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International flights set to boost hotel occupancy in 2026, CBRE reports

Hotel Management

CBRE’s From Runway to Room Nights report found that 56 new routes have added 10,500 annual flights into key Australian cities, which could lift Australia’s hotel occupancy by an average of 3.4% Brisbane’s new flights align with strategic inbound travel growth and capacity gains following the completion of its second runway.

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Marriott Bonvoy nets multiyear deal with Tennis Australia in boost to loyalty, occupancy and rates

Hotel Management

The Australian Open is the most attended Grand slam globally, with more than 1,100,000 fans attending in 2024 – of which 440,000 travelled from interstate or internationally to attend. We operated at high occupancy throughout the tournament, and are currently pacing in line with last year. “We

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Perth hotels top the occupancy leaderboard in 2024, AHA WA reports

Hotel Management

Perth hotels are experiencing a strong resurgence in bookings, with the Australian Hotels Association (WA) reporting that the west coast city reached the highest occupancy rates in the country in 2024. From January to December 2024, metropolitan Perth hotels achieved an average occupancy level of 79.4% a 3.9%

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Australian travellers drive RevPAR increase across The Tasman, Howarth HTL reports

Hotel Management

Conversely, outbound travel by New Zealand residents saw a 6.6% The number of New Zealand residents travelling overseas in April matched the levels seen in April 2019, with Queenstown once again topping the performance rankings with RevPAR climbing 17% year-on-year. Occupancy in this segment reached close to 78%.

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‘Call it magic’: Coldplay fans drive hot demand for hotel rooms in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne

Hotel Management

Recent data from CoStar shows Auckland experiencing the highest occupancy levels of the three cities, peaking at 84.1% The second highest occupancy on the books (79.1%, +25.5% With the tour already pushing the market’s daily occupancy over the 80% mark, this will be the first time Auckland will see levels this high since July.”

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Melbourne’s luxury hotels welcome strong international business at Australian Open

Hotel Management

Event-related occupancy forecasts are particularly impressive, given STR and JLL report Melbourne has welcomed 81 new hotels and over 5,200 rooms in the five-year period between 2019 and 2024, with another 2,000 rooms still to come, said Accommodation Australia (Victoria) General Manager, Dougal Hollis.

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Marriott reports international travellers behind Melbourne room sell out on Grand Prix weekend

Hotel Management

Marriott International has reported high occupancy levels this week across its 10 Melbourne hotels, up 6% year on year. The majority of growth is driven through international travel, with the largest proportion of our guests coming from the USA, said Marriott International Area Vice President Australia, New Zealand and Pacific, Jason Nuell.

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