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Are you an accom manager looking to boost bookings and drive revenue? 

A leading industry body has slated the NSW government's new cap on Sydney short-term lets, saying it will cost regional jobs and compromise guest safety.

Buy a $49.99 ticket now and meet with marketing experts from Google, Airbnb, HiRUM, Snapshot, TrustYou and CartStack at a dynamic new Gold Coast forum on June 14.

A popular ski resort has banned tobogganing on its property this winter season, telling guests the classic family activity is dangerous. Complaints have snowballed since Thredbo Ski Resort in NSW made the announcement on its website, with the resort receiving a sledging on social media. The website said a toboganning ban was imposed to “maximise safety for guests, employees, and …

Regulation of Sydney’s commercial short-term accommodation sector doesn’t have to be difficult, says Tourism Accommodation Australia CEO Carol Giuseppi. It is basically all about common-sense. You can have genuine home sharing, and you can also have balanced regulation which protects the rights of everyone else. Luckily, the State Government has before it the examples of international cities where action has been taken to regulate companies like Airbnb, protecting housing availability and affordability in those cities (not to mention hotel investment and jobs), while also protecting the rights of actual home sharers.

Accor will use its new market dominance to drive regional tourism and take on Airbnb.

The question is: What’s specifically working right now to motivate consumers to book direct?

NSW is to get a new tourism marketing chief with an expertise in digital innovation.

In a legal first, a New Zealand landlord has been awarded the profits earned by a tenant illegally sub-leasing a rental property on Airbnb.

A new shimmering 63-storey, $300 million skyscraper that was meant to provide private residential accommodation to Melbourne's booming inner city population has instead become a quasi-hotel with dozens of rooms listed by owners and investors on Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and others.