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Choice Hotels joins Schwartz Family Company and Trilogy Hotels to deliver Comfort Resort Leura Garden

Effective 2 February 2026, Leura Gardens Resort, will be rebranded as Comfort Resort Leura Gardens under a franchise agreement between hotel owner Schwartz Family Company and Choice Hotels Asia-Pac. Trilogy Hotels will continue to operate the resort. The strategic collaboration marks the first time Trilogy Hotels has partnered with Choice Hotels.

Comfort
Leura, Australia
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John Slaughter has been appointed as Executive Chef at Mgallery Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains

Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains (a member of MGallery) welcomes newly-appointed Executive Chef, John Slaughter, to oversee the hotel’s food and beverage operations in the four dining outlets. The Australian-born chef brings 26 years of experience in the hotel industry with previous tenures at various Accor hotels. He will inject his own style of being creative with local produce to the F&B offerings, which will see new menus rolled out over the next few months.

Accor
Leura, Australia