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A spectacular addition to the Victorian landscape is taking shape on the Mornington Peninsula.

Speedy visas and hassle-free airports are making Australia more appealing to Asian visitors, a new study has found.

After nearly two decades of weak hotel development, accommodation stock is forecast to grow nearly 4 per cent in 2018 as several major residential projects convert to include hotels or short-term accommodation.

Guest reviews are critical to an accommodation provider's success.

Traffic to metasearch sites has tripled since 2014. This isn’t likely to slow down any time soon, given developments like the meteoric rise of Google’s travel business and the heavyweight ad spend of sites like Trivago and TripAdvisor.

The current version of the algorithm is based on assessing three areas: quality, recency and quantity. Let’s look at how each of these work in more detail.

Its two tyres and large tipped-over-cylinder design mean it has zero turning radius. As co-founder Jeffrey Schnapp boasts: "It can do little ballerina pirouettes."

"This stinks - and that’s an understatement," Airbnb said in a statement, adding it would fully refund cancelled reservations and was also creating a $10 million fund to compensate affected travellers.

Sofitel Melbourne On Collins has been named Australia’s best hotel in Luxury Travel Magazine’s reader-voted awards for 2018.

A leading industry body has slated the NSW government's new cap on Sydney short-term lets, saying it will cost regional jobs and compromise guest safety.