Events

Victoria’s star hotel performers have been honoured at the 2019 Tourism Accommodation Australia (Victoria) Awards for Excellence.

Simon McGrath, Accor’s chief operating officer for the Pacific, has been named in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Booking cancellations started coming through before the dust had settled on the Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers in Easter’s series of terrorist attacks, according to AFP.

The managing director of a leading hotel group is exhorting Australians to show their support and visit Christchurch following last month’s terrorist attack.

Awards designed to showcase an industry generating $55.5 billion for the economy each year have been launched by The Australian Resident Accommodation Managers Association.

Wagga Wagga, the city which topped Airbnb's list of most in-demand growth locations for 2018, will be home to a new IHG Holiday Inn from 2021 designed as an events and dining destination.

Australia’s best tourism businesses were honoured at the glittering Qantas Australian Tourism Awards held in Tasmania’s Cataract Gorge last week.

Hospitality leaders from throughout Asia-Pacific met in Melbourne this week for a convention designed to showcase the region’s best event spaces and destinations.

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.