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Industry
Revealed: Accom’s key players spending big to influence Australian politics
Industry players from Airbnb to the Australian Hotels Association are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to influence the outcomes…
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Big Pineapple’s spectacular resurrection about to bear fruit
A Sunshine Coast icon once rated Australia’s top tourism attraction will complete a transformation in May worth $45 million a…
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Developments
Fix OTA tax and kill rate parity, Munro urges senate
The CEO of the Accommodation Association of Australia has told a senate hearing that laws designed to make multinational travel…
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Industry
Chinese economy putting brakes on Lunar New Year tourism
As Australia prepares for a visitor influx over Lunar New Year, travel agencies are reporting a fall in the number…
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Industry
Embrace Airbnb, Quest boss urges accom
The head of Australia’s largest serviced apartment group is urging the industry to embrace Airbnb.
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$200m hotel sale eclipses city’s record
In a sale which dwarfs any single transaction for 2018, the Westin Perth has been bought by Malaysian consortium YTL…
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System broken, but proposed fix “grossly unfair” says Airbnb
Airbnb has told a Parliamentary Inquiry rules for home sharing in Western Australia are broken and need to be fixed.
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Industry
Holiday homes targeted in tax rort clampdown
Holiday homes will be the focus of an Australian Tax Office crackdown on wrongly-claimed tax deductions.
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Industry
Wining, dining and corporate gifts: Is hospitality guilty of buying favours?
Australia’s politicians and rule-makers have come under scrutiny this week for allowing and accepting undisclosed gifts from the industries they…
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Industry
Ovolo crowned best in Australia and South Pacific
Ovolo Wooloomooloo has been voted number one hotel in Australia and the South Pacific at this year’s TripAdvisor Travellers Choice…
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