Posts tagged "hotel"

Upmarket 'pod' hotel startup Wander has secured investment from former Airbnb country manager Sam McDonagh, as the accommodation innovator eyes expansion across regional and rural Australia.

A new Treasury consultation seeks feedback on 'price parity' clauses offered by online travel agencies, which can force small accommodation businesses to offer their cheapest possible price on major platforms.

The tax office says new rules bringing some multinational online travel agents under the GST blanket will 'level the playing field' for SME operators.

''If you're not satisfied with your stay, let us know and we’ll make it right." It was a reassuring sign. A promise to fix things. Pity it was rubbish.

When anti-competitive behaviour creeps in — that forces the hand of hotels and their potential guests — there is reason for the government to step in.

Labor will outlaw pay parity contracts for motel and hotel owners if it wins the next election, but the marketing dominance of OTAs remains unaddressed.

From confiscated websites to "telecommunications hell", here are five ways small businesses were hard done by in the year that has been 2018.

Calls are growing for the ACCC to act as hotel and motel owners express serious concerns about the impact of online travel booking platforms on the local industry.

Dick Smith has slammed online travel agencies for “exploiting and extorting” hotel and motel owners.

A hotel chain has been ordered to contribute $313,000 in damages after an employee alleged she was sexually assaulted by a colleague, but w…

A Sydney hotel is taking inspiration from both Japan and science fiction films, planning to open Australia’s first ever ‘capsule hotel�…

An employee who was sacked for groping a bartender while staying at a hotel paid for by his employer has lost his unfair dismissal case befo…