Eco-resort for Phillip Island

Phillip Island, a major attraction in Victoria known for its legendary fairy penguins, will be offering a new resort in May with the opening of Accor’s All Seasons Eco Resort Phillip Island.

The eco-resort is the first of its kind on the island providing the perfect base for visitors who want to combine quality and comfort with environmental sensitivity. It will offer a mix of accommodation including self-contained studio spa as well as two and three bedroom villas.

All 211 villas will be operational by the end of 2007.

The villas are scattered within the 26-hectare (64 acre) site surrounded by bicycle and bush walking tracks. Resort facilities will include a swimming pool, toddler pool, tennis courts, health club (with a fully equipped gymnasium, spa and sauna) and a kids club with playground.

The resort will also host weddings, conferences and meetings for up to 150 delegates.

Phillip Island is also home to the annual Australian Motor Cycle Grand Prix, which this year will be staged from October 12-14.

Accor also operates hotels in fragile environments including Grand Mercure Mt Buller Chalet in Victoria’s unique Alpine region; and the Novotel Lake Crackenback Resort in the Snowy Mountains, which conducts a guided walks programme in Kosciusko National Park, adhering to the environmental ‘Leave No Trace’ principles.

Accor recently opened Novotel Ningaloo Resort near Ningaloo Reef off the coast of Exmouth in Western Australia, one of the largest fringing coral reefs in the world and home to a diverse array of coral and marine life.