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Project Sunrise first flight: Image courtesy of Qantas When Qantas announced Project Sunrise, most people focused on the planes themselves. I saw it differently. For me, it showed that travellers are happy to pay extra if it makes their journey easier. They are not spending more because they like being on a plane for 20 hours. They want to skip the hassle of stopovers, missed connections, long layovers and all the uncertainty that comes with them. They are paying to make things easier.

The Madison Tower Mill Hotel in Brisbane CBD The Madison Tower Mill Hotel in Brisbane CBD has been sold following a competitive national campaign that attracted strong interest from local and international investors. Specialist brokerage HTL Property managed the sale of the 70-room hotel on behalf of Madison Hotel Group, with the campaign led by National Director Andrew Jackson alongside Directors Nic Simarro and Glenn Price. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now.

TRIBE Auckland Fort Street listening station | Image supplied Anchored in the idea of slowing down and reconnecting through sound, TRIBE Vinyl Club brings analogue sound into the everyday rhythm of the hotel, transforming TRIBE Auckland into a cultural meeting point for guests, locals, music lovers and city visitors. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now.

Image by Gudellaphoto on Adobe Stock Accommodation Australia CEO James Goodwin said the long-awaited change was a win for travellers and the industry. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now.

Chocolate Gannets, Apollo Bay, Vic. Credit: Mauro Risch, the Hotel Photographer. By Mauro Risch, the Hotel Photographer I spend a lot of time photographing hotels and resorts, and one thing surprises me more than anything else. Some of the best properties I visit simply don’t look that way online. I’ve arrived expecting an average accommodation property because of what I’d seen on its website, only to discover beautifully presented rooms, thoughtful design and a fantastic guest experience.

By Chas Scarantino, CEO of RoomPriceGenie It’s a good question, but remember this… as an industry, we have survived equally (or even more) challenging market dynamics than this, just in the last five years. COVID taught us many important lessons about how to survive (and even thrive) amid weakened market conditions, which can be applied today to ensure your property emerges on the other side of this challenge stronger and more profitable than ever.

Image by OMEGA on Adobe Stock Can you run multiple properties the same way? As more independent regional operators look to grow from a single property into a portfolio of two or three. The short answer is yes — but only with the right systems and processes in place, and each property’s unique selling point kept intact. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now. Read it HERE Incorporating the same systems from one successful business should be consistent.

CBRE Hotels National Director Wayne Bunz and Senior Negotiator Taylor Morris have been exclusively appointed to manage the Expressions of Interest sale campaign. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now. Read it HERE Located in the heart of the Whitsundays tourism region, Airlie Beach serves as the mainland gateway to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef and continues to benefit from ongoing public and private investment in infrastructure.

The milestone follows RACV Noosa Resort becoming one of the first two hotels in Australia to earn Ecotourism Australia’s Advanced Sustainable Tourism Certification. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now. Read it HERE Completed in July, the expansion takes the resort to 2,107 solar panels with a generation capacity of approximately 940 kilowatts.

Image: Adobe stock by amazing studio And, in the luxury sector in particular, the property does its best to reinforce this view. Everything that can be done to cosset and protect the guest, to ensure that they are transcended to another plane of ease and delight, is done. This is time away from time and the world of government and politics is not welcome here. Visiting states people notwithstanding. The latest print edition of AccomNews is out now.