Christchurch’s Holiday Inn earmarked for demolition.
The planned demolition of another of Christchurch’s landmark city centre hotels – the Holiday Inn – has been confirmed by the building’s owner, Philip Carter.
The project to demolish the 13-floor Holiday Inn hotel was out for tender, Carter said.
Holiday Inn City Centre Christchurch has 149 rooms and a conference room big enough for 400 attendees, and its demise is another blow for the city’s quake-hit tourism and conference industries.
The Copthorne hotel on Durham Street is already down, with work on the demolition of the nearby Crowne Plaza and the Grand Chancellor under way.
Carter owns the two Garden City inns (Holiday Inn Avon and Holiday Inn City Centre Christchurch) and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Queenstown.
The future of the Holiday Inn Avon was still under consideration, with engineering assessments ongoing.
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