Huka Lodge is Best South Pacific Hotel for Second Year in a Row
JULY 12, 2007. Last year New Zealand's iconic Huka Lodge was named best hotel in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific by Travel + Leisure magazine. This year, in the same survey - World's Best Awards, Huka Lodge has once again taken the top ranking, for the second year in a row.
Huka Lodge was also ranked 58 within the Top 100 Hotels worldwide, and was the only hotel within Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific to make the international list.
Located on the banks of the Waikato River in Taupo, New Zealand, Huka Lodge effortlessly combines a matchless location with superb ambience and seamless service. Founded in the 1920s, it has long been sought by the world's most discerning travellers.
Huka Lodge is a sister property to Grande Provence, South Africa and Dolphin Island, Fiji. All three properties comprise The Huka Retreats. Truly worlds apart; intimate, sensual, elegant and yet unique in every possible way. Sharing qualities as defining as the vision that created them, The Huka Retreats sister properties offer guests a rare experience - one that has been driven by passion, resource and an unrivalled commitment to absolute style.
The Huka Retreats are the vision of entrepreneur Alex van Heeren. All three sit like jewels in the geography of beautiful and stunning locations - all unspoiled and spectacular. "Huka Lodge is honoured to receive this recognition once again from such a prestigious magazine, especially as ultimately this accolade comes from our guests," said Alex van Heeren.
A barometer of global travel trends, the World's Best Awards are based on responses from Travel + Leisure United State's readers - reflecting their preferences, tastes and travel habits. These readers, of the world's highest circulation travel publication, are among the world's most sophisticated travellers.
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