Business View Oceania | September 2020

39 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA SEPTEMBER 2020 breaking things in the industry. The key thing is whatever we do has to enhance the special nature of the history and the building. There are spaces that can be added to, such as the atmospheric secret laneway, that is now just a locked off space. “While we will do something with our rooms and public spaces in the next few years, it’s all aimed at bringing to the fore the jewel which is The Rialto building itself. Its connection with Melbourne’s past through to today. You can go to a new hotel that was just built last week and it might be a lovely building with a lot of assets but it hasn’t been there, soaking up Melbourne, for 130 years. There is a universal truth to this hotel and that is that every single person who walks through the door says “Wow” and then gets out their phone to take a photo. It’s just that kind of special place.” INTERCONT INENTAL MELBOURNE THE R I ALTO