Hotels set for big year
Competition among hotels is heating up in Port Moresby, partly driven by APEC in the PNG capital later this year. David James reports.
The general manager of Port Moresby’s Airways Hotel, Sushil Gordon, says that increased competition will be a boost to Papua New Guinea’s hospitality sector. He says this year’s APEC meetings represent a great opportunity.
“As far as we are concerned, we are looking at it that way,” he says. “We are forever finding new and innovative ways to service our customers. Adding value to their stay, and adding value to their dollar, or kina.
“We are looking at our business very differently and seeing what can we do better.”
Gordon says 97 per cent of the hotel’s customers are business people. He describes Port Moresby as more of a stop-over than a tourism destination.
“Business customers want value for money. They want communication and good internet because everyone is doing business online.
“Most of the time people are telling us ‘yours is great’, but we are constantly improving internet communication.