Hotel Grand Chancellor
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Hotel Grand Chancellor is an hotel chain that operates throughout Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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History

The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch
The Hotel Grand Chancellor was a major five star hotel in the centre of Christchurch in New Zealand, one of eleven Hotel Grand Chancellor establishments across Australia and New Zealand. The city's tallest building at 26 storeys, it is located on Cashel Street, close to the city's City Mall central...

 was severely damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and is believed to be in an imminent state of collapse. The hotel at 26-storeys is the tallest building in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

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The hotel was searched and no survivors or bodies found. It is now set to be demolished.

Hotels

  • Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch
    Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch
    The Hotel Grand Chancellor was a major five star hotel in the centre of Christchurch in New Zealand, one of eleven Hotel Grand Chancellor establishments across Australia and New Zealand. The city's tallest building at 26 storeys, it is located on Cashel Street, close to the city's City Mall central...

    , Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
    Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
    The Hotel Grand Chancellor is a twelve-storey hotel located on the waterfront of Hobart, Tasmania. The hotel opened in 1987 as the Sheraton and has since been taken over by the Grand Hotels International group. The Sheraton opened with 2 restaurants and 2 bars, however only 1 restaurant and 1 bar...

    , Tasmania, Australia
  • Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston
    Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston
    The Hotel Grand Chancellor in Launceston, Tasmania, formerly known as the Novetel, is a seven-storey building located in the city's central business district . Completed in August 1989, the building was constructed at a cost of $44 million, with up to 130 men working on site. Before the official...

    , Tasmania, Australia
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