Hotels
New dual hotel for iconic Melbourne mall
Intercontinental Hotels Group will open its first Australian dual-branded hotel in 2022 on Burke Street Mall in the heart of…
Are these the best accommodation houses in the country?
There are fifty-one suspects on the latest list of Australia’s Most Wanted - but all of them are happy to…
Apartments squeezed as hotel demand escalates
Meriton Group plans to turn a near-complete $152 million apartment development into a 32-storey hotel to meet Sydney’s urgent need…
From Fartcast to Costipation, the new lexicon of hospitality speak
The accommodation industry is a baffling web of acronyms and idioms in which the uninitiated find themselves trapped like well-wrapped…
The penal colony turned luxury resort
A former Aboriginal prison is to house a $40 million luxury hotel redevelopment marketed as the ultimate holiday destination.
Strong growth fuels aggressive investment by franchise giant
A major Australian hotel franchise has added 560 rooms in the first quarter of this year - its strongest growth…
Is this the most offensive hotel name in Australia?
An Adelaide hotel has been branded “derogatory” and “offensive” for its new choice of name. The innocuously-titled Hampshire Hotel on…
Accor broadens horizons for members
Holiday programmer Accor Vacation Club has launched a new one-stop travel service and website for its members across Australia and…