MONA lodges new plans for $400m 'Motown' hotel, replacing 'HoMo'
Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has applied for planning approval for 'Motown', a 176-room $400 million hotel development replacing 'HoMo' slated to open in 2024.
Happy holidays from The Hotel Conversation! We look back at a booming 2018 and recap our top 20 most read articles from across Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific.
IHG's voco brand coming to Hunter Valley early 2019
IHG will give its Kirkton Park property in the NSW wine region a refresh and rebrand it as voco Kirkton Park Hunter Valley, making it the fourth signing in Australia since IHG launched the upscale voco brand globally in June.
International tourists and Kiwis boost tourism spend to over $39 billion
Continued growth in overseas visitor numbers, and a buoyant domestic tourism market in New Zealand drove tourism spending to $39.1 billion in the year ended March 2018, Stats NZ has announced.
Holiday Inn Melbourne on Flinders completes multimillion dollar refurbishment of conference and events spaces
Holiday Inn Melbourne on Flinders has completed a multimillion dollar renovation of all five meetings and events spaces designed by architects Wilson & Hill of New Zealand,
Ruby Gold Coast guests are the first in Australia to use the brand new Enzosystems Check-In Kiosks
One month after the doors opened on the new Ruby Apartments on the Gold Coast, guests are enjoying the seamless check in process via Australia's first hotel check-in kiosks.
Reduce hotel fit-out costs with depreciation deductions
What commercial and hotel property tenants are often unaware of is that they are entitled to claim deductions in the form of depreciation for many of the assets installed during the fit-out of a property.
Quest Epping opened by Mayor of the City of Whittlesea Cr Lawrie Cox and AFL legend Kevin Sheedy AM
This week the Mayor of the City of Whittlesea, Cr Lawrie Cox, and AFL legend Kevin Sheedy AM joined Quest Chief Financial Officer – Jason Vanderzalm, to officially open Quest Epping, located on the corner of Cooper and Miller streets at Pacific Epping Shopping Centre.
Queenstown’s highest altitude boutique hotel opens, Kāmana Lakehouse
Queenstown’s newest boutique accommodation, Kāmana Lakehouse, has this week opened, following a multi-million-dollar brand development by owners Coherent Hotel Ltd.