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Hotelier Jerry Schwartz calls for outright rejection of Mirvac’s residential plan
Owner of the largest privately owned hotel group in Australia, Schwartz argues that the commercial and retail proposal is just…
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Industry
How to work with your event partner on rescheduling events
We must remember that venues will re-open and events will happen again soon. With this in mind, begin to map…
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Industry
The end of global travel as we know it: an opportunity for sustainable tourism
Considering human activities need to change if we are to avoid the worst effects of human-induced climate change, the coronavirus crisis might…
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Developments
Hotels to become hospitals under radical new response to COVID-19
Hotels will be turned into isolation centres and possibly hospital wards as the nation moves towards lockdown.
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Developments
Hospitality award changed as accom fights to save jobs
Two industry bodies have won vital changes to Australia’s hospitality award rules aimed at saving jobs during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Developments
“Heartbreaking”: Industry staring into the abyss
Some 90,000 hospitality workers were stood down this week as Australia’s coronavirus restrictions forced the closure of restaurants, bars, clubs,…
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Industry
“Your packages sit in government coffers while our tourism businesses are dying”
The Australian Tourism Export Council has made an impassioned plea to the government for immediate funding to stop hospitality businesses…
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Developments
Accom facing “extinction” as Australians told to cancel holidays
Tight new restrictions on domestic travel were announced by prime minister Scott Morrison on Sunday, putting an end to the…
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Industry
Biggest challenge in living memory. A message from Dean Long, CEO of the Accommodation Association
The tourism accommodation sector is currently facing its biggest challenge in living memory. Our resilience has been tested in the…
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Developments
Seclusion is sector’s new sales pitch
Accom is turning lemons into lemonade by looking to cash in on the growing demand for self-isolation.
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