Exclusive: Touraust Corporation sells Constellation Hotels

Touraust Corporation has just announced the sale of Constellation Hotels to Singapore-based private investment firm Nadathur Fareast.

Less than a week to go until AHICE conference

Next Friday, September 2, the major issues in the hotel industry will be tackled by the hotel industry’s leading senior executives at the second annual Australasian Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) at Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.

Wyndham takes over Treetops Resort

Wyndham Vacation Resorts and Wyndham Hotel Group, both part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies, has announced the addition of the Mercure Port Douglas Treetops Resort to the company’s expanding portfolio of properties in the South Pacific region.

Best Western award winners announced

Best Western Australasia has announced its list of award-winning properties and staff for 2011.

Fishing with the best on Lizard Island

Fishing enthusiasts at Lizard Island are gearing up for another season of heavy tackle fishing as the waters off Far North Queensland provide a haven for black marlin.

Inaugural poet’s corner at The Sebel Pier One Sydney

In an exciting collaboration between Australian Poetry Limited and The Sebel Pier One Sydney, a Poets Corner will be installed in the hotel lobby during National Poetry Week from 5-11 September.

iPads go sky high with British Airways

British Airways cabin crew are using the latest iPad model to bring a new dimension to customer service in the air.

VIDEO: Accor’s Simon McGrath optimistic about remainder of 2011

EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES WILKINSON

Accor Hotels’ Vice President for Australia, Simon McGrath, is optimistic about the remainder of 2011 following a solid second quarter.

Polysafe: Australia's Premium Polycarbonate Drinkware Company

Introduce new designs for summer 2011/2012.   Polysafe has now teamed up with a European polcarb company and will be adding 15 new models in the coming months!!! STAY TUNED TO http://www.polysafe.com.au/ More and more clubs are discovering the benefits of Polysafe Unbreakable Drinkware. We deliver the best range of high quality, extremely glasslike polycarbonate [...]

100 years of Franke

What began 100 years ago as the ‘Spenglerei Hermann Franke (plumber’s workshop)’ in Rorschach (Switzerland) is today, three generations later, a global Swiss company.