Dual hotels to open in downtown Melbourne

 

Melbourne is get a new dual hotel property over the next few months with the arrival of Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins and Holiday Inn Melbourne Bourke Street Mall.

The project has been eight years in the making and is part of a revitalisation of downtown Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall precinct and surrounding laneways.

The dual hotels will blend modern design with Melbourne's cultural heritage, incorporating the preserved historic Art Deco facades of Diamond House, Public Benefit Bootery, Allan's, and the York Building. 

Together, the new buildings will rise 10 storeys behind these façades above Bourke Street Mall, anchoring two distinctly different hotels.

Part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo is a boutique lifestyle brand inspired by the neighbourhoods it inhabits. 

"This project has been an opportunity to reimagine the way hotels activate the city," says Scott Hamilton, general manager of both properties. 

"By building upon heritage and layering in art, laneway references and design – the result is something that feels authentically Melbourne.”

Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins and Holiday Inn Bourke Street Mall will sit atop a newly designed Melbourne Walk retail precinct. 

Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins will have 179 rooms, while Holiday Inn Melbourne Bourke Street Mall will have 273 rooms with "a clean Scandinavian aesthetic". 

“This is more than just two hotels, it is a new chapter for Melbourne's city centre – one that reflects where the city is heading and celebrates where it's come from,” says Hamilton.

Bookings open now for stays from October 1. Holiday Inn rooms sill start from $239 per night and Hotel Indigo from $269. 

See Hotelindigo.com/melbourne and Holidayinn.com/melbourne