Kate Jackson
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Developments
“Heartbreaking”: Industry staring into the abyss
Some 90,000 hospitality workers were stood down this week as Australia’s coronavirus restrictions forced the closure of restaurants, bars, clubs,…
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Hospitality award changed as accom fights to save jobs
Two industry bodies have won vital changes to Australia’s hospitality award rules aimed at saving jobs during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Hotels to become hospitals under radical new response to COVID-19
Hotels will be turned into isolation centres and possibly hospital wards as the nation moves towards lockdown.
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Accom facing “extinction” as Australians told to cancel holidays
Tight new restrictions on domestic travel were announced by prime minister Scott Morrison on Sunday, putting an end to the…
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Stimulus big, but is it enough?
The government has committed a mammoth $66 billion to helping Australia ride the coronavirus downturn, but industry chiefs remain unconvinced…
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Industry
“Your packages sit in government coffers while our tourism businesses are dying”
The Australian Tourism Export Council has made an impassioned plea to the government for immediate funding to stop hospitality businesses…
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Industry
Apartment dwellers fearful of isolation Airbnbs
Apartment residents say their buildings could be turned into coronavirus hotspots as short-stay hosts increasingly promote self-isolation packages to guests.
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Management
The vehicles driving accom performance
Moving people safely and speedily around a busy accom property can be the difference between a slick operation and a…
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Government commits more as accom faces “biggest deterioration of demand for hotels ever”
A second stimulus aimed at saving Australia’s most at-risk industries is being formulated, less than a week after the government…
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$715m for Australian airlines as global industry faces collapse
The government has committed $715 million to prop up Australian carriers as a peak aviation body warns airlines across the…
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