Luxury lodge operator hopes to see trans-Tasman bubble by 3Q

Mon, 04 May 2020

Luxury accommodation provider Robertson Lodges plans to stagger re-opening its three lodges and is hopeful a “trans-Tasman bubble” will be in place by the third quarter. International visitors made up 80 percent of its guests at Matakauri in Queenstown, Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay and Kauri Cliffs in Northland and were "critical to the success of the lodges,” chief executive Jay Robertson told BusinessDesk in emailed comments from Florida. About a quarter of the lodge business comes from Australia. “The trans-Tasman bubble would be...

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