$10k-a-night hotel suite set to open at Eichardt's

New Zealand's most expensive hotel suite will open in Queenstown next month.

Eichardt's Private Hotel's new suite, The Penthouse, will receive its first guests on December 20.

For $10,000 a night, they get the run of a 240sq m suite with a 100sq m balcony - complete with spa - with views across Queenstown Bay.

They also get a sauna, 24/7 butler service, a private chef and a Land Rover with driver at their disposal.

The Penthouse and two new lakefront suites, which are available for $1950 a night, are part of a $6 million Skyline Enterprises development next door to the historic Eichardt's building.

The Penthouse suite is about three times pricier than other luxury accommodation offerings in New Zealand: a suite at Taupo's Huka Lodge can cost $3865 a night, and Blanket Bay, near Glenorchy, costs almost $3400 per couple a night during the peak season.

Eichardt's is owned by Imperium Capital Group's Andrew Cox, who said The Penthouse catered for a ``new class of ultra-high net worth guests''.