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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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Industry
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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Management
Accom events giant buys into Sydney
Asia Pacific's biggest accommodation event is coming to Sydney following a takeover of the annual HotelsWorld conference.
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From mega ships to cashing chips; accom news this week
Work has begun on a $158 million mega cruise ship terminal touted to create a $5 billion economic boom for…
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“Deeply flawed”, “inaccurate”, “unrepresentative”: The report slammed by Airbnb
A new report concluding short-term lets are reshaping the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets has been dismissed as “deeply flawed”…
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Accom developers betting big on Brisvegas
In the same week that Brisbane’s $200 million Westin Hotel opened its doors, the city's ibis Styles hotel sold for…
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Industry
Visa changes “much needed” as hospitality struggles for local workers
Visa changes making it easier for non-nationals to work Down Under will help fill the industry's cavernous labour gap, says…
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