Two established hotels in Darwin have joined the AccorHotels chain and rebranded as the Novotel Darwin Airport and the Mercure Darwin Airport Resort .

Chief operating officer AccorHotels Pacific, Simon McGrath, said “We are delighted to welcome two premier Darwin properties to our expanding network of hotels in the Top End, and continue our successful partnership with SC Capital Partners Group.”

The hotels’ owner, Recap IV Fund managed by SC Capital Partners Group, is a strategic partner of AccorHotels across the Asia Pacific region with current hotel agreements in Japan, Seoul and Myanmar, and now Darwin.

“Considerable investment is going into the properties to bring them in line with our internationally-renowned midmarket brands Novotel and Mercure and we look forward to taking the properties into a fresh new phase in 2016,” said McGrath.

“The Novotel brand already has an award-winning presence in the Top End with the flagship Novotel Darwin Atrium which unveiled a multimillion dollar upgrade in 2014. We’re extremely proud of this hotel asset as it has the contemporary Novotel Next generation room concept which is championed by the brand worldwide.

"Having an aggregation of hotels in the region means we have more resources to attract more business to the area,” said McGrath.