The Accommodation Association and the Australian Hotel Association are powering on with their merger, revealing the name of their end goal.

Fancy a month’s worth of free accommodation across Australia, NZ and the Pacific to enjoy once it is safe to do so? Well, you’ll need both jabs to be in with a chance.

Marriott’s appointment hot streak continues. However, the same can’t be said for our editor’s office footy tipping performance.

Luxe travellers near and far are busy jamming their umpteen pairs of Jimmy Choos and Christian Louboutins into their Montblanc suitcases upon receipt of this news.

It’s all looking very peachy over at Marriott, with the hotel giant’s career development program bearing fruit in the form of four new GMs.

Sean Hunt has donned the overalls to install a vital new cog in Marriott’s revenue machine. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

While the accompanying photo looks more like a stylised oil painting, we guarantee Marriott’s new hire is a real human.

The hotel offering in Brisvegas has grown, thankfully sans any pokies or indoor smoking areas.

It’s rumoured Marriott’s regional boss loves the new resort so much that he now lives in one of its private poolside cabanas.

Just to clarify, Marriott is expanding its portfolio of Courtyard-branded hotels – not Marriott-branded courtyards, as first reported by Travel Weekly.

Travel Weekly’s roving reporter whisked away Marriott’s Sean Hunt for a chat at the Destination Pacific Islands showcase, right before being whisked away by security for eating all the arancini.

We chatted with Sean Hunt to find out what the biggest hotel brand in the world is doing to wow travellers.