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With Mantra Group uniting its 128 properties across Australia, New Zealand, Bali and Hawaii, Accomnews spoke exclusively with the group’s public relations manager to find out what it means to consolidate a multi-branded portfolio into a single consumer brand, and how this impacts hotel owners and managers.

Adelaide will host more than 2000 delegates from around the globe when it hosts Australia’s largest tourism conference next year.

Today, Australia's largest owner of hotel rooms, Meriton Serviced Apartment, announced their evolution to Meriton Suites.

The Ascott Limited (Ascott) has once again enjoyed success at the 2017 Tourism Accommodation Australia (TAA) Victoria Accommodation Awards for Excellence last night, with Citadines on Bourke Melbourne winning Apartment Accommodation of the Year for the fifth time.

BIG4 Holiday Parks is excited to announce its partnership with Make-A-Wish Australia, the children’s charity that makes the wishes of seriously ill kids come true. 

Canberra's Capital Executive Apartment Hotel has changed hands for the first time in 22 years in a complex deal that has involved a large-scale unit buy-out.

The new strata building bond and inspection scheme (the scheme) will now commence on 1 January 2018. It was originally scheduled to commence on 1 July 2017.

Booking.com has announced the award recipients of its first accelerator programme for start-ups in sustainable tourism, Booking.com Booster.

Mantra Southbank, Melbourne has received a multi-million dollar refurbishment which has transformed the hotel’s spacious apartment-style guest rooms into an arts-inspired urban oasis.

Hotels are often sympathetic to their surrounds, offering amenities and experiences that are appropriate to their location – but how important is a hotel’s connection to place and history, particularly given Australia’s rich and complex past?