HOTELS IN N.Z.

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29178, 12 April 1960, Page 16

HOTELS IN N.Z.

> Hilton Group Plan ■ (N.Z brass Association—Copyngnt) , MELBOURNE, April 11. 1 Auckland is to have a luxury [ Chevron-Hilton hotel—one of v seven new hotels the Australian e Chevron and American Hilton interests are to operate In Australia and New Zealand. Another Chevron-Hilton hotel may .be established later in 8 Christchurch. " An announcement today by Mr ‘ Stanley Korman, founder of the “ Chevron group, said a contract e had been signed with the Hilton

group for the Auckland hotel, and the Christchurch project was “contemplated.” Mr Korman, who returned to Australia today, signed contracts covering the first seven Australian and New Zealand hotels wiyi Mr Conrad Hilton in Honolulu, last night. Mr Korman said, on arrival in Sydney, that the Australian and New Zealand Chevron-Hilton hotels would be staffed by “only the best imported management” He gave no further details of the Auckland project and was not available later for comment. The six Australian hotels will be set up in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. A site for a ChevronHilton hotel has also been bought in Newcastle.