Beach Palms Holiday Apartments
Coasting along while running a holiday complex
By Grantlee Kieza, Industry Reporter
Julie Morris talked to Resort News about her stunning Gold Coast property, the Beach Palms Holiday Apartments, Palm Beach.
management rights, and I liked Palm Beach because I thought the location had great potential, which has proven to be true. The position of The Beach Palms Holiday Apartments complex is very convenient, it’s close to the M1 highway, close to the airport and the NSW border.
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Furthermore, the resort is surrounded by an array of excellent local restaurants and cafes.
It has been five years. Before we bought this business, I was working at Saint Vincent de Paul, but previously I worked in hospitality for a number of years. I was always keen on the idea of
Currently we do have development in the area, but even so Palm Beach is still much quieter than Surfers Paradise and it really makes for a relaxing holiday.
You're originally from Tasmania? Yes. I moved up from Launceston 25 years ago with my family. At first, we settled at the northern end of the Gold Coast, Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island. And it was only when I bought into this building that we moved to the southern end of the coast. It's exceptionally beautiful down here.
Why did you want to get into management rights? When I was living in Tasmania, we had a friend who bought management rights in Mooloolaba, and we would
Did you have a background in accommodation? In Launceston, I had a hotel for 15 years. It had accommodation upstairs, but it was nothing like a management rights complex. We leased that business out when we moved to Queensland, and we bought a restaurant located in Sanctuary Cove where we stayed for six years before moving into the food service industry. The management rights sector is very different, it offers many
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often stay there for holidays. That triggered an interest and expanded my awareness of the industry and how it worked.
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ResortNews | March 2022
