T.H.C. hotel planned for Cooks
j (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 29. The New Zealand firm of] Mainline Construction would begin building a 102-room hotel in the Cook Islands latej in July, the Minister of (Tourism (Mrs Tirikatene-j Sullivan) said today. : The $3 million hotel is due; (to be finished early in 1977. Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan] said the hotel would be the] (first stage of a joint venture] | by the Cook islands Govern-! (ment, Air New Zealand and! [the Tourist Hotel Corpora-] jtion. I “It will provide Air New • Zealand’s passengers with an additional stopover and will (form a new link in the T.H.C. (chain of resort hotels,” she said. j “For the Cook Islands it •represents the establishment lof a new, labour-intensive industry that will not’only boost the economy but also! create job opportunities fori its people, in particular the] younger ones now attracted' ] overseas.”
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33857, 31 May 1975, Page 17
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