Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,000 properties across 90 countries, is ramping up its plans for expansion in Australia with the announcement of Wyndham Grand® Adelaide, a major new landmark that will become one of the tallest hotels in South Australia and the first Wyndham Grand hotel for the country when it opens in 2024.
Accor's premium Swiss-born hospitality brand, Mövenpick, together with Singaporean based global hospitality group, Global Premium Hotels, have signed a hotel management agreement to open the first Mövenpick hotel in Australia.
From thoughtful spatial design to playful interiors and wondrous experiences - these are some of the finer things that guests can expect when Quincy Hotel Melbourne opens in the first quarter of 2021. The HMA is signed with InterGlobe through Far East Hospitality's joint venture company, Toga Far East Hotels in Australia, marking the Quincy brand's first expansion abroad.
Crowne Plaza Adelaide has officially opened, marking the return of the world-class premium hotel brand to the vibrant city of Adelaide. Guests can now experience the next era of Crowne Plaza with its new design philosophy, transformed lobby and public spaces, sensational sleep program and inspired dining destinations.
Already turning heads and making headlines as Australia's first high-rise hotel to be 'built out of the sky'*, the Bates Smart-designed Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank - owned and developed by independent investment house Hume Partners and operated by TFE Hotels - promises peace of mind for eco-savvy travellers seeking a city escape in the heart of Melbourne's 'other side', aka Southbank.
Reflecting the impact of a second lockdown, Melbourne showed continued lower hotel performance in October 2020, according to preliminary data from STR.Year-over-year declines remained significant. Comparison with October 2019:
Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, and sbe, the leading international hospitality group that develops, manages and operates award-winning brands, today announced Australia's first Mondrian hotel and branded residences will be built at the iconic Burleigh Heads Beachfront on the Gold Coast.
Quest Apartment Hotels will open the doors of its newest property Quest Preston on Monday 9 November, marking the company's third opening of 2020 and 42nd property in Melbourne.
A new tier of accommodation will be available in Wangaratta when Quest Apartment Hotels opens its first-ever property in the regional city on 9 November 2020.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the signing of Hilton Garden Inn Busselton, marking the fourth Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Australasia. In partnership with Pacifica Ausglobal Busselton Pty Ltd, Hilton will manage the newly built 112-room property.
SKYE Suites, the leading innovative hotel division of global real estate developer Crown Group, are bolstering their leadership team to skyrocket success in 2021. While other businesses restructure and streamline, the affordable-luxury hotel brand is expanding and equipping itself with some of the best minds and intellects in the hotel industry with three recent leadership appointments.
May Toh joins SKYE Suites with over 13 years' experience and knowledge in the hospitality industry. Working in some of Australia's most renowned hotels such as Daydream Island Resort, Shangri-La Hotel Sydney and the Westin Sydney, May will handle hotel and revenue management while leading members towards corporate goals and revenue targets.
IHG Hotels & Resort's® (IHG) fastest growing hotel brand, Holiday Inn Express, has today opened its first airport hotel in Australia: Holiday Inn Express Sydney Airport. Opened in partnership with Pro-invest Group, the new-build hotel is located on the doorstep of Sydney's domestic airport terminal and minutes away from the international terminal, making it an ideal home to welcome the increasing number of Trans-Tasman and domestic arrivals, as travellers start to step out and explore.
Accor is thrilled to partner with prominent Victorian 'Brady' family of Amber Property Group to open The Sebel Melbourne Ringwood in mid-February 2021, which will welcome 103 rooms, including full apartment-style rooms, to Melbourne's burgeoning Eastern suburbs growth corridor in Ringwood. Spanning six floors, the property will feature 48 studio apartments, 48 one-bedroom suites and seven two-bedroom suites, with guest access to impressive onsite amenities including, an ultra-modern fitness centre, four sophisticated and well-appointed meeting spaces, two practical function rooms, a restaurant, delicatessen and bar and an open-air terrace. Located 23km east of Melbourne's CBD and two minutes from retail shopping mecca Eastland, Ringwood is the gateway to the Yarra Valley and a rapidly growing commercial corridor. With the Victorian Government focused on decentralising business outside of the CBD, Ringwood has certainly been identified as an area of commercial significance, benefiting from major arterial roads and rail connections.
Hotel Indigo will make its Australian debut with the opening of Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets in January 2021. Located on Market Street - a vibrant culinary hub in the heart of the city and seconds from the iconic Adelaide Central Markets - the 145-room hotel brings the best of the outdoors, indoors.
Quest's own Gerry Bourke has been appointed Property Manager of Quest Ballarat Station.
Wangaratta local Grace Falconer-Smith has accepted the role of Property Manager at Quest Wangaratta, bringing a diverse background in accommodation and human resources.
Lachlan Rentell joins pacific hotel Brisbane as Director of Sales at the 179-room, 4-star hotel. A Queensland local, Lachlan has worked the hotel scene for the past 10+ years, joining the Pacific family after seven years with Minor Hotels.
Reintroducing the hotel to the market, Neil Hetherington has been recruited as General Manager, bringing 15+ years of knowledge and connections.
STR's Forward STAR data shows that Australia's short-term hotel performance will remain similar to recent months with regional areas outperforming capital cities.Parallel to other countries across the world, higher occupancy in regional areas is especially pronounced on weekends, and occupancy-on-the-books data for the next 90 days (as of 5 October) shows a similar pattern. Data for Saturday, 17 October, for example, shows Regional Australia's occupancy on the books at 46%, while the capital cities show 26% in the metric. November and December data follows suit, with Regional Australia data sitting between 14-32% and capital cities between 8-17%. Post-Christmas is where the trend begins to shift slightly, with more Australians set to head out of town for their summer vacations.