Hotels and Travel

InterContinental Hotel to open in Melbourne

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the international luxury hotel brand, is to be established in Melbourne, Australia with today's announcement that the iconic Rialto Hotel on Collins, following its closure and complete transformation, will reopen as an InterContinental hotel in late 2008

Eureka Funds Management today confirmed plans to close the hotel on 14 October 2007 for a multi-million dollar refurbishment. The upgrade will include complete refurbishment of all public and guest areas and will reinstate one of the city's best examples of 19th century architecture as a world class hotel.