Garth Solly

  • Board Nominees, National Committee
  • Committee Member
  • Garth dot Solly at thelandingnz dot com

Garth, Accommodation Sector Chair for the Northland region, is a senior executive with experience leading and opening hospitality projects across New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, India, and Thailand. Garth brings nearly 25 years of commercial hospitality experience.

His current role for Cooper and Company is as Director of Hospitality, overseeing the much awarded Hotel Britomart, kingi Restaurant & The Libraries in Auckland and The Landing Residences in the Bay of Islands, plus new projects for Cooper and Company.   

Prior to this he was General Manager at QT Wellington where under his stewardship the hotel was listed in the top 7 hotels in the Australasian region by Conde Nast Traveler. This is in addition to the hotel winning awards for best redeveloped hotel and best marketing campaign for the extensive refurbishment of the hotel.

No stranger to Northland, Garth served previously as Group General Manager, Lodges of the internationally acclaimed Robertson Lodges of NZ, based at The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs. In his portfolio were also The Farm at Cape Kidnappers in the Hawkes Bay and Matakauri Lodge in Queenstown.

His time in NZ Lodges was preceded by 10 years’ service with Intercontinental Hotels Group across New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India and Thailand opening & operating a mix of corporate and leisure hotels and resorts. A proud Kiwi, Garth is excited about the opportunity to serve his fellow hospitality colleagues via the national board.