Rich Lister adds luxury Townsville hotel to his travel portfolio
The 132-room Ardo is a short helicopter flight from Computershare founder Chris Morris’s newest tropical getaway, the $20k-a-night Pelorus Private Island.
What do you do if the staff at your new luxury hotel can’t find a place to live? Buy four motels to house them.
That’s how Rich Lister Chris Morris managed to attract international hospitality workers to Ardo, his new $88 million venture in Townsville, a city with the lowest unemployment rate in Queensland and a rental vacancy rate of 1 per cent.
Tess BennettTechnology reporterTess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com
