{"id":20959,"date":"2013-07-09T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/huka-lodge-wins-prestigious-travel-leisure-award-2\/"},"modified":"2013-07-09T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T09:22:00","slug":"huka-lodge-wins-prestigious-travel-leisure-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/07\/huka-lodge-wins-prestigious-travel-leisure-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Huka Lodge Wins Prestigious Travel + Leisure Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"524209\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-390405\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/524209.jpg\" height=\"106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/524209.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: default; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\" width=\"240\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">New Zealand\u2019s original luxury retreat, Huka Lodge, has been recognized as among the Top 100 Hotels overall in the&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">Travel + Leisure&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\">2013 World\u2019s Best Awards readers\u2019 survey.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Readers voted the iconic property number five in the category of the Top Resorts in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, and number two in New Zealand, coming just after a busy period in which the property has launched a range of initiatives to enhance the experiences of existing and future guests.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"524212\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-390407\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/524212.jpg\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/524212.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"210\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">These include new programs for the weddings sector, corporate and incentive groups, packages for the&nbsp;Mount Ruapehu ski fields&nbsp;and multi-generational packages aimed at bringing families together in the one location, whether in the Lodge\u2019s eighteen suites or either the Alan Pye Cottage or The Owner\u2019s Cottage.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Along with sister properties Dolphin Island, Fiji and Grande Provence, South Africa, Huka Lodge has also been celebrated in a new book which takes readers on a stunning pictorial journey of The Huka Retreats,&nbsp;<i>WORLDS APART<\/i>, launched last month with a foreword by the late Bryce Courtenay and available online through the website.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The Huka Retreats are the vision of their founder, entrepreneur Alex van Heeren, recognized as the pioneer of luxury lodges in the region.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s original luxury retreat, Huka Lodge, has been recognized as among the Top 100 Hotels overall in the&nbsp;Travel + Leisure&nbsp;2013 World\u2019s Best Awards readers\u2019 survey. 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