Regal Palms Resort

Regal Palms Resort is a 70-room resort-style property at 350 Fenton Street, Rotorua 3010, on the main accommodation corridor between the city centre and the Whakarewarewa geothermal area. It combines apartment and suite accommodation with an unusually broad set of on-site recreation facilities and a small conference room, making it a practical choice for compact meetings, incentive stays and delegate accommodation in Rotorua.

Accommodation

The resort has seventy rooms, spanning studios, suites and multi-bedroom apartments. Published room types include:

• Luxury Studio (50 m²) — sleeps 2, private spa bath, work space
• Luxury Asian Studio (50 m²) — sleeps 2, Asian-styled decor, private spa bath
• Luxury One Bedroom Suite (62 m²) — sleeps 2–4
• Luxury Two Bedroom Apartment A and B (85 m²) — sleeps 2–5
• Luxury Three Bedroom Apartment (130 m²) — sleeps 2–6
• Superior Studio Suite — sleeps 2–3, king bed, kitchenette, tiled ensuite
• Superior One Bedroom Suite — sleeps 2–4, king bed, ensuite with spa pool
• Superior Two Bedroom Suite — sleeps 5
• Superior Two Bedroom Apartment — sleeps 5, private spa bath, underfloor heating

Rooms are air-conditioned and non-smoking, with free Wi-Fi, SKY TV (50 channels), cooking facilities ranging from microwave and cooktop to full oven and dishwasher in the apartments, iron, work space and in-room safes in the suites. Ground-floor rooms have private patio courtyards, and a guest lift serves the Luxury Wing.

Resort facilities

The on-site facility list is substantial for a property of this size and is a genuine asset for incentive and reward programmes:

• Swimming pool heated to approximately 28°C at the centre of the complex
• The Palms Spa Treatment Studio
• Gymnasium and sauna
• Tennis court, table tennis and petanque
• Nine-hole mini golf course
• Children's playground and BBQ area
• Conservatory
• Guest laundry
• Four electric vehicle charging ports (including two Tesla) with cable converters available
• Car and bike wash station

Many rooms also have private in-room spa pools. General hours at the resort are 7.30am to 8.30pm daily.

Meeting and event capability

Regal Palms describes itself as a boutique conference venue and operates a conference room with capacity for up to twenty attendees, supported by on-site accommodation for delegates. This is explicitly positioned for small events and seminars rather than large-scale conferences; enquiries are taken on 0800 743 000.

For organisers, the sensible fit is a board meeting, training session, sales offsite, planning day or small seminar of twenty or fewer, run alongside accommodation and recreation on the same site. The property is also well placed as a delegate accommodation base for larger Rotorua conferences held elsewhere, with the pool, spa studio, gym, tennis and mini golf providing built-in downtime activity.

Location and surrounds

Fenton Street puts the resort within easy reach of Rotorua's geothermal attractions, Maori cultural experiences, mountain biking and lake activities — the raw material of most Rotorua incentive programmes. Nearby options the resort itself signposts include Te Puia, Whakarewarewa, Wai-O-Tapu, Skyline Rotorua, the Redwoods Treewalk and the Polynesian Spa.

Overall, Regal Palms Resort suits small meetings with a strong incentive or wellbeing component, and works well for groups that want conference space, accommodation and recreation under one roof. Larger conferences should confirm capacity constraints with the resort before committing.