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Industry
Watchdog shows teeth over OTA pressure sales tactics
The consumer watchdog is investigating accommodation booking websites over their ‘one room left' sales tactics, says TAA.
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Management
Urchins and heartists help clinch top hotel gong
A newcomer to Sydney’s luxury hotel scene with a vast lobby aquarium and staff trained as “heartists” has been awarded…
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Industry
Lofty ambitions for much-loved icon
Named ‘Sequoia’, the new development will sit separate from the main building, with each of the villas including private balconies,…
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Iconic getaway renamed in “unprecedented” hotel building blitz
Australia is experiencing an accommodation boom as a series of new hotels are announced, iconic properties undergo refurbishments - and…
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Record-breaking sale puts ibis under the hammer
AccorInvest is selling 23 Australian hotels for more than $300 million in one of the biggest portfolio deals in accommodation…
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Industry
Perth the big loser in accom landscape
Perth is the worst performing capital for hotel occupancy in a disheartening picture for WA, new research shows.
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Tourism
NSW cups overflow as state chases $1 billion tonic
NSW has launched an ambitious campaign to host ten world cups over the next ten years.
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Industry
NoVacancy an industry show stopper
Australia's premier accom business expo has smashed attendance targets, with more than 3,300 people flocking to Sydney's International Convention Centre…
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Industry
Why does Airbnb fear for its hosts?
Airbnb is calling on the government to change “archaic” capital gains tax laws which expose hosts to possible extra charges…
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Industry
Gatsby meets Greatest Showman in battle of the brands
Perth’s new QT comes with jugglers, staff on stilts, an on-site make-up department and its very own ‘director of chaos’.
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