Hotels

Hotel hack: skip hotel form-filling with a card

Sick of filling out hotel registration forms with your name, address, phone numbers and so on? Sa...

Five hotel room staples you can repurpose

When you're on the road, sometimes you just can't get your hands on various key toiletries or per...

Travel tip: hotel 'incidentals deposits'

It’s a nearly unavoidable part of the hotel check-in ritual: show your ID, sign the paperwo...

Five new hotel trends improving business travel

Like many business travellers, we spend much of our time in hotels, running into those little tou...

'Day stay' at Mercure Hobart, Launceston

The Mercure Hobart and Mercure Launceston hotels are now offering day rates of $65 for stays betw...

East Hotel Canberra offers chic new option

Business travellers heading to Canberra have a new stylish option with the opening of East Hotel....

Tips for washing your clothes in a hotel sink

We've all been there: your business trip gets extended by a few days, and you're a day or two sho...

Swire Hotels' new EAST, Beijing opens in September

Business travellers in Beijing will have a brand-new hotel option in the Chinese capital when the...

Qantas launches 'Hooroo' social travel site

Qantas bounces into a brave new field for the airline today with the launch of the Hooroo online ...

From business traveller to business tourist?

It's a rare business traveller who wouldn't like to take an extra day in a new or favourite city ...

Melbourne Grand Mercure Swanston upgrades suites

Business travellers at the Swanston Hotel, Grand Mercure in Melbourne can look forward to refurbi...

Keep a standard text file for hotel requests

When was the last time you thought "hey, this hotel website is well-designed and informative, giv...

Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour officially opens

High-end travellers heading to New Zealand's largest city can look forward to a top-notch hotel o...

New Wotif hotel search iPhone app

Hotel search engine Wotif has released its much-anticipated iPhone app (that'll also work on your...

Things we want: reasonable hotel laundry prices

How many times has this happened to you: you've packed enough for your business trip, with a coup...

New in Dubai: the underwater hotel room

Yes, you read that right -- a rotating underwater hotel with a helipad is being built in Dubai. A...

"Club Sandwich Index" compares hotel food prices

We've all heard of the Big Mac Index or the latte index – using global products to compare ...

Singapore Marriott's newly-refurbished rooms

Frequent travellers to Singapore will be familiar with the Singapore Marriott, located above...