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Tip of the ICE-berg: are drug gangs using short stay accom?
Recent reports of WA Police seizing $10 million of methylamphetamine in a short-stay accommodation unit in Manning has the industry…
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Melbourne’s hotel quarantine bungle is disappointing but not surprising. It was overseen by a flawed security industry
To put it plainly, the Victorian government used an industry with a long history of non-compliance with minimum standards for…
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Help! First disappointment of many for AU export tourism
This week's bad International Visitor Survey (IVS) results are likely the first in a long set of dreadful quarterly results…
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Guests demand contactless tech and more cleaning
More than 70% of hotels said they were considering or are already using contactless payment and digital messaging services, and…
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Small is safer, insists booking website
According to a recent survey of guests that it conducted, more than 90 percent of travellers said they would feel…
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Franchisees show confidence in Choice Hotels post COVID
Trent Fraser, CEO of Choice Hotels Asia-Pac, said: “As we start to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, it’s pleasing to…
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Melbourne’s second lockdown spells death for small businesses. Here are 3 things government can do to save them
To speed up the lending application process, there should also be subsidies to licensed financial advisers to prepare those applications.
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Can Sunny Coast locals “plug” the VIC visitor gap and save jobs?
"Queensland Premier deserves strong praise for the handling of the border issue because while Sunshine Coast tourism businesses have experienced…
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Use tourism toolkits and widespread campaign to promote your business
Destination NSW Chief Executive Officer, Steve Cox said: “Operators that use these logos, images and videos will benefit from brand…
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Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?
Victoria is right on the precipice. Either the government’s measures will wrest back control, or unbridled community transmission could mean…
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