Events

A record 14 venues from areas including the Eastern Suburbs, North Shore, Inner West, Sydney CBD, Eastern Beaches and southern Sydney are in the running for the major award

Minister for tourism and major events, and assistant minister for skills Adam Marshall joined representatives of Sydney’s top accommodation hotels in Sydney to officially launch Hotel Career Expo 2018.

AccorHotels has been announced as a finalist for a Banksia Sustainability Award in the category of Large Business Sustainability Leadership.

The Star Gold Coast has been named Queensland’s most luxurious and prestigious place to stay and dine at the Queensland Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.

Events draw thousands of domestic and international visitors to areas across Australia each year, whether for business or leisure. Accommodation providers benefit from this, particularly when events, conferences and festivals run over a period of days or weeks - but how can you maximise on guests during these periods, and is it worth the extra effort and expense?

With just under three weeks to go, more keynote speakers have been announced for Maximum Occupancy Sydney 2017. 

The APAC Revenue Management Summit was held at Rydges Melbourne 29-30 August: delegate numbers doubled the previous year’s attendance and the Summit attracted the support of over 20 partners.

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has announced the appointment of Katerina Giannouka as president, Asia Pacific.

The Star Gold Coast has been named as the new home of the Australian television industry’s biggest night of celebration, the TV WEEK Logie awards.

Gold Coast based hospitality heavyweight Barry Robinson has been named a finalist in the CEO Magazine Executive of the Year Awards, which will be held at Crown Melbourne on November 15.