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Relax by the private pool.

Up to $147,000 a night: Inside the world’s most expensive hotel rooms

A glimpse inside 10 of the most extravagant suites around the world, from London, Paris and New York to Monaco and Marrakesh.

  • Brian Johnston

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Tracy Atherton, the general manager of the Melbourne Place hotel.

Five-star rooms lead climb to five-year price high at Melbourne’s hotels

The average price of a hotel room in Melbourne in November climbed to $234 a night. That’s above what the average nightly price was before COVID.

  • Cara Waters
Triple sheeting is becoming increasingly more common in short stay accommodation.

For sheet’s sake, stop skimping on Airbnb beds and give me a doona cover

Sheet snobs are made, not born, and this linen lover has a bone to pick with a sheety trend among Airbnb hosts.

  • Sarah Brookes
Fremantle Lylo pod-hotel

Controversial 250-bed ‘pod hotel’ approved in Fremantle

The $8 million tourism development cut its height to appease state planners, but that may not be enough for the angry neighbours abutting it.

  • Claire Ottaviano
53-57 Cambridge Street, Collingwood

Knock-down king Whelan the Wrecker is here. Again

The knock-down kings, who demolished thousands of properties over a 99-year history, is back on the tools.

  • Nicole Lindsay
The Star livery on the side of Destination Brisbane Consortium’s partially opened but still under construction Queen’s Wharf casino complex.

Promised Queen’s Wharf hotels still years away as Star finances fade

As it seeks more financial support, gambling giant Star Entertainment has confirmed The Dorsett and Rosewood hotels are running four years behind schedule.

  • Sean Parnell
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Most of the time you’re better off booking directly with a hotel.

Want the cheapest rate for a hotel room? Do what I do

Can Expedia or Booking.com get you a better hotel deal than booking directly with the hotel? They’d like you to think so.

  • Michael Gebicki
Plans have been lodged with Brisbane City Council for a new five-star hotel to be colocated with the Novotel at South Brisbane.

New five-star hotel plan warns Brisbane will be short on luxury stays

A new tower planned for South Brisbane would have a rooftop deck and restaurant, and help deliver the 3000-plus luxury hotel rooms the city will need by 2033.

  • Sean Parnell
NSW Tourism Minister John Graham.

‘Brunch and wellness’ to drive major shake-up of NSW tourism strategy

The government’s ambitious goal of increasing visitor spending to $91 billion relies on building 40,000 new hotel rooms and adding millions of airline seats by 2035.

  • Michael Koziol
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

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