Hotels
Get a room: Why hotels are so hot right now
Investors, developers and management groups are lining up to join boom-time conditions in the hospitality industry.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Grunge icon Prince of Wales for sale at knock-down price
St Kilda’s once-grungy Prince of Wales Hotel is back on the market carrying a discounted price tag of $30 million.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Take a Giza at this: Hotel that serves drinks with a sphinx is on the market
The famous North Geelong hotel with a grand – and fake – sphinx could be yours, but it will cost you a pharaoh bit.
- by Carolyn Webb
Melbourne’s hotel ‘for those who don’t like hotels’
The Lyall Hotel & Spa has been popular with celebrities keen to stay on the down-low yet in a fashionable address.
- by Julietta Jameson
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Living on the edge: Skyscraper skylarking puts lives at risk
At least three teen boys risked their lives almost 100 metres above Queen Street Mall when they gained access to the roof of one of Brisbane’s most prominent inner-city hotels and balanced on the rooftop ledge.
- by Cameron Atfield
Hotel sales tipped to hit $400m as demand booms
Private developers Central Element, with joint venture partner Boston Global Group and the Golden Age Group, are taking advantage of the busy hotel sector with two major assets in Sydney being offered for sale.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Timeshare holidays are back and targeting Millennials and Gen Z
Big investment dollars are rolling into the long forgotten holiday model that is now aimed at the generation that puts holidays above homeownership, and experiences over possessions.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Affordable ‘digital nomad’ hotel brand set to expand across Australia
Little National’s hotels offer a unique vibe that deliver affordability combined with the trappings of a luxury digital nomad lifestyle.
- by Julietta Jameson
Sydney hotel set for $100m eight-storey expansion as business booms
Ascott group is to add to Sydney’s growing number of hotel rooms with the $100 million revamp of its Haymarket site and the expansion of the Quest business into regional Victoria.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Swifties fever boosts hotel bookings to record levels
Swifties fever has sent hotel rooms to their busiest level since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and more than tripled the level of visitors to Melbourne during the Melbourne Cup carnival and AFL grand final seasons.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Airbnb guests to be screened, subject to codes of conduct under South Perth proposal
South Perth and the City of Belmont are some of the first local governments in WA to consider policies on short-stay rentals.
- by Hamish Hastie