From hip lobbies with a coffee shop ambiance to shared living spaces linking guest rooms, more hotels are turning their focus to providing inviting community areas.
How ‘poshtels’ are reinventing the budget accom sector
At a time when budget travelers are increasingly experience-driven, the hospitality industry is responding with a concept that caters to this new guest profile: the ‘poshtel’.
Hotel development in New Zealand shows unprecedented growth
Auckland, alone, has nine current hotel projects under construction and 30 more in the pipeline as investors look to take advantage of the ongoing tourism boom that started in 2013.
Savills reports Australia recorded the second highest transaction volumes across Asia Pacific totalling AU$462.2 million
Australia is perceived to be a low-risk investment market, boosting demand for hotels according to the Research Report produced by Michael Simpson, Raymond Clement and Simon Smith of Savills.
Get to know Frank Sorgiovanni of JLL's Hotels and Hospitality Group
Frank Sorgiovanni, Head of Research Asia Pacific at JLL's Hotels and Hospitality Group based in the Singapore office, gives SCHWARTZWILLIAMS his insights into the Asia Pacific Hotels industry.
Australia and New Zealand hotel market records $2 billion in transactions over the 2016/17 financial year
According to Ray White's latest Commercial Research, the Australian and New Zealand hotel markets have overall had some impressive results over the last few years, with the bulk of high profile sales completed in Melbourne and Sydney.
Canberra, Cairns and Sydney steal the march on interstate hotel rivals
The Nation's Capital has retained its position as the top performing hotel market in the country, swiftly followed by Cairns and Sydney, posting double digit RevPar growth for the first time this decade according to CBRE’s latest Australia Hotels MarketView.
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