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New Rydges hotel at SYD International

Hotel group Rydges is building a new hotel for Sydney Airport, located within the airport precinct at the international termina...

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Do hotel rooms really need a desk?

Is a writing desk a must-have for a business traveller's hotel room? If you'd asked me that question a year ago, even six mont...

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Travel tip: snap a pic of your hotel room number

TRAVEL TIP | Ever got in the hotel lift in the middle of a long business trip and realised you don't remember which floor your ...

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Travel tip: always ask for two hotel key cards

"How many key cards would you like?" Many solo business travellers just ask for one, but here's why you should say "two". For ...

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Refurb'd rooms for Shangri-La Sydney

It'd be hard to improve on the view from Sydney's Shangri-La Hotel, perched as it is atop a hill in The Rocks district overlook...

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Mantra on the Park apartment hotel refurbished

Melbourne apartment hotel Mantra on the Park has just completed a full upgrade to all its 144 rooms. Located at the top end of...

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New MGallery Hotel Lighter Quay for Auckland

Auckland's waterfront Hotel Viaduct Harbour has been taken over by MGallery and will now be called the Hotel Lighter Quay. The ...

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Grand Hyatt Melbourne: room redesign complete

The Grand Hyatt Melbourne has just completed the refurbishment of all of its guest rooms, with what the hotel hopes is the idea...

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Hotel loyalty war: Marriott offers free internet

Following Hilton's announcement that it will offer Virgin Australia gold and platinum members free elite membership in its Hhon...

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Swissotel's circle frequent guest program

The upmarket Swissotel hotel group is providing frequent guest benefits in a new loyalty program for its regular visitors, whic...

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How much ground coffee do you use per cup?

In Brief | Who hasn't thrown coffee into the hotel machine, gone for a shower and come back to a steaming pot of very slightly ...

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More business traveller hotel hates

We took our pick of the most frustrating things about hotels last week, and invited you, our readers, to contribute your own pe...

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Business travellers' top five hotel hates

As business travellers ourselves, we stay in a lot of hotels in a lot of different cities and countries. Many of them are fanta...

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Move over Yotel: Sleepbox is even more minimalist!

Weary travellers in transit or arriving at unsociable hours after long flights could have another option for catching some slee...

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Crowne Plaza Canberra takes on apartment hotels

Crowne Plaza Canberra is muscling in on the niche Quest Apartments has carved for itself, with the unveiling of new one-bedroom...

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Business travellers want "bed and broadband"

A large survey of 10,437 business travellers by Accor Asia Pacific has found that travellers don't want free sub-par internet a...

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Sofitel opens luxury hotel in Guangzhou, China

Travellers to the capital of Southern China, Guangzhou (formerly Canton), now have a new hotel option: a luxury Sofitel hotel G...

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New York hotel offers free Google ChromeBook loans

If it sometimes feels like the only free things in a five star hotel are the lightglobes and running water, Ace Hotel New York'...

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