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Five-star capital city hotels are unleashing a wave of deals up to 50 per cent off luxury rooms in the hope of exhuming tourism in metropolitan centres after the Easter break and ahead of the lucrative July school holiday period.
Thomas Zinn, general manager of the new Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets, which opens on March 1 â with all rooms 50 per cent off. Â
Ben Searcy
In November and December 2020, occupancy rates for city hotels were between 8 per cent and 17 per cent, according to figures from STR Data Solutions. Some major urban centre hotels have reported occupancy rates as low as 4 per cent a night.
04 Feb 2021
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced two appointments at Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets ahead of its scheduled opening next month.
The property will be the first Hotel Indigo to open in Australia, joining the boutique collective of 126 hotels across the globe.
Thomas Zinn (pictured above) has been appointed to the role of general manager at Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets.
Zinn has over two decades of senior leadership experience across the tourism and hospitality industry, and nearly 10 of those years have been with IHG.
Thomas is joined by Gabriele Pezzimenti, who has been appointed as chef de cuisine.
Pezzimenti was born in Bergamo where, at the age of 15, he started an apprenticeship at the three-Michelin-starred Da Vittorio. His career has seen him work in the US, Spain and Dubai, before he settled in Australia in 2019.