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Marriott have announced a new Moxy Hotel for South Yarra. This would add to the new Aloft Hotel in Chapel Street, announced some time ago, but very slow in getting built! Marriott now have quite a pipeline in Melbourne, in addition to their existing 4 hotels. Hotels announced but yet to open...

There seems to be no stopping Marriott in announcing new hotels in Australia. The latest will be bringing a new brand here, a 200 room AC hotel. Hopefully it will open in 2020. It will be located at 199 Normanby Road Southbank, some 500/700 metres from the Novotel South Wharf or Crown Metropol...

A poster on Flyer Talk mentioned that Four Points Geelong is leaving Starwood on 1 December 2014. Looked at the hotel's website and indeed this is shown on their first webpage. Will be sad to see it leave Starwood as it was always good for a mattress run, even if its standards varied over the years.

News is in the business pages of the various newspapers. Macquarie Bank will buy the $362 million Woolworths credit card portfolio from HSBC. The deal is expected to complete in the 2nd quarter this year, though HSBC will continue providing some services to Macquarie until 2015. Woolworths say...

Four Points by Sheraton, Perth. A posting on Flyer Talk indicated that a Four Points would be opening on 1 June 2012. I did a bit of googling and find that the Four Points New Hotels site indeed shows a new Perth hotel. It is situated at 707 Wellington Street, Perth, and appears to be a...

Hi guys, I am doing a status credit run to Hobart in May. Hotels in Hobart seem to be split into two categories. Newer or boutique hotels, that often cost close to $200 or more. Older hotels in converted buildings such as mansions, or very dated buildings from the 1960's, that do not seem very...

Having just checked out from the Four Points Geelong I again agreed to have a Unicef donation added to my bill. I think its a good cause, and hopefully my donation may help some unfortunate children. However one fact annoys me, the donation is meant to be USD1.00. However all year, that I can...

News just being reported on Flyer Talk. Owners of Sheraton Perth will be rebranding it as a Pan Pacific. Looks like this will happen in January 2011. Very disappointing for SPG members. Now Starwood will not have a presence in Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth; and insufficient rooms in Melbourne.