Plans are underway for a new $75 million resort at Dreamworld including a hotel and tourist park.
Dreamworld has entered into an agreement with accommodation developer Evolution Group to fund and build the resort adjacent to the park.
The new accommodation offering will include a 4-star 250 room resort-style hotel, 40 bungalows and a 5-star tourist park with 100 powered sites.
The Dreamworld Resort will be designed to cater to all guests, especially interstate travellers, with a broad range of family friendly accommodation options, as well as restaurants, conferencing facilities and leisure facilities such as swimming pools and a gymnasium. Guests will also have exclusive offers to access Dreamworld and WhiteWater World throughout their stay.
The agreement is currently non-binding and subject to the satisfaction of a number of preconditions, however both parties are optimistic that final terms for the project will be agreed in the near future.
Greg Yong, Dreamworld CEO:
“The hotel and tourist park will complement Dreamworld as a premium entertainment destination and add a new level of convenience for guests who will have our theme park and water park on their accommodation’s doorstep. This announcement is another positive step in the recovery of our parks post-COVID and will have a significant economic impact not only for Dreamworld, but also for the northern Gold Coast, one of Australia’s fastest growing regional corridors. The project will create employment within the local community and contribute to the regeneration of tourism on the Gold Coast.”
“We are pleased to partner with Evolution Group led by John Robinson Jr, son of John ‘Foxy’ Robinson, who together recently opened the Gold Coast Airport Rydges Hotel. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the project and understand the needs of the local community and travellers in relation to destination tourism projects. Relying on an experienced partner to execute this project will also allow the Dreamworld team to continue focusing on future investments in the theme park’s attraction portfolio, including the launch of Steel Taipan in late 2021.”
Dreamworld and developer Evolution Group will be working closely with local and State authorities to obtain the requisite planning approvals.
