The Pacific region is set to welcome its very first Sofitel So designer hotel, with Sofitel Luxury Hotels announcing plans to open the Sofitel So Auckland in New Zealand in 2015. Sofitel So Auckland will become the fourth Sofitel branded hotel to join the expanding Sofitel network in New Zealand, alongside the Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa, Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour, and much anticipated Sofitel Wellington in the nation’s capital due to open in 2014.
The hotel, estimated to cost NZ$50 million, is owned by the Auckland based Pandey family via the CP Group. CP Group currently operate 11 Accor and Sofitel branded hotels in New Zealand, with two more – the Sofitel Wellington and Sofitel So Auckland – currently under construction, taking the number to 13 by 2015.
Globally, Sofitel So Auckland is the fourth addition to Sofitel So’s boutique portfolio joining the Sofitel So Mauritius Bel Ombre, Sofitel So Bangkok, and Sofitel So Singapore which will launch in December 2013. Other hotels are currently under way in Mumbai and Rio.
The new 133 room Sofitel So Auckland hotel will be located in the heart of Auckland‟s CBD in the old New Zealand Reserve Bank at 67 Customs Street, just one street back from Auckland‟s stunning harbour foreshore and a five minute walk to the popular Auckland Viaduct entertainment precinct.
Facilities will include a lobby lounge bar and rooftop restaurant, a range of meeting and conference spaces and a swimming pool. Sofitel So Auckland will also offer a state-of-the-art day Sofitel branded SoSpa with six treatment rooms, with a wide range of beauty and wellness treatments, and a SoFit centre, both located in the old bank vault.
