Events

A slab of seal poo collected for scientific research in New Zealand has been found to contain a USB stick full of holiday snaps.

In a sale which dwarfs any single transaction for 2018, the Westin Perth has been bought by Malaysian consortium YTL Group for more than $200 million.

Ovolo Wooloomooloo has been voted number one hotel in Australia and the South Pacific at this year’s TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Awards.

The NSW government has pledged $1.5 million to help stimulate Sydney's night economy and support music events state-wide.

As Australian hotels embrace the concept of catering for Chinese guests, one hotel group is going over and above to entice citizens of the Asian powerhouse Down Under for the Year of the Pig.

Today’s meeting planners are relying less on hotel sales teams to help find venues and more on their own online research and planner network.

Hospitality heavyweights from throughout Asia-Pacific will converge on Melbourne in February for a convention aimed at showcasing the region’s best event spaces and destinations.

This summer’s test cricket series may still be in the balance, but visiting Indian fans have already handed Australia a major tourism win.

Teens armed with knives robbed people in a suburban Melbourne street on Friday night after police broke up a gathering  at a property rented by a 15-year-old boy through Airbnb.

Two major events will be added to Sydney’s social calendar over the next three years, injecting an extra $21 million into the visitor economy.