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Chateau on the Park

This site offers an impressive amount of valuable information on the Chateau and on other locations and activities in Christchurch. The use of QTVR allows the visitor to check out the rooms and their secure online email form then allows them to book a room online if they wish to. The site is visually captivating with its use of consistent and effective graphic themes and real life photos of the Chateau and its gardens. It's hard to make criticism of such a well thought-out site, but we did notice that the secure email form listed room rates but did not state whether these were in $NZ. This can be a little confusing to international viewers who may make the assumption that the currency used is $US. The only other gripe is that, being graphic-intensive the site downloads a little slower than most, hopefully however, visitors will find it's worth the wait.

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