10 Jun 2021
Newcastle’s Crystalbrook Kingsley opened its doors on Wednesday, bringing a five-star luxury hotel experience to the Hunter Valley gateway for the first time.
Crystalbrook transformed the city’s former Council Administration Centre, locally known as the Roundhouse, into the 130-room luxe hotel, which boasts a central location opposite Civic Park just moments away from City Hall, Civic Theatre, Newcastle Art Gallery and the War Memorial.
The multimillion-dollar redevelopment preserves the original façade of the Roundhouse building and adds a plush interior inspired by Newcastle’s coal mining past, a rooftop bar and restaurant, and ground-level café.
Named Romberg’s and Roundhouse respectively, the bar and restaurant pay tribute to the building’s architectural history, and feature 360-degree views of the city.
23 Apr 2021
Newcastle’s first five-star hotel, Crystalbrook Kingsley, is now taking reservations ahead of its June opening.
Crystalbrook Collections has revamped the city’s iconic Roundhouse building, which served as Newcastle’s administration centre in the 1970s, to give Australia’s seventh-largest city a taste of sustainable luxury.
Due to open its doors on 15 June, the hotel features 130 contemporary rooms and suites, with urban, park and harbour views.
In an Australian first, Kingsley will have 100 per cent waste-free bathrooms, with all bathroom amenities biodegradable or recyclable.
Other sustainable solutions include the use of upcycled and recycled materials in construction, a single-use plastic-free environment, keyless room access and paperless check-in and check-out.
A new era has dawned for Newcastle. Built on the back of convicts and forged by fire and steel, NSW s second largest city is midway through a mighty metamorphous from industrial port to contemporary, thriving metropolis.
Tug boats hustle freighters on the briny harbour, students stream in for classes at the vertical university building, cafes serve up single origin brews, surfers jog home barefoot from a morning wave.
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Along the main street, light rail whisks passengers past an ever-expanding gallery of striking street art while cranes reach for the sky filling in the city s jagged skyline.
Best known for coal, steel and the band Silverchair, you could easily fail to recognise the former industrial city that once again stands on the cusp of a certain greatness at a time when small cities have special appeal.