'Hotel within a hotel' battle continues at the Sofitel

'Hotel within a hotel' battle continues at the Sofitel
The Sofitel Viaduct Harbour is the subject of a protracted dispute between owners. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
A bid by independent room owners at the Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour to have an administrator appointed to the body corporate is the latest twist in their entrenched battle with the wealthy hotel-owning Pandey family.Since 2021, the group of 80 mostly overseas unit owners have been running a hotel within a hotel at the plush waterfront site, after the Pandeys’ CP Group tried to exclude them from the operation, the High Court heard this week.CP Group owns and controls a majority of the hotel’s 191 rooms and commercial spaces and...

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