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Big Fat Hotel Wrap!

Mantra Group announces five new hotel signings

Mantra Group has secured five new hotel signings with a combined total for more than 900 additional rooms across Australia and New Zealand.

Peppers Southbank (Melbourne VIC), Mantra 900 Hay Street (Perth WA), Peppers Queenstown Resort (Queenstown NZ), Mantra Club Crocodile (Airlie Beach, QLD) and Mantra Observatory (Port Macquarie NSW) will join Mantra Group’s 126 other global properties. Successfully increasing its portfolio by 11 properties this year, Mantra is well placed to exceed last year’s record result as Australia’s fastest growing hotel group!

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Artist impression of dining room at Mantra Club Crocodile, Airlie Beach QLD

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Mantra Observatory, Port Macquarie NSW

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Artist impression of Mantra 900 Hay Street, Perth WA

InterContinental Sydney on trend with Laneway Dining experiences this festive season

The heritage sandstone enclaves of the hotel’s Macquarie Street façade will transform into a pop-up laneway this silly season, when the InterContinental Sydney culinary team experiment with a seasonal menu.

The five-course degustation dinner will unearth the best in local produce, including seaweed-cured Hiramasa, dry-aged beef strip-loin and 117 dining’s signature dessert, Sweet Passion, from Head Pastry Chef Simon Veauvy. The themed ambiance of the laneway is the prime location to bring these flavours to life!

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Oaks Hotels and Resorts launches digital transformation with new website

Oaks Hotels has this week unveiled an exciting digital transformation that has seen the launch of its newly redesigned website. The new intuitive design will offer its guests an enriched booking experience. Its mobile responsive and state-of-the-art booking engine, means that reservations will be made easier than ever!

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Royal Caribbean Announces Four-Day Black Friday Sale 

Royal Caribbean has joined the Black Friday frenzy, giving its cruisers the chance to pick up some unbelievable Summer sales from Friday 25 November until Wednesday 30 November 2016.

Experience the World’s only airside outside swimming pool

Boring airport layovers are now a thing of the past! Aerotel Airport Transit Hotel in Singapore’s Changi Airport is changing the transit experience for the better by providing its guests with the world’s only outdoor airside pool and jacazzi complete with pool-side bar, gym, library lounge and hot showers. Plus more!

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