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‘Room Boom’ Set to Change Face of Australian Hotel Sector
November 28, 2016
28 November 2016: A hotel building boom is set to change the face of Australia's hotel industry, with some 120 hotel projects in the pipeline, which will grow the accommodation stock by 30% between 2016 and 2021. This year saw Australia pass the 100,000 room mark and it is forecast that over 4000 rooms will be added in 2017, and 5000 rooms in 2018, transforming every capital city across the country with new properties ranging from 500+-room internationally branded luxury properties to intimate boutique hotels. To overcome the lack of land in cities and high cost of construction, hotel developers have become savvy, often converting exist...
Tourism Accommodation Australia Concerned ACCC Ruling on Online Travel Agents Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Tourism Accommodation Australia | September 2, 2016
2 September 2016: Australia's peak accommodation organisation, Tourism Accommodation Australia (TAA), has expressed concerns about the recent agreement between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Online Travel Agencies (OTA) – Booking.com and Expedia – in regard to restrictive price practices. TAA CEO Carol Giuseppi said, "TAA welcomed the chance to be included in discussions with ACCC, but has advised ACCC that in its view the agreement doesn't go far enough to protect hotels and consumers. "Whilst the decision that hotels no longer have to give OTAs the same availability of rooms was welcomed, TAA...
