In HM’s 2025 Australasian Growth Outlook, Pan Pacific Motels Group Senior Vice President – Head of Operations, Craig Bond, discusses asset enhancement and new improvement alternatives.

At Pan Pacific Motels Group, we see Australasia as a area of resilient alternative and centered reinvestment of our progress technique. Whereas the tempo of recent provide has moderated as a result of rising development prices, this has created renewed worth within the optimisation of current property – a technique we’re actively pursuing.
Over the previous yr, now we have accomplished three main refurbishments throughout our Australian portfolio, Pan Pacific Perth, Parkroyal Parramatta, and Parkroyal Melbourne Airport, representing a multi-million-dollar funding in uplifting visitor expertise, MICE functionality, and model consistency.
These upgrades mirror robust confidence within the home market and likewise align with our imaginative and prescient to place these properties as future-facing leaders in enterprise and occasions journey.
We’re additionally carefully watching secondary metropolis progress corridors corresponding to Western Sydney, Perth CBD, and inner-Melbourne, that are every present process important infrastructure and enterprise funding. These are places the place we see sustained demand from company, authorities, and life-style segments alike.
From a model standpoint, Pan Pacific Motels Group stays centered on owner-operator and strategic administration fashions, significantly in markets the place we will leverage our operational energy and design integrity. Our current GSTC multi-site certification throughout all six Australian inns can be proving to be a key differentiator in each shopper and B2B decision-making.
Whereas new improvement stays difficult within the brief time period, we’re optimistic. For PPHG, 2025 is about deepening our presence by asset enhancement, brand-led experiences, and sustainable progress methods that ship long-term worth to house owners and visitors alike.
Learn HM’s 2025 Australasian Growth Outlook in full right here.


