IHG and Urban sign two New South Wales hotels
IHG Hotels & Resorts announced it is expanding its partnership with Urban Property Group by signing Crowne Plaza Newcastle and Hotel Indigo Gosford, bringing the pair's New South Wales collaboration to three hotels. The two had already signed Crowne Plaza Parramatta in 2025. The new hotels will anchor major mixed-use developments in Gosford and Newcastle. Crowne Plaza Newcastle is expected to open in late 2029 with 171 rooms within a 43-storey development, featuring all-day dining, a lobby bar, more than 550 sqm of meetings and events space including a 425 sqm ballroom, a pool and landscaped public spaces. Hotel Indigo Gosford is expected to open in mid-2030 with 152 rooms, views over Brisb…
Impact and considerations
The two hotels respectively fill Newcastle's premium meetings and events supply gap and the Central Coast's internationally branded lifestyle lodging gap, reflecting hotel development opportunities in Australian regional markets driven by infrastructure and tourism investment, with relevance for business-travel lodgin…
Key points
- IHG is expanding its partnership with Urban Property Group by signing Crowne Plaza Newcastle and Hotel Indigo Gosford, bringing their New South Wales collaboration to three hotels.
- The two had already signed Crowne Plaza Parramatta in 2025.
- Crowne Plaza Newcastle is expected to open in late 2029 with 171 rooms within a 43-storey mixed-use development that also includes 219 residential apartments.
- The hotel will feature all-day dining, a lobby bar, more than 550 sqm of meetings and events space including a 425 sqm ballroom, a pool and landscaped public spaces.
- Hotel Indigo Gosford is expected to open in mid-2030 with 152 rooms, views over Brisbane Water, a neighbourhood cafe and bar, a rooftop pool and premium wellness facilities.
- Matt Tripolone, IHG's Managing Director for Australasia & Pacific, said regional growth is an important part of its Australia strategy and that Newcastle and the Central Coast have strong long-term potential.
- Patrick Elias, Co-CEO of Urban Property Group, said hospitality is a natural extension of its residential, retail and commercial business.
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- First source publication
- 16 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- 16 Sept 2026, 18:03
- Last updated
- 16 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- IHG Newsroom：IHG Hotels & Resorts expands partnership with Urban Property Group through two landmark NSW signings (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 16 Sept 2026, 08:00