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Oaks Hotels wins big for ‘Happy Folks Choose Oaks’ marketing campaign

Oaks' campaign was great, but the Cadbury ad with the drum-playing gorilla…

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Oaks Hotels wins big for ‘Happy Folks Choose Oaks’ marketing campaign

Oaks' campaign was great, but the Cadbury ad with the drum-playing gorilla…

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Bumper year of events set to boost Sydney’s hotel recovery

General managers from NSW's leading hotels have met with Business Events Sydney…

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Tourism Minister to address industry challenges at Jobs Summit

Don Farrell will be kicking off the summit today, tackling tourism's skills…

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Tourism Accommodation Australia & Accommodation Association discuss next steps for merger

Peak accommodation bodies TAA and AA held a pivotal meeting on Tuesday…

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TAA NSW announces record-breaking finalist numbers ahead of tonight’s Awards for Excellence

Looks like the stakes are high at this year's ceremony, with hundreds…

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Vivid lights up struggling Sydney hotels

Nothing like some pretty lights to get people visiting hotels, except for…

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TAA appoints new board member

It's a good thing travel is an interesting industry, otherwise they'd be…

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SA and NSW hospitality sector call for easing of COVID restrictions

The hospo sector is looking to party at full capacity and who…

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IHG’s Leanne Harwood elected first-ever female president of the Accommodation Association

Hospo industry veteran Leanne Harwood is back in the headlines, and this…

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Federal government assembles expert panel to help drive tourism industry’s recovery

The government has channelled its inner Justice League to unite five tourism…

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Tourism Accommodation Australia elects new chair for NSW

The industry body has a new chair for its NSW branch ……

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HELL YEAH! Ardern says Aussies will be travelling quarantine-free to New Zealand early next year

FINALLY! Get ready for your phone to ring off the hook from…

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The good, the bad and the ugly: tourism industry reacts to NSW Budget

The state government has announced NSW residents will get $100 worth of…

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WHM parliamentary inquiry urges government to develop ‘Have a Gap Year at Home’ campaign

Young Australians would be the targets of a new campaign to combat…

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Events industry welcomes $50 million government funding package

The federal government has announced a whopping funding package to help restart…

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Hotel Wrap: Accor to bring Fairmont brand Down Under, Ovolo South Yarra + MORE

This week’s Hotel Wrap is so big that you’ll probably need to…

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AHA, AAOA and TAA to merge and create “united voice” for Australia’s accommodation industry

That's right, folks. It looks like Australia's three peak bodies for the…

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Australia’s overseas arrivals hit six-year low after record period

As this new ABS data proves, Australia was going great guns in…

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YOU BLOODY BEAUTY!!! Australia and NZ to host 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

After a very anxious wait overnight, Aussies and Kiwis have woken up…

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Hotel Wrap: Outrigger’s new agent newsletter, Marriott’s RevPAR plummets + MORE

This week’s Hotel Wrap is a bit like an Allen’s Party Mix,…

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Hotel Wrap: Club Med to host beer yoga for agents, Sofitel’s concert for quarantined guests + MORE

Personally, we prefer wine pilates, but we'll take what we can get.…

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AFTA and Tourism Accommodation Australia respond to govt stimulus package

AFTA chief executive Jayson Westbury said the federal stimulus package will provide…

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Trivago licks its wounds after court loss, as industry bodies applaud ruling

Trivago has responded to the Federal Court’s ruling that it misled consumers…

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ATO to seize Airbnb hosts’ financial data as part of tax avoidance crackdown

Airbnb has advised its hosts that the ATO is coming for them.…

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All the winners from the 2019 AHA National Awards for Excellence

Australia's very best of the hospitality sector have been crowned. Find out…

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Hotel wrap: Choice Asia-Pac’s new look, Accor Korea’s Sofitel in Seoul, Crown’s bad news + MORE!

Delightful, informative and neat around the edges – this is how to…

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TAA weighs in on Tasmania’s landmark Airbnb reforms

Tasmania is standing up to the short-stay accommodation industry, and TAA's national…

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Industry heavyweight urges stronger regulations for commercial Airbnb operators

It turns out around 50 per cent of Airbnbs are commercially run,…

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“A kick to the tourism industry”: NSW government slammed over $35m budget cut

Just like the fireworks in the accompanying photo, two prominent industry bodies…

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TAA warns cruise industry could “flatten out” if Sydney doesn’t expand berthing facilities

Though that's not to say Sydney's overseas passenger terminal will now be…

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TAA announces finalists for 2019 Awards for Excellence

Travel Weekly was shocked to find we had been left off this…

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Flavour of the Week: TAA elects new NSW chair, Pulse Travel welcomes new ‘Diamond Club’ member + more

Here’s our weekly wrap of all the industry’s latest movers and shakers.…

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Hotel wrap: Lucky Tassies zipped interstate by Accor, Hilton NT achieves at Hospitality Awards + more!

Just to make you feel even worse about the cold weather, Travel…

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Flavour of the Week: Virgin’s board change-up, Crown’s new hotel GMs + more

Say hello to the latest movers and shakers in the industry. However,…

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Peak tourism accommodation body welcomes Victoria’s state budget

Tourism Accommodation Australia’s Victorian branch has welcomed the recently announced state budget…

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Flavour of the Week: Hilton appoints new GM, management change at CTM, Tourism Solomons CEO’s new role + more

Here’s the latest movers and shakers in the travel industry. As in…

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Peak accommodation body welcomes Labor’s “common-sense” tourism plan

Such is the interest in politics of Travel Weekly staff comes this…

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