General Manager Anneke Brown and Regional Sales Director Elliot Miller were in Sydney earlier this week to share a sense of what’s to come when COMO The Treasury opens its doors in Perth next month.
Next month COMO Hotels and Resorts – a group of privately owned and operated island resorts, city hotels and luxury adventure retreats from London to Bhutan — opens COMO The Treasury in Perth, Western Australia.
It will be the company’s fifth city property and more than anything, COMO The Treasury will represent a historic moment for an iconic quarter at the state capital’s beating heart. The hotel occupies a group of late Victorian stone and brick buildings – known locally as the ‘State Buildings’ – which have played an important role in the city’s history for the past 140 years, serving variously as a post office, land titles office, and treasury.
Originally from Perth, Anneke Brown, General Manager of COMO The Treasury joins the hotel following a formidable career with leading hotel brands worldwide. Her ability to motivate and enthuse staff, as well as identify those with passion for hospitality, aligns perfectly with COMO’s approach to pinsharp service delivered with heart.
‘We want to improve the service standard in Australia and we have developed a career development program that will enable staff to see that there’s a career path for them’
Anneke Brown, General Manager, COMO The Treasury, Perth
Elliott Miller, Regional Director of Sales, Australia and South Asia was attending the luncheon.
The hotel’s 48 modern rooms are spread over four floors. The architecture includes columns and bold, cantilevered balconies designed in flamboyant neo-Renaissance style.
Looking over the plaza, guests of the hotel get to use these balconies as they would have been used a century ago, with the city’s most impressive landmarks on display.
The hotel rooms will feature grey-green colours.
The bedrooms are very large, each different, with the shape dictated by the building’s existing bones. All rooms are quiet, serene retreats with acoustic technology to ensure not a whisper escapes. They are decorated in a soft, cocooning palette: beiges, whites, limed oak furniture, pale travertine, with bronze and leather trims.
The grey-greens are reminiscent of the colours found in the West Australian landscape.
Throughout the hotel, bathrooms feature free-standing bathtubs.
Room types include The Treasury Rooms, some containing truss ceilings and dormer windows, and Studio Suites, which features generous sitting areas and views across either Cathedral Square, or Stirling Gardens, which give the sense of being close to the natural world.
The COMO Suite offers the ultimate in luxury accommodation, with a separate living area and views across the Swan River. Throughout the hotel, bathrooms feature free-standing bathtubs.
The hotel’s food and beverage offering has ambitions to augment COMO’s international reputation for award-winning cuisine. At COMO The Treasury, fine dining comes from the Wildflower restaurant on the hotel’s rooftop, offering views across the Swan River and a menu showcasing contemporary cuisine with the best of West Australian produce.
On the ground floor guests will find Post, a convivial spot serving modern Australian dishes with a French influence.
“There are two things we use to say about COMO which are; staying at any COMO Hotel and Resort offers more than accommodation, COMO creates memorable experiences worth re-living”
Elliott Miller, Regional Director of Sales, Australia and South Asia, COMO Hotels and Resorts
