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Breakfast ad leaves Sofitel with egg on its face
The Sofitel Brisbane has apologised for a seemingly innocuous full-page newspaper advert it ran in various magazines and newspapers over…
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Sydney’s new cool led by ground-breaking hotels
Not since before the 2000 Olympics has the city seen a fervour of hotel building and renovation - and this…
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Management
Will ‘digital strip searches’ damage New Zealand’s brand?
A new law allowing Kiwi customs officers to perform ‘digital strip searches’ has hit headlines around the world and prompted…
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Pod hotel for tropical north
Cairns may soon become the latest international tourism hot spot to accommodate its tourists in personal sleeping pods.
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Exclusive: Airbnb fights back on claims it’s hurting regional accom
Australia’s hotel industry may be thriving alongside Airbnb, but smaller regional operators say the picture is very different.
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Industry
Do thriving hotels prove short lets are no threat?
A report highlighting the health of Australia’s innovative hotel sector is proof the short-let industry is having no negative impact,…
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$60m gallery and retreat for former owners of troubled Jewel
A former chicken farm could be turned into a European art and sculpture gallery akin to Tasmania’s MONA as part…
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Industry
Hotels, not disruptors, driving dramatic transformation
Move over Airbnb, the most innovative players in Australian accommodation are hotels.
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Industry
Direct booking surge slows – but impact still being felt
While the dust has settled following Dick Smith's impassioned video plea for Aussies to book direct with accommodation providers, moteliers…
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Industry
Big eight targeted in tourism blitz
Tourism Australia and Singapore Airlines have signed an $11 million marketing deal to promote Australia to key overseas markets.
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