PENRITH DEBUTS FIRST LUXURY HOTEL

Penrith's first five-star hotel - the 153-room Pullman Sydney Penrith - will open next month, a 20-minute drive from Western Sydney Airport via the A9.

Alongside the hotel will be the Western Sydney Conference Centre, which will hold 1000 seated guests and be one of Australia's largest conference centres outside a capital city.

Pullman Sydney Penrith General Manager Glen Erickson told the Australian Financial Review: "It’s the first international five-star hotel west of Sydney Olympic Park and Warwick Farm. Furthermore, the hotel has aspirations to host Penrith’s first chef’s hatted restaurant.”

*Destination NSW