Property

A country retreat that costs $1000 a night to rent on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has been voted the best luxury rental in Australia.

Housed within a 15-storey tower above the historic GPO building, the 285-room hotel will offer views of the city and Victoria Square.

Developed with young families in mind, all the facilities have been designed to bottle joy. ‘More fun’ is Sunshine Resort’s tagline, and it’s certainly the atmosphere onsite.

The 99-year lease of a freestanding heritage-listed commercial property in The Rocks has sold for $7.5 million.

WA property owners and investors have had a tight few years, but that hasn't stopped them setting their expectations high for the new year.

How about 'guest hosting'? B&Bs have a quaint, rose-coloured reputation that many folks associate with seasonal charm. But what is the truth?

We rethink what it means to design thrilling interiors for your property, and hear from suppliers in the field about what they're doing now.

Discovery Parks is set to spend $14 million across six parks in the lead up to Christmas.

I spoke to a property manager at a recent accommodation industry event about what is most important to them when it comes to PMS. I was expecting an answer along the lines of ‘cost-effectiveness’ but actually, they told me that the most important thing for them was ease-of-use. They wanted an interface that they could interact with as easily as they interact with their smartphone...

When there’s only so much bandwidth floating around, it’s not easy being a guest. (It must be even worse being a property manager.) Particularly for international guests who are used to super-fast speeds in the UK, US and much of Asia, Australian wifi can be utterly frustrating. Of course, there’s still a scale of good to bad to worse and depending on location, size and structure, internet quality can still be great. Still, there’s a special kind of annoying that is particular to slow (or absent) internet when you’re paying for a room.