Hospitality News & Trends

Sorrento’s iconic Continental Hotel will be given an $80 million transformation under a grand plan to turn the hotel into a luxury accommodation, wellness, recreation, entertainment and dining destination.

China is set to be home to the world’s largest indoor ski resort, with a huge 90,000sqm snow park coming to Shanghai.

The carve-up of late construction tycoon Len Buckeridge’s property empire has begun, with a major Asian group swooping on Perth’s newest five-star hotel, The Westin Perth, for about $200 million.

Melbourne leads the growth of new accommodation development with more than 10,200 hotel rooms under construction or approved, followed by Sydney with more than 6000 rooms in the pipeline and Perth with 1755 rooms.

One of Australia’s top brothels is back on the market after failing to get up, or rather go (sell) under the hammer, almost two years ago.

Blackwood’s heritage-listed old Royal Mail Hotel is sending a new buzz through the tiny township 89km northwest of Melbourne after hitting the market. 

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The fourth Manly backpackers in a year is for sale, and this one might be converted into a house.

French giant AXA Investment Managers-Real Assets is poised to strike the biggest hotel deal of the year after it entered due diligence to buy three ­hotels at Sydney Olympic Park and a fourth in Canberra for up to $330 million.