Doubletree for Karratha

[oz_mark]

The luxury Hilton hotel chain has confirmed it will open a resort in WA's dusty Karratha.


The hotel will be Australia's first under the DoubleTree branding

Hilton to open resort in Karratha

 

[markis10]

Resort and Karratha, do those words belong together?

 

[Hvr]

Resort and Karratha, do those words belong together?

Maybe last resort Karratha? :mrgreen:

 

[thewinchester]

Well that explains the big announcement the industry here was hanging out for. Everyone was kind of hoping it would have been a massive refurbishment of the Parmelia Hilton or the opening of a second Hilton property in the CBD.

Hopes, dashed.

 

[richie9x]

I just looked up Karratha on Wotif and the cheapest accommodation going is a $200 for a three star motel on the weekends. I can only imagine Doubletree would be charging quite a lot more than that.

 

[Mal]

I just looked up Karratha on Wotif and the cheapest accommodation going is a $200 for a three star motel on the weekends. I can only imagine Doubletree would be charging quite a lot more than that.

Indeed, I recently priced it up, and I couldn't get a "mo/hotel" night for less than about $300... Interesting place to visit, just not to stay IMHO. And the DT will charge upwards of $350 I suspect.

 

[drron]

I might be going for work but doubt they would put me up at the DT when it opens though.

 

[Must...Fly!]

smart, as long as the beer is a never ending supply they can just about name their price

 

[JohnK]

And I was actually thinking of visiting Karratha at some point in time.

But I was actually hoping to be on the next plane out.

 

[beardoc]

It's my understanding, Karratha has a hotel occupancy of greater than 100% - it's full, there are the odd no-shows that are charged, and then walk-ins come in begging for a room and you resell the no-show rooms. It wouldn't matter what they charged - they'll still get people there.

The other thing that is good is that they're now launching brands from the Hilton group other than Hilton Hotels now. This is positive - maybe mattress runs will be easier here in the future.

So is this what they're building now opposite the Best Western Karratha at the moment?

 

[Happy Trails]

So is this what they're building now opposite the Best Western Karratha at the moment?

No, that's the charmingly named Pelago apartments. Sounds like a skin disease.

 

[Must...Fly!]

No, that's the charmingly named Pelago apartments. Sounds like a skin disease.

Some would say if you get out of Karratha with just a skin disease, you're doing ok :shock:

 

[Danger]

On the back of the DoubleTree announcement, Hilton has confirmed its eyeing off further expansion in Australia, including interest in a second Perth property. Perhaps the Novotel Langley could be converted to a Hilton (or DoubleTree).

Hilton ponders more WA sites | Travel Weekly

 

[beardoc]

On the back of the DoubleTree announcement, Hilton has confirmed its eyeing off further expansion in Australia, including interest in a second Perth property. Perhaps the Novotel Langley could be converted to a Hilton (or DoubleTree).

Hilton ponders more WA sites | Travel Weekly

I remember someone commenting that they found the newer Hiltons a little too "cookie cutter" for their tastes. I ignored that at the time, but given the discussion that they had in that article (about most of the hotel being imported pre-fabricated and slotted on top of the foundations), I'm starting to re-evaluate that.

 

[oz_mark]

On the back of the DoubleTree announcement, Hilton has confirmed its eyeing off further expansion in Australia, including interest in a second Perth property. Perhaps the Novotel Langley could be converted to a Hilton (or DoubleTree).

I would hope that if anything happens in Perth, that it results in a new build. What Perth needs is more hotels, not shuffling the name plates around.

 

[beardoc]

The only recent thing I could find on the Karratha Doubletree recently:

Questions over $65m Karratha hotel - The West Australian