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The Laundy family purchased the Watson Bay Hotel for $110m last year.

Pub billionaire splashes $3m to give Watsons Bay hotel a facelift

Arthur Laundy is spending a few million dollars on upgrading his popular eastern suburbs hotel.

  • Carolyn Cummins

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Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky hopes to make the listing platform the ‘Amazon of travel’.

‘We’re changing travel again’: Airbnb unveils curated experiences and in-house services

The global short-term rental platform is taking a bigger clip of the ticket by offering bespoke experiences and vetted professional services.

  • Jessica Yun
920 Lygon Street, Carlton North. The old Rising Sun hotel and former premises of Enoteca Sileno.

Sun rises on Carlton hotel as Gerald’s Bar takes over

The old Rising Sun Hotel is getting a new tenant 10 months after previous occupant Enoteca Sileno shut.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Three pink elephant stride atop the colourful Windsor Castle Hotel.

Pink elephants on parade as Windsor Castle changes hands

The bright-green Windsor Castle Hotel, famous for its rooftop pink elephants, has a new owner after its operator went bust just before Christmas.

  • Nicole Lindsay
441-445 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Who wants a $2.6m bite of Rex Hunt’s old waterfront haunt, D’lish?

D’lish, the chippy established and once owned by former footy player and commentator Rex Hunt, is back on the market.

  • Nicole Lindsay
The Murray Road Bunnings is set for new branding when discount homewares retailer Panda Mart opens mid-year.

53,000 products: Discount dynamo takes over empty Bunnings superstore

Australia’s discount homewares market is about to get some stiff competition with the arrival of international retailer Panda Mart.

  • Nicole Lindsay
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Neither grand final will be a patch on Taylor Swift’s February concert performance which resulted in occupancy around 92 per cent.

Taylor Swift outplays AFL and NRL grand finals to fill hotel rooms

Neither the AFL nor NRL grand final will surpass the pulling power of Taylor Swift and her legion of followers earlier this year.

  • Simon Johanson
This Gooseberry Hill property is billed as a luxury bush retreat on Airbnb. Picture: Airbnb

The Hollywood Hills-style Airbnb that out-earns WA’s premier

Hollywood Hills? Nope, this luxury house is in the Perth Hills. And it has the potential to draw an eye-watering annual revenue.

  • Sarah Brookes
Hilton Brisbane, in Elizabeth Street, Brisbane. Generic hotel luxury accommodation street

Brisbane’s Hilton hotel quietly stops taking bookings

Travellers and holidaymakers have been unable to book rooms at the CBD hotel for dates beyond September, leaving employees and potential guests uncertain about its future. 

  • William Davis
SP Setia’s twin towers in Melbourne.

The Melbourne luxury hotel that needs just one thing

Tall enough to cast a shadow over Melbourne’s Carlton Gardens, the 61-level luxury hotel is vacant despite a strong recovery in Australia’s hotel market.

  • Simon Johanson

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