearoa
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Introducing
Hotel Council
Aotearoa
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Hotel Council Aotearoa (HCA) is the only stand-alone
body representing the interests of hotels and hoteliers
Hotel voices must be heard
in New Zealand. Our point of difference is our
single-minded focus on issues that matter.
if we are to deliver positive
We are dedicated to educating and influencing key
change for our sector.
decision-makers on matters of importance to the New
Zealand hotel industry. HCA champions the issues
HCA’s board and advisory panel is well respected with
extensive expertise in the hotel and tourism industry,
and achievements of our
both in New Zealand and internationally. We span a
dynamic mix of hotel owners, operators and consultants
hotels and hoteliers.
including the Scenic Hotel Group, SKYCITY Hotels,
Sudima, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, C.P. Group
New Zealand, and Heritage Hotels. Our board members
are hotel sector specialists with deep knowledge on
hotel-specific issues and challenges.
Since incorporating in December 2020, HCA represents
more than 140 New Zealand hotels, together comprising
over 15,600 guest rooms or 5.6 million available
room-nights per annum.
Alongside airlines, airports and physical transport
networks such as road and rail, hotels form our
“tourism backbone”, which attracts and delivers
high-value international tourists to New Zealand. The
tourism backbone benefits smaller, less capital-intensive
businesses in our cities, towns and other tourist
destinations. Government’s role includes monitoring and
safeguarding the health of our tourism backbone.
Key HCA Objectives HCA Values
• Provide strong leadership and advocacy for all those in
the hotel sector
• Maximise the growth potential of the hotel sector and
tourism industry
• Provide expert advice into decision-making on issues
impacting tourism including economic and financial
policy
Advocacy
• Advocating for fair and equitable tourism infrastructure
funding options, to be implemented only after genuine
consultation and on reasonable time frames
• Ongoing engagement with local and central
government including key ministers, politicians, Hotel Benchmarking
treasury and government agencies such as MBIE,
Ministry of Health and Tourism New Zealand Robust analysis for benchmarking hotel sector
performance is vital. HCA is sponsoring the cost of the
• Working alongside national and regional economic annual industry survey for the 2020-2021 operating year
development agencies to reinvigorate tourism and to ensure the sector has full and complete information
avoid duplication in the public and private sector about the impact of COVID. The annual survey is
anticipated to provide valuable information in support of
• Providing the forum for knowledge sharing, education future advocacy efforts.
and networking
• Leadership on peer-to-peer accommodation regulation
to create a level-playing field HCA Membership
• Lobbying for indefinite removal of the Auckland Annual membership includes a base fee of $250 per
Targeted Provider Rate (APTR), currently scheduled to hotel, plus an amount calculated on room numbers per
re-start in mid-2022 hotel: $25 per room for the first 100 rooms, $20 per
room for rooms 101-200, $15 per room for rooms 200+.
• Opposing Queenstown and Lakes District’s 5% bed tax
Fees are in New Zealand dollars (NZD) and are exclusive
on accommodation, signposted to commence in 2024
of GST.
• Monitoring and lobbying against disproportionate or
unfair local government rate increases including future
targeted rates and bed taxesOur People
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HCA Main Board
Lani Terry Les Morgan
Hagaman Ngan Sudima Hotels
Chief Operating
Scenic Hotel Group CP Group
Executive Chair Asset Manager Officer
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Sudima Hotels/Hind
Scenic Hotel Group is C.P. Group is the largest Management has
New Zealand’s largest hotel owner in NZ with annual turnover in
privately owned 21 hotels. Terry has excess of $60 million,
and operated hotel 35 years’ experience and is expanding with
business, spanning 18 in the hotel sector, as new hotels under
hotels throughout NZ a consultant and as an development.
and the Pacific. asset manager for hotel
owners in New Zealand,
French Polynesia,
Samoa and Fiji.
Ken Graham Yan Brad Burnett
Orr Heritage Hotel
Management
SKYCITY Hotels
Group General
Millennium and
Copthorne Chief Executive Manager
Vice President Officer —
Operations — Brad oversees The
Graham is responsible Grand and SkyCity, as
— for Heritage Hotels’ well as the recently
MCK is one of New extensive portfolio of opened Eos by
Zealand’s largest 17 properties trading SkyCity in Adelaide,
owner-operators of under Heritage, CityLife and the soon to be
hotels and the only and Heritage Collection opened Horizon
listed accommodation throughout NZ. Hotel which is part of
provider on the NZX. the NZ International
MCK owns/leases or Convention Centre
operates 21 hotels project.
nationwide.
Michael Simon White Karl Luxon
Patterson EVENT Hospitality and Director
Commodore Airport Entertainment —
Hotel General Manager Karl has extensive
Hotel Operations NZ hotel management
General Manager and and operational
Director —
Event Hospitality expertise. Former Vice
— and Entertainment President Operations
Michael grew operates cinemas, New Zealand MCK
up in the hotel hotels and resorts and New Zealand
business when his in Australia and NZ. Tourism Future’s
family founded The Hotel brands Taskforce advisor,
the Commodore in include QT Hotels and Karl continually
December 1971. He Resorts, Rydges Hotels advocates for greater
works in partnership and Resorts and Atura understanding and
with his brothers, Ken Hotels. appreciation of the
and Thomas, with real value tourism
the Patterson family adds to New Zealand’s
strongly committed to economic growth, job
the hotel industry. creation and positive
international image.HCA Strategic Director
James Doolan
James has recently returned to New Zealand after 13 years in Hong Kong including 10 years at Marriott
International where he was Regional VP Hotel Development responsible for new growth across multiple brands
in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and Thailand. Prior to joining Marriott James practised as
a corporate lawyer with Bell Gully in Auckland and Norton Rose in Hong Kong. He is also principal of boutique
hospitality consultancy, Fantail Advisory.
HCA Advisory Panel
Gillian Millar Chris Kevin Gough
Accor
Senior Vice President
Ehmann Qualmark
Accommodation
Hilton Queenstown
Operations New and Doubletree by Specialist
Zealand, Fiji and Hilton Queenstown —
French Polynesia General Manager
Kevin Gough has 40
— years’ experience
Gillian is responsible — of working across
for managing Accor’s Chris Ehmann moved many sectors of New
interests in the region. to Queenstown in Zealand tourism. He
In New Zealand this April 2014 to take has a strong career
comprises 40 hotels, up the position of profile in tourism
in excess of 4500 General Manager of management,
rooms over a suite of Hilton Queenstown leading teams in
brands. The portfolio and Doubletree by sales and marketing,
ranges from the luxury Hilton Queenstown. with a recent focus
of the Sofitel and SO/ A Vancouver native on commercial
through to the ibis with more than two accommodation.
family of economy decades experience
brands as well as the in Europe, the Middle
Pullman, MGallery, East and Australasia,
Sebel, Grand Mercure, Ehmann has a solid
Novotel, and Mercure grasp and personal
brands. enthusiasm for the
tourism industry.
Contact us
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James Doolan
021 085 10685 james@hotelcouncilaotearoa.com
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