Emporium Hotel to be duplicated

Fortitude Valley's Emporium Hotel is set to be replicated at South Bank.

Details of the development, by Anthony John Group, will be released soon.

The group's CEO Shane Bulloch remained tight-lipped about the construction's starting date, but said the hotel would be built on the corner of Tribune and Grey streets.

"We'll have a lot more to say in just a few months," Mr Bulloch said. "We are looking at a higher-standard boutique hotel this is something positive for Brisbane."

Meanwhile, the Valley's Emporium Hotel has won two national awards.

The independently owned hotel was named Best Boutique Hotel in Australia for the fourth time at the Hospitality Management Awards for Excellence in Sydney. It also received the Best Deluxe Hotel, 5-Star+ at the 2012 Queensland Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.

Source: The Courier Mail, 27 September 2012