Owners of historic Portarlington hotel move to buy a local motel
The owners of a historic Bellarine Peninsula hotel are in negotiations to buy a motel in the area to house staff.
The final part of the recently restored Portarlington Grand Hotel was reopened a few months ago, and CEO Murray Rance says difficulties attracting staff fuelled the decision to seek the purchase of a local motel.
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“Down on the Bellarine there’s a shortage of rooms for visitors so to diversify a bit we looked at the Portarlington Beach Motel … we’re still in negotiations to buy it,” he told Ross and Russel.
“It gives us the opportunity to offer accommodation to staff who would like to come down and become part of the team down there, so we’ve decided to do that.”
(Image: Portarlington Grand Hotel)