Hotels
Opinion
Tripologist
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.
- by Michael Gebicki
Latest
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.
- by Sean Parnell
Exclusive
Tourism
‘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.
- by Michael Koziol
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.
- by Simon Johanson
Controversial 250-bed ‘pod hotel’ in heart of Fremantle has final call delayed
Panicked surrounding residents of heritage-listed homes flocked to the meeting to claim the plan was “a monstrous nightmare” and represented “schoolies on tap”.
- by Emma Young
Big money gets behind the bar in Melbourne’s pub scene
The former owners of St Kilda landmark The Espy are selling their pub on the other side of town, the Hotel Fitzroy, just as property giant Charter Hall swoops on the Great Britain Hotel.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Strong win from supermarkets for elite sports doctor
High-profile sports doctor Peter Brukner has made a tidy profit, selling a Bellarine Peninsula supermarket to a first-time Chinese investor.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Opinion
Sri Lanka
Two Aussies took over a hotel in paradise. They lasted eight months
I’ve often dreamed of running a little hotel somewhere beautiful, but Dasha Ross’ story has put me off the idea for life.
- by Lee Tulloch
APH sell-down yields a deal in Hawthorn
The Chinese-backed investor and developer has properties with a total value of $200 million on the market, including its prized Forest Hill project.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Born again: 10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel
Everything old is new again, from heritage icons transformed into luxury stays to a tsunami-lashed railway rebirthed as the ultimate scenic journey.
- by Traveller team
Traveller Awards: The 10 winners for best style and design
From a stunning hotel inspired by Morocco’s bohemian past to the flamboyant world of designer Kit Kemp, to a sexy Italian high-speed train, this is the list for design aficionados.
- by Traveller team
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