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Tip of the ICE-berg: are drug gangs using short stay accom?
Recent reports of WA Police seizing $10 million of methylamphetamine in a short-stay accommodation unit in Manning has the industry…
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Open borders mean “state of origin” has two winners, TAA says
"The border opening comes at the perfect time to allow NSW holiday makers in particular to head north into the…
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Cautious but happy, Aussies keen to explore their own back yard
Alarming findings surfaced this month, surveying attitudes towards holidaying, hotel stays and airline travel across 11 countries, including Australia.
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Op-Ed: Room service and the ‘new normal’
It’s time to overhaul in-room dining (AKA Room Service). A contactless experience is what we are striving to deliver guests.
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Help! First disappointment of many for AU export tourism
This week's bad International Visitor Survey (IVS) results are likely the first in a long set of dreadful quarterly results…
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Guests demand contactless tech and more cleaning
More than 70% of hotels said they were considering or are already using contactless payment and digital messaging services, and…
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Small is safer, insists booking website
According to a recent survey of guests that it conducted, more than 90 percent of travellers said they would feel…
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Franchisees show confidence in Choice Hotels post COVID
Trent Fraser, CEO of Choice Hotels Asia-Pac, said: “As we start to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, it’s pleasing to…
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Melbourne’s second lockdown spells death for small businesses. Here are 3 things government can do to save them
To speed up the lending application process, there should also be subsidies to licensed financial advisers to prepare those applications.
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Accom advocates fight to rename blighted ‘quarantine hotel’ program
“A failure of government”, is how Dean Long, CEO, Accommodation Australia (AA) described Victoria’s quarantine hotel debacle.
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