Christchurch's former Marque Hotel will be the first earthquake-damaged central city hotel to open its doors to guests when it reopens in March.
The Gloucester St building will be open for business again as the Rendezvous Hotel Christchurch from March 1, just in time for the Ellerslie International Flower Show.
The hotel occupies 15 storeys of the 22-storey Pacific Tower, which needed only minor structural repairs following the quake.
The building was completed last year and engineered to the highest specifications to withstand strong quakes.
"Apart from cracking in the internal plasterboard walls and external cladding, which are not structural, the hotel has come through all the quakes but has been closed because of its location within the cordoned CBD", general manager Brad Watts said.
