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Airbnb will mobilise thousands of short-stay hosts in Western Australia to fight the Australian Hotels Association’s proposed regulations for the sector.

Cairns may soon become the latest international tourism hot spot to accommodate its tourists in personal sleeping pods.

Move over Airbnb, the most innovative players in Australian accommodation are hotels.

Private hotel investor Jerry Schwartz will donate all profits from the opening night of his Four Points by Sheraton property to Australian farmers battling drought.

When you generate a direct booking, not only are you not paying commissions to a third-party but you are gaining access to vital details that can be used to cross-sell, up-sell and ultimately nurture a relationship with the customer that will gain repeat business and vital word-of-mouth referrals.

Sydney’s hotel occupancy saw a significant year-on-year fall in July as a flurry of new rooms came online and events hosted by the city decreased.

The management rights of two landmark oceanfront resorts on Queensland’s Sunshine and Fraser coasts have sold for a figure close to $15 million.

A newcomer to Sydney’s luxury hotel scene with a vast lobby aquarium and staff trained as “heartists” has been awarded the state’s top accommodation honour.

AccorInvest is selling 23 Australian hotels for more than $300 million in one of the biggest portfolio deals in accommodation history.

Perth’s new QT comes with jugglers, staff on stilts, an on-site make-up department and its very own ‘director of chaos’.