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Stella Hospitality Group has added five Gold Coast properties to its stable through the recent takeover of hotel manager Sunleisure Group Limited. (more…)

Starting January 2008 Althoff Hotels will open the St. James Hotel & Club in Mayfair. The established hotel with 61 rooms and suites is currently being completely renovated. (more…)

Travel agents from around the world have honoured IHG hotels with more nominations than any other hotel company in the Australasian section of the 15th annual World Travel Awards, to be announced in Bangkok in September. (more…)

National tourism agency, VisitBritain has announced that Australia is to host the next Destination Britain event in May 2008. (more…)

Connsumers are ditching hotel star ratings in favour of Internet reviews as a method of getting a fair reflection of their accommodation, according to a survey. (more…)

After growing the brand by a record 70 new hotels in 2006, Small Luxury Hotels of the World is continuing its upward trend with the addition of a further 20 hotels in the first quarter of 2007 alone, placing the luxury hotel brand well on track to reach its target of 450 hotels by year’s end.  (more…)

China is likely to replace the United States as the world’s third most popular tourism destination next year, a United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) official said. At present, China ranks fourth, after France, Spain and the United States. (more…)

Asia’s first ever “ice bar” is to open here on June 22. About 45 tons of ice to be used to build and decorate the bar arrived in Shanghai this week. It had traveled some 30,000 km from the Torne River in Sweden, which lies 200 km inside the Arctic Circle. (more…)