Booked in on Friday 5/5/23 for a nights stay .. given card to open door, after several attempts & door not opening husband went to reception and was given another keycard.. opened door and walked in and within a few minutes realised room already occupied by someone rose.. they weren’t in room.. thankgod! Husband went to reception while I waited with bags.. given another room on Different floor away from the friends we’re were holidaying with.. after shower I was feeling quite anxious about being in someone else’s room so decided to go to reception to lodge a complaint .. was basically ignored and receptionist actually shrugged her shoulders. I told her I would be complaining to management and again she looked through me and just sort of shrugged again.. at no point did she apologise .. a sorry might have gone a long way?? I left there feeling I’d done something wrong.. I wouldn’t stay there ever again
The Mercure Townsville is a very comfortable hotel. The rooms are exactly what you'd expect at Mercure, comfy beds, all the necessities. The service is impeccable, and the food is to die for. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay... for the most part. The one downside for us, was the fact that at all hours of the day, sun up to sunset, the manager in place at this hotel deems it acceptable to run Sky News on every TV set around the bar and restaurant. Politics in public spaces is never a good idea. Extreme political bias in public spaces, is downright uncomfortable. Every night we sat there at dinner whilst the typical Sky News opinion piece headlines flashed all over the multiple TV screens throughout what is supposed to be a relaxing space. These headlines were loaded with such extreme (and I would go so far as to say hateful) political bias, that I do not even feel comfortable writing them here, or attaching pictures, for fear that my review may get rejected for the use of the words contained in them. Regardless of your own political standings, I’m sure that the vast majority of reasonable people can agree with me when I say that it is never appropriate to broadcast such a politically charged news station in what is supposed to be an all-inclusive, welcoming space. And let’s not conflate fact as opinion here, it IS an extremely biased, politically charged station, who’s owner is the subject of a royal commission campaign, and who has only very recently been taken to court in the U.S and forced to concede that his media empire knowingly lies. I’m not sure what management is trying to achieve by the all day broadcast of such a controversial station, but it has most definitely resulted in the loss of my own, and my family’s business. Very disappointing, as we otherwise would have been regulars. This has nothing to do with being a “left wing snowflake”. It has nothing to do with being “woke”. This has to do with wanting to go away on holiday and leave politics at home where it belongs. Now, to be fair, we did approach the manager about this situation before coming to the decision that we will not return. The response was entirely unacceptable and in our view, unprofessional. He told us that he did change the station after our last visit, but that the regulars at the hotel asked for it to be turned back onto Sky News, and so he did. So on our next visit to the hotel, there it was again. We approached the manager again regarding this, and his response to us was that “he can’t win”. He then told us that he will make a note to ensure the channel is changed when we visit. We found this utterly demeaning, condescending and, to be frank, insulting. He doubled down on the previous reasoning that the regulars ask for Sky News because, in his own words, “It is the most informative”. Sir, there is nothing informative about the headlines we witnessed on this station during our multiple visits. It is not news, it is political “discussion” loaded with extreme bias
若想要遊覽Rosslea,Q快捷汽車旅館將會是一個不錯的的住宿之選。從酒店到湯斯維爾機場6km遠,到湯斯維爾站5km遠,均很便捷。旅客們會發現The Art of Chocolate、Thai Oil Massage Townsville和Mater Hospital距離酒店都不遠。酒店佔盡地理之宜,Townsville Museum and Historical Society、Copperfield Gorge和National Trust Heritage Centre離此都很近。所有極具特色的客房都配備有空調,讓您感受到更加貼心細緻的入住體驗。優美的環境,再搭配上細緻周到的服務,酒店的休閑區定能滿足您的品質需求。外國旅客可以通過多國語言工作人員瞭解當地風土人情的相關訊息。
傾城酒店及公寓(Allure Hotel & Apartments)坐落於南湯斯維爾,優越的地理位置使它成為湯斯維爾一個令人嚮往的住宿選擇。 酒店距離湯斯維爾機場僅6km,距離湯斯維爾火車站僅800m,提供給旅客多項便捷的交通選擇。在該地區觀光很容易,Maritime Museum of Townsville、HQ 珊瑚礁水族館和土著和託雷斯海峽島民文化中心都在酒店附近。從酒店出發可方便前往市內的眾多著名景點,包括城堡山、National Trust Heritage Centre和Army Museum North Queensland。您可以到酒吧與朋友暢飲聊天度過閑暇時光。如果旅客願意,酒店可以提供滿足需求的客房送餐服務。在您的空閑時間,可以在室外游泳池和健身室進行適量鍛鍊來消耗卡路里。品質保證的禮賓服務,讓您真正體驗賓至如歸的享受。入住酒店的旅客,可以使用酒店停車場。
訪訪客2023.01.31
This is my letter to Allure which has gone unanswered. “Dear Sirs, I would appreciate if this email is forwarded directly to the Manager of Allure. I have spoken with a couple of people who identified themselves as reception and after hours staff, but I have been unsatisfied with what they have done. On Friday 11 March I booked into your hotel. My flight got into Townsville at approximately 7.30-8.00 pm, so I would have been at the hotel around 8.45-9.00 pm. Immediately I entered my room I turned on the air conditioning unit in the living area. It was plain to me that the unit was faulty. It was so noisy (a continuous high pitched siren type sound) that it simply could not be used. I turned on the unit in the bedroom and it too was noisy - not as noisy at the living room unit, but still too noisy (a continuous drone) to keep on during the night. I immediately rang the after hours number and requested a change of room, but was told this was not possible. I requested that the units be serviced the next day. I spent a terrible night. It was stifling hot and airless in the bedroom and there was nothing that I could do but suffer these conditions. In the morning before I left for the day I went to reception and spoke to the receptionist to make sure that the units would be fixed while I was away during the day. When I returned that afternoon (about 4pm) I turned on both units only to find that there was no change. I rang reception and spoke to the duty receptionist who informed me that (and I quote) ”there were other priorities” that day and that the units would probably be looked at early next week, but no guarantees. He seemed irritated that I was making a fuss about this. I asked to speak to a Manager and was told I could not. I explained to this person that I am caring for a 99 year man whilst I am in Townsville and this work is extremely demanding and stressful and that I needed to get decent sleep in order to be able to properly care for this elderly man. This fell on deaf ears. My problems were apparently insignificant and my status as a guest of no importance to this person. I asked to speak to a Manager but was told (again a direct quote) “that won’t happen”. I felt angry. I felt like your hotel doesn’t give a damm about your guests. I rang a friend in tears and that person pulled out all stops and arranged alternative accommodation for me. I checked out around 5pm - there was no-one at reception but I rang the after hours number and advised that I was checking out and why. I also asked for a refund for my stay and the following days. I was informed that I would get a refund for the days from Sunday through Wednesday and I have received that refund. You have however charged me for 2 nights accommodation. The first night was incredibly uncomfortable and tiring - not up to standard in any way - and not worth the money you charged. You charged me for the second night regardless of the fact that no effort was made