Thursday, August 28, 2008

Ascott Opens Serviced Apartments in Melbourne Business District

The Ascott Group recently announced the official opening of Somerset Gordon Heights serviced apartments located in the Central Business District of Melbourne. The new property offers 43 serviced apartment units that range from studio, one and two-bedroom units, to two bedroom penthouses.

Somerset Gordon Heights is located is located within walking distance to restaurants, cafes, boutique shops, cultural attractions such as the Bourke Street Mall, Princess Theatre, Her Majesty’s Theatre, State Houses of Parliament, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery, as well as the Parliament train station.

Somerset Gordon Heights serviced apartments offer residents convenience, space, and the comfort of home with personalized service. Each unit includes full furnishings, fully-equipped kitchen, ensuite bathroom, broadband Internet access, and a home entertainment system. The serviced apartment property also offers a wide array of services that include daily housekeeping, self-service laundry, dry cleaning, 24-hour security, daily buffet breakfast, babysitting, grocery shopping, meal delivery, as well as airport transfer.

Serviced apartment residents at Somerset Gordon Heights enjoy full access to the recreational facilities at Somerset Gordon Place which include a fully-equipped gymnasium, an outdoor heated swimming pool, Jacuzzi, and sauna.

Ascott currently has six serviced apartment residences in operation in Australia for business and leisure travelers and their families. In addition to Somerset Gordon Heights, Ascott has a new Citadines serviced apartment property due to open in Melbourne in 2010, and other properties such as Somerset Gordon Place and Somerset on Elizabeth in Melbourne. Travelers can also choose from two serviced apartment residences in Hobart and Sydney. Somerset on the Pier and Somerset on Salamanca in Hobart and Somerset Darling Harbour in Sydney.

All of Ascott’s serviced apartment properties are in prime locations and offer various recreational facilities and business support services.

The Ascott Group is the world's largest international serviced apartment residence owner-operator with about 15,000 operating serviced apartment residence units in key cities of Asia Pacific, Europe and the Gulf region, as well as over 6,000 units which are under development, making a total of close to 21,000 units.

The Group operates three brands: Ascott, Somerset and Citadines. Its portfolio spans 55 cities in 23 countries, 13 of which are new cities in Ascott's portfolio where its serviced apartment residences are being developed.

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