Industry

Just a month after plans were announced to divide Great Keppel Island into lots and sell them to cryptocurrency investors, the tourism icon has been bought by one loved-up couple.

A Melbourne bartender has beaten 10,000 international pretenders to be named winner of the world’s biggest cocktail competition.

Velvet lounges and gold bars will feature in David Bowie-inspired rock star suites at the new Ovolo Brisbane.

Consider how Amazon grew to the retail gargantuan it is today. Step one, see an opportunity to provide a better service by removing friction points. Step two, incremental growth through adoption and retention of loyal customers. Step three, data, data, and more data. Step four, harness data into action – innovate, enhance, and repeat.

Keynote speakers from Google, Best Western, Expedia, HotelsCombined and Skyscanner are among a stellar line-up of industry leaders at this year's Maximum Occupancy conference.

To become more effective at communicating, information sharing needs to be digitised. Hotels need to use the kind of technology that replicates our mobile, socially connected lifestyles.

Airbnb has slammed a council decision to impose $6000 fines on the owners of unauthorised holidays lets in Byron Bay.

The Sofitel Brisbane has apologised for a seemingly innocuous full-page newspaper advert it ran in various magazines and newspapers over the weekend.

Not since before the 2000 Olympics has the city seen a fervour of hotel building and renovation - and this time around, the newbies are all decidedly different.

Marriott International is further blurring the lines between homeshares and hotels with the announcement it will expand its London homesharing pilot to encompass Paris, Rome and Lisbon.