THE TASMAN’S KIM UPTON BEING CONGRATULATED AFTER THE VENUE WAS NAMED OVERALL HOTEL OF THE YEAR - ACCOMMODATION DIVISION WINNER
“From the moment the person books at the hotel, that journey throughout the hotel, including Mary Mary, is one of discovery for Tasmania and that if you only ever went to one of the venues or only stayed in the hotel and weren’t able to make it out there into the other parts of Tasmania, you would still be able to have a genuine Tasmanian experience that would stick with you as a great memory.
been extraordinary. It’s time for me to move aside and for somebody else to take over the reins and push it to where it needs to go next. “But I’m extraordinarily proud of what we’ve been able to achieve with everyone, not only in the property now, but previous to that, and of course, the local support has just been extraordinary, whether that be just from our guests and customers or from industries such as THA and Business Events Tas, Destination Southern Tasmania, TICT and the Government to be fair, everybody has had a part to play in the success of this hotel, and that’s really rewarding. “I’m off to Singapore to open Singapore’s first Luxury Collection Hotel. I think to replicate this would be extraordinarily difficult, and I’m not sure whether it is achievable to do the same thing again but certainly the experiences that I’ve had with the hotel here, put me in “For Mary Mary to beat the likes of stand- alone bars in Sydney and Melbourne that are embedded in hotels is really very special.” - Stephen Morahan
“Mary Mary has done that.”
While The Tasman and Mary Mary are basking in more glory, it is slightly bittersweet for Morahan. His tenure as GM has come to an end, having guided the property opening through the turbulent waters of Covid to becoming a beacon of luxury offerings for Tasmania. His next challenge will unfold in Singapore, where he will again be tasked with opening the brand’s first Luxury Collection Hotel, but he leaves on a “temporary journey” with a determination to return to a place he and his wife now call home. “Era’s come to an end, and it’s very rare to have been in a position to be able to be involved in the development of a hotel through a very difficult period with Covid and all that sort of stuff, and then out the other side to operate and to achieve so much on a national level, has
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