ACCOMMODATION INDUSTRY – AUSTRALIA

NRMA in boost to tourism holdings

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Original article by Lisa Allen
The Australian – Page: 21 : 12-Sep-18

New South Wales-based tourism provider NRMA Parks and Resorts has added an additional six caravan parks and resorts to its regional accommodation portfolio, now valued at over $800 million. They include the Halls Gap Holiday Park in Victoria’s Grampian region and the St Helens Waterfront Holiday Park on the east coast of Tasmania. NRMA Group CEO Rohan Lund notes it now owns 44 caravan parks, while the NRMA’s tourism and travel portfolio includes Manly Fast Ferries and Thrifty Car Rentals.

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NRMA LIMITED, NRMA PARKS AND RESORTS, MANLY FAST FERRY PTY LTD, THRIFTY CAR RENTAL

Melbourne way ahead of Sydney as Airbnb hub

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-May-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that 10.4% of Australians who travelled in the year to March 2018 stayed in rented houses or rented serviced apartments. Some 11.6% of people who visited Melbourne on their last trip stayed in either rented houses or rented serviced apartments, up 3% on a decade ago. In comparison, only 8.5% of people who visited Sydney on their last trip stayed in such accommodation, up 1.3% on 10 years ago. Roy Morgan executive chairman and Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Gary Morgan says Melbourne has seen a huge surge in apartments being used for Airbnb short-term accommodation over the last decade, and this has cut the value of apartments. Morgan says that as Lord Mayor he will ask the State Government to prevent apartments being used (and vandalised) by short-term visitors that downgrades the value of apartments and leads to a poorer overall amenity for the city and for residents in Melbourne.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, AIRBNB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Investors back Accor deal, says Mantra chief

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Original article by Larry Schlesinger
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 34 : 13-Oct-17

Mantra Group shareholders are expected to vote in March 2018 on its proposed merger with Accor by means of a scheme of arrangement. Mantra Group head Bob East says its shareholders are very supportive of the $A1.3 billion merger, which will create an entity with over 300 hotels and around 15 per cent share of the Australian hotels market. The deal will also have to be approved by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and the Foreign Investment Review Board.

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MANTRA GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTR, ACCOR SA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, PEPPERS HOTEL GROUP, BREAKFREE LIMITED, CHOICE HOTELS AUSTRALIA, MFS LIMITED, HIGHBURY PARTNERSHIP PTY LTD, AUSTRALIANSUPER PTY LTD, BT FINANCIAL GROUP PTY LTD, CENTRAL BANK OF NORWAY

Airbnb, Flight Centre book travel deal

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Original article by Yolanda Redrup
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 27-Jun-17

Flight Centre and Airbnb have released details of a new partnership, under which business customers will be able to book Airbnb accommodation through the Flight Centre website. Airbnb executive David Holyoke notes that it is generating a growing proportion of its revenue from business travellers, while Flight Centre’s Andrew Flannery says corporate clients who are staying overseas for extended periods find the idea of living "like a local" appealing.

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FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, AIRBNB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL, BCD TRAVEL, MARRIOTT CORPORATION

Hotel chain ripped off migrant cleaners

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 6 : 9-Nov-16

An audit undertaken by Oaks Hotels and Resorts revealed that 1,502 migrant workers were collectively underpaid some $A1.9m in the year to August 2016. The hotel chain undertook the audit after the Fair Work Ombudsman threatened to launch legal action over allegations of wage exploitation by an Oaks subsidiary, Housekeepers Pty Ltd. The company had deemed the migrant workers at 40 of its hotels to be independent contracts rather than employees. It initially provided 16 workers with some $A13,000 in back pay, but the FWO subsequently found that the underpayments had continued.

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OAKS HOTELS AND RESORTS LIMITED, HOUSEKEEPERS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN, UNITED VOICE, 7-ELEVEN STORES PTY LTD, CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX CTX

Australia: a budget-friendly, beach-holiday bonanza!

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Oct-16

The latest figures from the Roy Morgan Holiday Tracking Survey show that the average cost per night of a domestic holiday is $A151 per person. However, many of Australia’s famed coastal destinations come in well below that. Topping the list for affordability is World Heritage-listed Fraser Island in Queensland, which costs on average $A94 per person per night. In contrast, Port Douglas (averaging $245 per person per night) and the Whitsunday Islands ($A220) in Queensland are among the nation’s costliest coastal destinations. In New South Wales, the North Coast heads that state’s list for affordable coastal holiday spots, at an average of $A120 per person per night, while Lord Howe Island is more suited to higher-end travellers, at an average cost of $A341 per person per night.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Airbnb: the changing face of accommodation booking

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 27.1 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (or 5.3 million people) reported having heard of Airbnb in the six months to December 2015. While this is a substantially lower recognition rate than more established tourism industry players such as Flight Centre (70 per cent) and Webjet.com.au (52.2 per cent), it puts Airbnb ahead of well-known operators like STA Travel (26.9 per cent), Lastminute.com.au (25.8 per cent) and Stayz (23 per cent). Meanwhile, 7.7 per cent of Australians say they would consider using Airbnb for their next holiday, making it the fifth-most considered travel agent/booking site after Flight Centre, Booking.com, Wotif, and Webjet.com.au.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AIRBNB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, WEBJET LIMITED – ASX WEB, STA TRAVEL PTY LTD, LASTMINUTE.COM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, STAYZ PTY LTD, BOOKING.COM BV, EXPEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

No vacancy? It’s just too expensive to clean hotel rooms

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Original article by Joe Kelly, Lisa Allen
The Australian – Page: 2 : 6-Nov-15

Accommodation Association of Australia CEO Richard Munro says Sunday penalty rates are forcing many hotels to delay cleaning their rooms until Monday, which has reduced the available of accommodation on weekends. He adds that some hotel operators are also delaying essential maintenance work and cancelling breakfast services on Sundays. The association wants the Federal Government to make a submission on penalty rates to the Fair Work Commission’s review of the modern industrial awards system.

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ACCOMMODATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, MANTRA GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTR, THE WINDSOR HOTEL

A friend’s spare room in Australia or a 4-star resort in Asia?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Feb-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 36 per cent of Australians aged 14+ whose last long holiday was domestic chose to stay at the homes of friends or relatives. The survey, which was carried out in the year to December 2014, also shows that 21 per cent opted for paid accommodation such as fully self-contained rental flats, apartments or houses, while 11 per cent stayed at four-star hotels or resorts. In contrast, 33 per cent of Australian holiday-goers whose last long trip was in Asia chose to stay at either four-star hotels or resorts, while 28 per cent opted for standard hotels/motels or resorts

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Mantra finds Bali is far from a holiday

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Original article by Lisa Allen
The Australian – Page: 18 : 19-Dec-14

Australian-listed Mantra Group has indicated that it will focus on management agreements for hotels in Bali rather than franchise arrangements. The group manages the 49-villa Peppers Sentosa Seminyak resort in Bali, and recently dropped plans to operate hotels that have just been built at Nusa Dua and Legian. However, Mantra will open a new hotel in southern Bali in December 2015

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MANTRA GROUP LIMITED – ASX MTR, PEPPERS LEISURE LIMITED