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Five Tips to Heightened Hotel Sustainability with a Mobile Key Front Desk Bypass Option

More travelers and meeting planners are including a hotel's sustainability efforts in its selection criteria; Mobile key expert, OpenWays, offers five...

Freeze minimum wage or we’ll shut down, say restaurateurs

Stretched hotels and restaurants will close down or cut their opening hours if the minimum wage is significantly raised, the industry’s peak bodies warn. Restaurant...

Queensland unveils liquor action plan

The Newman Government’s regulatory package aimed at tackling alcohol and drug related violence is “the most comprehensive and well thought out plan...

Canberra in the Tourism Australia spotlight

Canberra’s local food and wine featured in the latest plank of the Restaurant Australia campaign by Tourism Australia (TA). The experiences available...

Tourists flock to Australia to be healthy

Medical tourism to Australia is on the rise, with 560,000 people visiting in January 2014. The increase is a rise of 8.7 per cent on the same time in...

Riversdale offloads Singo's Bellevue Hotel

The high-rolling Riversdale Group has divested its freehold ownership of Paddington’s Bellevue Hotel in the interests of economies of scale. Now operating...

Starwood to hire 25,000 staff

Starwood’s aggressive expansion plans have culminated in a recruitment drive to be held at 120 locations throughout the Asia Pacific region on March...

Mantra expands on eve of equity raising

Mantra has secured several new hotels FLOAT candidate Mantra is preparing to boost its 55-strong hotel network to over 12,000 rooms under management...

Wagyu pioneer David Blackmore’s recipe for agribusiness success

David Blackmore with some of his full-blood wagyu stock: “Whether they are right or wrong, animal welfare groups have the public ear.” DAVID...

Wellness takeover: Swissotel and Westin

In the past week, The Westin and Swissotel brands have both launched wellness and vitality programs aimed at conference delegates. Last Friday, Swissotel...