Marriott to unveil Le Méridien and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Melbourne this month – Business Traveller

Marriott International is set to open not one but two upmarket hotels in Melbourne this month.

Le Méridien Melbourne opened this week on Bourke Street, close to the city’s Parliament Square, and is housed behind an art deco façade – the building formerly having been home to a theatre, cinema, nightclub and indeed a previous hotel.

Features include 235 rooms, a ground floor café and bar, French restaurant Dolly, and an outdoor swimming pool and terrace on the fifth floor.

The hotel will mark the return of the Le Méridien brand to the Australian city – The Rialto hotel on Collins Street has previously operated as a Le Méridien property, but is now marketed under IHG’s InterContinental brand.