Events

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.

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.