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Industry
Accom insolvency on the rise
Tourism may be booming in Australia, but it’s no consolation to the accommodation businesses that closed their doors in the…
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Video exposes shocking cleaning practices at luxury hotels
Secret filming has revealed sub-standard cleaning practices at a number of luxury international hotels in China.
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“Pouring petrol on a fire”: Airbnb says curbs will hit jobs and income in WA
Airbnb has come out swinging against an Australian Hotels Association proposal to curb short lets in Western Australia.
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Industry
Quirky new hotels for Queensland’s booming south
Art Series Hotels has announced a $60 million flagship hotel to be carved into the cliffs beneath Brisbane’s Storey Bridge.
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Hotels chief goes on the attack at tourism awards
An Australian Hotels Association chief has used a glittering industry awards night to mount a scathing attack on WA’s state…
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Industry
Big Melon slices up competition
Chinchilla’s Big Melon pipped finalists the Big Peanut in Kingaroy, the Big Kilt of Glen Innes and Mittagong’s the Big…
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EXCLUSIVE: Dick Smith injects $300m into “endangered” small town accom
Australia’s best-known multi-millionaire is fast becoming a folk hero among mum-and-dad accommodation owners.
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NSW hits in numbers to schmooze biggest spenders
A busload of tourism managers spent last week greasing the wheels of tourism trade between China and NSW as part…
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Tourism
When fakes are better than the real thing
Artificial plants have come a long way since the seventies monstrosities that were more yucky than yucca.
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Industry
Whitsundays shark plan branded “borderline negligent”
A new five-point plan agreed by tourism, state and research leaders to manage sharks off the Whitsunday Coast has been…
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