Regions bounce back as luxury city hotels sit near empty

Regions bounce back as luxury city hotels sit near empty

Australia’s big city hotels face a looming problem from new accommodation openings.

  • bySimon Johanson

Latest

Melbourne Council ordered to pay woman $400,000 after tree cracks house

Melbourne Council ordered to pay woman $400,000 after tree cracks house

A court has ordered Melbourne City Council to pay a woman more than $400,000 in damages after a tree the council planted caused the house to crack open.

  • byChloe Booker
Vibe and Adina hotels open as lockdown lifts

Vibe and Adina hotels open as lockdown lifts

The operator of Vibe and Adina hotels says school holiday bookings are beginning to ramp up as it gets ready to open two new Melbourne CBD hotels.

  • bySimon Johanson
San Remo's Silverwater Resort sells for $25m

San Remo's Silverwater Resort sells for $25m

Melbourne’s Pentagon Group Hotels has bought the management rights and more than half of the freehold apartments in Victoria’s Silverwater Resort for about $25 million.

  • bySimon Johanson
A drilling soundtrack for your information sandwich
Opinion
Column 8

A drilling soundtrack for your information sandwich

Gregorian chant to protest a shortened life.

Australian hotels catch coronavirus cold as visitors plummet

Australian hotels catch coronavirus cold as visitors plummet

The fallout from travel restrictions on Chinese visitors has become more pronounced with occupancy plunging 10 per cent in Sydney.

  • bySimon Johanson
Advertisement
'Exploitative':Study finds landlords are ripping off international students

'Exploitative':Study finds landlords are ripping off international students

A survey of international students in Australia has found more than half have experienced accommodation problems,including issues with safety and overcrowding.

  • byAnna Patty
Why one Southbank resident keeps baseball bat near his door

Why one Southbank resident keeps baseball bat near his door

Naked pool parties,drunken scuffles and large groups squeezing into small apartments brought on by short-stays leaves residents of a tower angry and afraid.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Trust issues:Can platforms like Airbnb regulate themselves?

Trust issues:Can platforms like Airbnb regulate themselves?

Australian hosts,residents and experts are debating whether pledges from accommodation sites are enough.

  • byEmma Koehn
Airbnb to verify all seven million of its properties to improve trust

Airbnb to verify all seven million of its properties to improve trust

The company will spend the next year verifying every single one of its properties around the world.

  • byDee-Ann Durbin
Hotel on heritage site will overlook city prison

Hotel on heritage site will overlook city prison

Racehorse owner and hotelier Aziz “Ozzie” Kheir,Probuild founder Phil Mehrten and developer Frank Palazzo have partnered to build a 180-room city hotel.

  • bySimon Johanson andNell O'Shea