Queenstown, Otago
voco Queenstown
A Holiday Inn Express reborn as IHG's premium voco on the corner of Stanley and Sydney.
Open · July 2026
voco Queenstown opened in July 2026 as IHG and owner Pro-invest Group's repositioning of the former Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown into the group's premium voco brand. The conversion refurbished all 227 rooms, added the Mediterranean restaurant Mozzarella & Co. with a wood-fired show kitchen, and redesigned the lobby around a commissioned Māori artwork, all steps from Queenstown's lakefront.
The essentials
- Group
- IHG Hotels & Resorts (voco)
- Opening
- July 2026
- Rooms & suites
- 227 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale / premium
- Designer
- Space Studios
- Entry rate
- NC
The place
On the corner of Stanley and Sydney Streets, within walking distance of Queenstown's lakefront and town centre, and close to Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Milford Sound day-trip departures.
The concept
voco Queenstown is a brand-change conversion: the former Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown, owned by Pro-invest Group, repositioned by IHG into its premium voco brand roughly six years after its original opening. The full refurbishment covers all 227 rooms and suites, upgraded meeting spaces and a redesigned lobby by Space Studios, anchored by a whītau harakeke artwork, Mīharo, by Māori artist Cheree Te Orangaroa Downes. IHG and Pro-invest frame it as a strategic repositioning of an existing asset into a stronger, premium proposition rather than a ground-up build.
Dining & wellness
Mozzarella & Co. is a new Mediterranean restaurant and bar with South Island influences, built around a show kitchen with a wood-fired pizza oven, in-house bakery and chef's table. It adds a private dining room for up to 14 guests and an outdoor terrace and lounge with firepits.
