We want to understand what independent properties are doing to compete in Australia’s highly competitive 2018 accommodation market. So we have a new survey and new prizes for participants. 

With less than 12 months’ operation under its belt, this commercial accommodation listings portal has consistently achieved record traffic and just reached yet another milestone. Accom Properties’ quick progress has certainly turned its competitors’ heads.

The steep increase in prices paid in Townsville last year follows a 13% fall in 2016, demonstrating growth in the region and the strength of reef tourism. Meanwhile, the Whitsunday Islands recorded the steepest decline in accommodation prices, falling 14% in 2017 after bearing the brunt of Cyclone Debbie.

This is the most extensive and comprehensive hotel rejuvenation phase in Australia’s tourism history...

Hoping to attract some new talent to the industry, Accorhotels has launched its Take off! competition, pitting hundreds of students from universities and business & hotel management schools from all over the world against each other.

The 143-suite hotel has been designed and developed by the same independent owner-operators who guided the Emporium Hotel in Fortitude Valley to the position of Australia’s most awarded boutique luxury hotel. 

These two new roles will assist in its rapid expansion of the collection with the recent acquisitions of Inchcolm Brisbane, Hotel Hotel Canberra, and Emporium Brisbane...

Adrienne Putelli is the 2018 winner of Hilton’s CEO Light & Warmth Award.

“With the likes of global giant Airbnb and other sharing economy platforms who directly employ virtually no Queenslanders, pay next to no tax in Queensland and pay virtually no council rates in Queensland, the launch of the new Queensland State Advisory Board is very timely,” Mr Munro said.

The pipeline of activity will add 431 rooms to the group, with new properties secured across Victoria, Western Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand...