Affordable ‘digital nomad’ hotel brand set to expand across Australia
DOMA Group, the Canberra development company that influenced the capital’s hospitality landscape when it opened its game-changing Hotel Realm, is setting its sights nationally – Little Nationally in fact…
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Room nervous ‒ we’re not building enough hotels
New Zealand’s pipeline of new hotels is slowing to a trickle, and policy levers to attract new investment need to be introduced before it becomes a problem, an industry advocate says.
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The Standard Will Debut a New Hotel Brand Next Year — and the First Outpost Will Be in Melbourne
The StandardX, Melbourne, is scheduled to open in February 2024. When The Standard, Hollywood, opened in 1999, it was, ironically, anything but standard…
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Inside Moxy Hotels debut hotel in Australia
Moxy Hotels, part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, has announced the opening of Moxy Sydney Airport, marking the brand’s debut into Australia to delight the young and young-at-heart… Located in Mascot, a convenient suburb in the Inner-South of…
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Iconic Sydney CBD hotel The Republic sold for circa $40m - JLL & Savills
A trophy pub Sydney CBD, sold for circa $40m with the selling agents, JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group and Savills Australia & New Zealand describing the sale as one of the most significant pub sales thus far in 2023…
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Make retrofits Sydney government offices into five-star hotel
The listed former Department of Education building has been restored and remodelled with 192 guest rooms, event spaces and three bars and restaurants The Edwardian-Baroque building is 400m from Sydney Harbour and part of the historic Sandstone…
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Inspired by a small French pastry, the interior design of specialty artisan bakery Kudo adds a modern layer over the heritage fabric of Hotel Windsor in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Hospitality’s Rich and Powerful are Ripping Off Staff – And It’s All Legal
Paying workers less than the industry award is illegal in Australia. High-profile perpetrators have been fined, publicly shamed and forced to close up shop. In some states, they even face jail time…
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Accor launches Handwritten Collection, two Australian hotels to open next month
Accor is doubling down on unique hotel experiences in the midscale segment with the launch of a new global brand, Handwritten Collection.
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INTREPID TO OPEN “HYBRID HOTELS” ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NZ THROUGH NEW JOINT VENTURE
INTREPID TRAVEL PLANS TO OPEN A SERIES OF “HYBRID HOTELS” ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND THROUGH A JOINT VENTURE WITH DRIFTER HOSPITALITY GROUP…
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Low-touch hotels are here to stay
At the start of the pandemic, I implemented, when considered in retrospect, was an uncharacteristic experiment. For an entire day, I tried not to touch anything in a public space…
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Australia’s Crown Resorts Could Collapse Under Money Laundering Allegations
Crown Resorts‘ auditor on Thursday warned that numerous money-laundering probes into the Australian casino operator and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic cast “material” uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern…
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Australia hotel occupancy on a steep decline amid latest COVID-19 lockdowns
After being one of the highest-performing countries during the early portion of 2021, Australia’s hotel occupancy has been on a rapid decline amid the latest COVID-19 lockdowns across the country, according to data from STR through 1 August…
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IHG debuts next-generation Holiday Inn design in Australasia
IHG Hotels and Resorts has opened the first Holiday Inn property in Australasia to feature the brand’s next-generation design including an open lobby concept combining the hotel’s reception area, business centre, restaurant, bar and lounge…
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'Absolutely decimated': Sydney hotels just 2 per cent full
Occupying some of the most prized real estate in the city, Sydney's luxury hotels sit mothballed…
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