Hotels
AA and AHA merger to form new peak body called Accommodation Australia
The Accommodation Association and the Australian Hotel Association are powering on with their merger, revealing the name of their end goal.
Hotels
Marriott offers its own ‘vaccine passport’ to Aussie travellers
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.
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Marriott appoints GMs for trio of top-performing Aussie hotels
Marriott’s appointment hot streak continues. However, the same can’t be said for our editor’s office footy tipping performance.
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Marriott to debut The Luxury Collection Down Under in 2021
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.
Hotels
Marriott appoints four first-time GMs for signature Aussie hotels
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.
Hotels
Marriott makes “all-important” senior appointment
Sean Hunt has donned the overalls to install a vital new cog in Marriott’s revenue machine. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Hotels
GM appointed to lead world’s largest W hotel in Sydney
While the accompanying photo looks more like a stylised oil painting, we guarantee Marriott’s new hire is a real human.
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Brisbane’s first Courtyard by Marriott hotel opens its doors
The hotel offering in Brisvegas has grown, thankfully sans any pokies or indoor smoking areas.
Hotels
JW Marriott brand makes Pacific debut on the Gold Coast
It’s rumoured Marriott’s regional boss loves the new resort so much that he now lives in one of its private poolside cabanas.
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Courtyard by Marriott to fly flag in Brisbane and outer Melbourne
Just to clarify, Marriott is expanding its portfolio of Courtyard-branded hotels – not Marriott-branded courtyards, as first reported by Travel Weekly.
Hotels
Finding “human capital” the biggest challenge for Marriott’s regional VP
by Christian Fleetwood
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.
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Marriott’s APAC VP: “We’re the biggest, but we want to be the best”
by Ali Coulton
We chatted with Sean Hunt to find out what the biggest hotel brand in the world is doing to wow travellers.