At Boutique Hotels and Lodges we constantly strive to bring you the best of New Zealand and we feel we have achieved this in the very competitive Queenstown market.

In the World Travel Award Nominations 2010, Azur Lodge is nominated as New Zealand’s Leading Luxury Lodge and Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel is nominated as New Zealand’s Leading Boutique Hotel.

In the recent Trip Advisor Top 10 Hotel Awards 2010 the only New Zealand properties included in the Top 10 Luxury Hotels in the South Pacific are Queenstown Park and Azur. Queenstown Park also received a Top 10 award in the service category. Trip Advisor users rate Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel as #1 of 63 hotels in Queenstown and Azur Lodge as #2. Azur is also nominated in the Travel & Leisure Best Awards Survey. To take the survey go to http://tlworldsbest.roiresearch.com.

Both Azur and Queenstown Park are sponsors of Queenstown’s upcoming Winter Festival to be held Friday 25 June - Sunday 4 July 2010.

www.azur.co.nz or rsvns@azur.co.nz

www.queenstownpark.co.nz or hotel@queenstownpark.co.nz

www.boutiquehotels.co.nz or nz@boutiquehotels.co.nz

Congratulations to Azur Lodge and Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel for receiving awards in Trip Advisor’s Traveller’s Choice 2010 Hotel Awards.

Trip Advisor’s annual awards are done for the Top 10 properties per region and category with New Zealand included in the South Pacific region. In the South Pacific Luxury Awards category, Azur Lodge  and Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel, both in Queenstown, New Zealand were in the Top 10. They are the only New Zealand properties to receive awards in this category/region.

In the Best Service Award category, Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel also received a Top 10 Award for the South Pacific.

For more information please go to www.tripadvisor.com and at the top of the home page, next to “The Best Hotels for 2010″, click the tab “Get the List”. Then go to “World’s Favorite Hotels by Category”. When you click on the category the South Pacific Region will appear.

www.azur.co.nz

www.queenstownpark.co.nz

www.boutiquehotels.co.nz

The 2009 World Travel Award nominations have been announced and three Boutique Hotels and Lodges properties have been selected!

Congratulations to Aachen House in Auckland for again being nominated for Leading Boutique Hotel in Australasia and Leading Boutique Hotel in New Zealand. Aachen House won the award for Leading Boutique in Australasia in 2005 and continues to be a leader in this category.

www.aachenhouse.co.nz

Congratulations to The Charlotte Jane in Christchurch for their nomination for Leading Boutique Hotel in New Zealand. They also have been nominated in the past and are known as one of the best luxury properties in Christchurch.

www.charlotte-jane.co.nz

Azur Lodge in Queenstown has been nominated as Leading Luxury Lodge in New Zealand, a great achievement in a very competitive market. Congratulations!

www.azur.co.nz

To see the award nominations or vote please go to: www.worldtravelawards.com/nominees. Voting is limited to travel agents and industry professionals after registration.

Please join us in welcoming three new properties to Boutique Hotels and Lodges:

Bronte Lodge in Nelson

Kincaid Lodge in Kaikoura

Azur Lodge in Queenstown

Bronte Lodge is situated amidst gardens and orchards, on the water’s edge of the Waimea Estuary at Mapua, between Nelson and Motueka, close to vineyards, cafes and art galleries. The villas and suites are just 5 meters from the edge of the river-estuary, offering privacy, peace and amazing water views.The lodge is 30 minutes from Nelson and Nelson airport.
Number of rooms: 5
Number of guests:12
Rates from NZ$480 to $1000

Kincaid Lodge is situated 6 kms north of Kaikoura in open green countryside with breathtaking views of the adjacent Southern Alps and down to the Pacific Ocean where one can enjoy whale watching and swimming with the dolphins. Kincaid provides more than luxury accommodation; this historic lodge can trace its European history back to 1856. They are also a small working farm providing dairy support in the form of grazing and hay production for the local farmers.
Number of rooms:4
Number of guests: 8
Rates from NZ$475 to $545

Azur is a distinctively contemporary lodge and private villas located on a hilltop overlooking some of the most spectacular scenery in New Zealand. Set among native trees and with stunning panoramic vistas, to Walter Peak station, Cecil Peak and The Remarkables, each villa offers complete privacy and includes bedroom, lounge, dining areas, outside patio, separate bathroom, gas fire place and more.
Number of rooms: 9
Number of guests: 21
Rates from NZ$900 to $1300 plus GST (12.5%)

For more information and tariff rates please visit our website www.boutiquehotels.co.nz