PHOTO: IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF – The new sign goes onto the new Distinction Christchurch Hotel sign in Cathedral Square in the lead-up to the opening.

Christchurch’s latest hotel has opened, adding 179 more rooms for visitors to the city.

The Distinction Christchurch, a 4.5-star hotel, has opened in the 14-storey former Millennium Hotel building in Cathedral Square.

The Millennium did not reopen after being damaged in the 2011 earthquakes.

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