Tag: hotels
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Smithson: Who’s bedding down Plan B if global climate conference bid fails?
Hosting the world’s most prominent climate conference in November next year would be a global coup which the Premier can’t resist. He won’t have long to wait for a decision which is due in Brazil within days. The United Nations COP31 would add to his list of achievements lifting the sometimes-forgotten city of Adelaide onto…
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Mid-century magic – Le Méridien Melbourne celebrates culture, cuisine and chic travel
Behind the iconic Art Deco facade of 20 Bourke Street lies a rich tapestry of stories, stretching over almost two centuries. The building has long been a cornerstone of Melbourne’s vibrant arts and culture scene, beginning its life in the 1850s as the Excelsior Hotel, before transforming over the years into a theatre, cinema, nightclub…
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Adelaide hotel occupancy highest in the country
New data released by Adelaide Economic Development Agency (AEDA) revealed Adelaide hotels were major beneficiaries of a visitor boom during April 2024, in large part thanks to major events held in the city. Average hotel occupancy for the month of April was 78 per cent in Adelaide according to AEDA, which sources its data via…
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South Australia’s winning hotels announced
More than 900 people gathered at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday to celebrate the best of the state’s hospitality industry in the 2023 AHA|SA Hotel Industry Awards for Excellence. Three South Australian hotels took out top honours in their class. The Cremorne Hotel won the coveted title of Best Overall Hotel – General Division.…
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Secret sauce: SA Pub Burger Challenge
When the 12 chefs face off for the final cook-off in the 2023 SA Pub Burger Challenge, some may have an unfair – but perfectly within the rules – advantage. Sussex Hotel sous chef Mel Fazzini played it cool when asked by InDaily about the pub’s preparation for the hotly contested title. “The burger is…
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Turners sell off a big share of the Spicers “labour of love”
A price for the business was not revealed but some media reports suggested a deal of $130 million. Negotiations had been going on since the middle of the year with suggestions of a price anywhere between $50 million and $150 million. The business, which included luxury resorts in NSW and Queensland was run by Jude…
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Hotel booking sites make it harder to get cheaper rooms – but there’s a solution
The first thing many of us do is open a site such as Wotif, Hotels.com or trivago (all of which are these days owned by the US firm Expedia), or their only big competitor, Booking.com from the Netherlands. Checking what rooms are available – anywhere – is wonderfully easy, as is booking, at what usually…
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Your views: On pubs with no food and the experience of foster carers
Commenting on the story: ‘Nothing to offer’: Moonta locals concerned over pubs with no food Drove through Moonta on way to Minlaton two weeks ago. There was little opportunity to buy a meal. At Minlaton the only pub has meals from Wednesday onwards. We were leaving Wednesday, so that was a third meal we could…
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Star crossed: Queen’s Wharf loses revenue protection, yet pubs and clubs untouched
But pubs and clubs, which also have poker machines, have been protected from far stricter rules around safer gambling that would apply to the state’s four casinos. Attorney General Shannon Fentiman has not ruled extending the laws to the broader gambling sector and said in a press conference earlier this week that the Government would…
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High-rise hotel for former city pub
Developers Phillip Brunning & Associates have applied to build an 86.5-metre hotel with 234 rooms of tourism accommodation on the corner of Wakefield and Pulteney Street. The proposed development site at 144 Wakefield Street has since 1999 been the location of the Backpack Oz hostel, which shut its doors last year. The two-storey building was…