Sydney hotel set for $100m eight-storey expansion as business booms

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.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Swifties fever boosts hotel bookings to record levels

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.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Airbnb guests to be screened,subject to codes of conduct under South Perth proposal

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.

  • byHamish Hastie
Beyond a comfy bed and pillow menu:Tourism resurgence sparks luxe hotel investment boom

Beyond a comfy bed and pillow menu:Tourism resurgence sparks luxe hotel investment boom

As tourism makes a “phenomenal” recovery worldwide,hotel owners are pumping their cash into spruced-up rooms aimed at high-spending guests.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Gosford expands with new $375m complex and voco hotel

Gosford expands with new $375m complex and voco hotel

Sydney developer ALAND has joined IHG Hotels&Resorts to open a new premium hotel as part of its $375 million apartment project.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Novotel Sydney gets $20m facelift as hotel sector surges ahead

Novotel Sydney gets $20m facelift as hotel sector surges ahead

The transformation focuses on sustainability and creating less waste.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
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Property deals fall to a decade low in quiet year

Property deals fall to a decade low in quiet year

Office assets continue to be hit hard with buyers and sellers unable to reach any agreement in pricing,but that was partially offset by a rise in demand for hotel properties and the booming healthcare sector.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
‘Focused on gambling’:Opposition mounts to hotel at Royal Randwick

‘Focused on gambling’:Opposition mounts to hotel at Royal Randwick

The hotel proposal is part of a bid to transform the racecourse into a seven-day-a-week entertainment precinct.

  • byAndrew Taylor
And they’re off:Melbourne backs the French four-day weekend

And they’re off:Melbourne backs the French four-day weekend

Sandwiched between Derby Day and Cup Day,it is clear the first Monday in November is being treated by many people as a “bridge” day.

  • byStephen Brook
Sydney W Hotel sets new industry benchmark as high as its infinity pool

Sydney W Hotel sets new industry benchmark as high as its infinity pool

The glittering opening of the new $1 billion W Hotel in Sydney’s Darling Harbour signals to operators what offerings are needed to entice guests that want an “experience holiday”.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Sydney city sandstone precinct to be transformed to tourism hub

Sydney city sandstone precinct to be transformed to tourism hub

Sydney’s heritage sandstone buildings precinct in the heart of the city is undergoing the final stage of redevelopment.

  • byCarolyn Cummins