Renovation of the Rydges South Bank Hotel

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Renovation of the Rydges South Bank Hotel

Published: 29 August 2018 · Category: Technical Documents

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CASE STUDY Renovation of the Rydges South Bank Hotel South Bank, QUEENSLAND The design objective for the Rydges South Bank hotel renovation was to accomplish a luxurious ambience, utilising market-leading technology solutions to match the latest market trends. The Arteor switch range complements this design brief, helping us achieve a contemporary and opulent setting. CALLUM KENNEDY Area General Manager Rydges Hotels Photography by Peter Waddington Rydges South Bank reincarnation: a symphony of form and function The recent $30 million renovation of the Australian-owned and -managed Rydges South Bank hotel in South Brisbane has demonstrated that to deliver a world-class guest experience, every detail counts. Throughout their lives, most hotels will undergo many refurbishments in order to keep them fresh and to meet the increasingly demanding expectations of the target market. As renovating a hotel is a costly undertaking, the aim is to update or upgrade those aesthetic and operational aspects of the enterprise that will result in more business immediately and for as many years as possible into the future. And therein lies the challenge. The design brief needs to tick many boxes: it needs to preserve the brand to retain the existing customer base while extending the appeal to a broaderpreviously untapped demographic; it needs to embrace market-leading technology to ensure it remains competitive long into the future; and above all, it needs to be cost effective. Sometimes a...