Hotel giant Sheraton has announced plans to build ‘the largest and most luxurious new hotel between Brisbane and Cairns’.
The planned 223-room five-star resort will be located on the Hervey Bay waterfront, approximately 300km north of Brisbane, in preference to more popular and established tourist destinations such as the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast or Cairns.
Through Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott International, it signed a memorandum of understanding with developer Sunny Beach Land, confirming plans to build the luxury retreat, which will be called Hervey Bay Esplanade Resort.
The resort is part of a $450 million plan to redevelop Torquay, one of the city’s beachside suburbs.
Television host and Sheraton ambassador Jamie Durie announced Sheraton’s vision for the 408-412 The Esplanade lot at a media event in Brisbane on Thursday morning.
Sheraton will build a new five-star luxury resort in Hervey Bay on Queensland’s Fraser Coast (photo, design for the new hotel)
The new resort will feature three swimming pools (one pictured), outdoor terraces, BBQ areas, a rooftop bar, a kids’ club, private cabanas, sundecks, water play areas and several residential apartments.
Hervey Bay Esplanade Resort would be Sheraton’s fifth Australian hotel, joining properties on the Gold Coast, Port Douglas, Sydney’s Hyde Park and Melbourne.
The new resort will feature a podium-level resort pool, two swimming pools, outdoor terraces, barbecue areas, fitness center, business lounge, world-class 400-seat event and conference space, rooftop bar, kids club, private cabanas, sun decks, water play areas and various residential apartments.
The project is expected to create 1,100 jobs during construction and a further 250 jobs in the long term.
Dan Cuda, managing director of Sunny Beach Land, said Sheraton’s proposed hotel would put the Fraser Coast region “firmly on the map as a world-class tourism destination.”
“The potential contribution this would make to the Fraser Coast economy, local businesses and employment is simply enormous and too good an opportunity to miss,” he said in a speech. Courier mail report.
‘Sheraton’s presence in Hervey Bay would also set the tone for future residential and tourism developments in this region and encourage further investment.’
Jamie Durie will help design the resort’s world-class oasis recreation area.
He hopes his input will help the project ‘put Hervey Bay in the global spotlight’.
Developers believe the proposed resort (pictured) will put Hervey Bay ‘firmly on the map as a world-class tourist destination’
“We all know that K’gari (formerly Fraser Island, off the coast of Hervey Bay) is a paradise, and with the internationally recognized Sheraton brand behind it, the world will know it too,” he said.
“A destination hotel with Sheraton’s pedigree on the Esplanade in Hervey Bay will be a wonderful draw for tourists from across Australia and the world.
‘Hervey Bay will be a landmark destination and a must-see on our international guests’ ‘visit Australia checklist’.’