Ramada Hervey Bay offers resort hotel or one bedroom suite accommodation to guests and dual key apartments with dual income streams to investors. In fact it is one of two dual key buildings in Hervey Bayi and the other being substantially older. It has onsite management, Seascape Hervey Bay Pty Ltd, providing Ramada standard services including reception desk, a heated pool and spa, bar and cafe, gym and sauna, meeting room and security access. Its amenities give it appeal to both the business and holiday traveler.

Tourism and Business visitor trends are vital to appreciating the potential return on investment for this opportunity. The tourism figures published by the Fraser Coast Council to year-end Sept 2008 show a decline in holiday makers over that year, whereas more people were visiting friends and staying for business. Accommodation bookings for the all hotels, motels and serviced apartments for year-end Sept 2008 showed that numbers were slightly down, but stays were longer. Total Hervey Bay statistics show 458,663 room nights were booked to year-end Sept 2008 compared to 454,280 to year-end Sept 2007, an increase of 1.0% whilst number of guest arriving was 449,598 to year-end Sept 2008 compared to year-end Sept 2007 468,232, a decrease of 4.0%. Guests staying for longer suggest there is a greater diversity of recreational activities available and hence they are entertained for longer, or their business is most complex also requiring longer stays.

Ramada Hervey Bay is in this category, is the newest offering and will be right next to the newest attraction – the redeveloped Marina and café precinct which has been let by government tender but not yet started. Historically well branded hotels with active marketing campaigns have performed above the average in attracting and retaining guests.