Hotels Cairns News
Letters
Saturday June 21, 2008
Banks, not hotels, delay moneyProtect Our Foreshore
Wednesday March 19, 2008
I RECENTLY visited Cairns, where I worked in the 1950s on the small coastal ships that visited to drop general cargo and load sugar.New Hotels Squeeze Room Rates
Wednesday December 18, 2002
Hotel operators are braced for tough times in Victoria as room supply rises an estimated 8.5 per cent by 2004 and overall demand and rates continue to slide.Caps Off Or Can Him, Brewer In Glass Of His Own
Saturday August 17, 2002
Lion's main man, Gordon Cairns, speaks of his role with pride. Mark Todd reports.Widow Tackles Unfinished Business Of Eddie Mabo
Tuesday April 30, 2002
Bonita Mabo wasn't in the High Court the day her late husband achieved one of the biggest victories in Australian legal history, but it wasn't for lack of trying. She was at home in Townsville when word came that the decision was imminent. When all else failed, she rang her son, Mal, in Cairns.Beer Is Lion's Focus
Saturday November 10, 2001
Lion Nathan chief executive Gordon Cairns has played down concerns that the company has embarked on a shopping spree to build an Australasian wine business, but he has not ruled out more acquisitions.Mirvac To Manage Sebel Pier One Hotel
Wednesday October 3, 2001
Amid a weakening hotel sector, Mirvac Hotels has been appointed manager of the Pier One hotel at Walsh Bay.Back Home At Novotel
Saturday June 23, 2001
After six years in Cairns and Sydney, the Novotel Northbeach's new sales and marketing manager Tracey Pascoe has decided there is no place like home.Accor To Run 27 Thakral Hotels
Tuesday December 21, 1999
Accor Asia Pacific has expanded its presence across the country with the acquisition of the management rights of 27 hotels owned by Thakral Holdings, in a transaction valued at $29 million. The deal will see Accor become Australia's largest hotel management company, with 90 hotels. Thakral's hoteLuxury Hotels Vie For Best E-butler
Tuesday December 7, 1999
A boom in the luxury hotel market has created a new battle over who offers the business traveller the best e-service. Leading the way in this investment race is Sofitel, the upscale brand of the French-based Accor group, which is planning 40 new hotel openings around the world before the end of Buyers Eyeing Hotels
Saturday May 22, 1999
AFTER some hard times for the hotel industry there is a mood of optimism returning as the Olympic Games approach. Bargain hunters have been enticed back and pundits believe a number of deals will be concluded over the next year. Although hoteliers forecast that room rates will remain under pressuNew Face At The Novotel
Tuesday January 26, 1999
Novotel Northbeach's new executive assistant manager Glenn Connell has traded sunny Queensland for the Illawarra. And according to the father of two, it's a welcome change both personally and professionally. Mr Connell has worked within the Accor group of hotels, which includes the Novotel chThe Taste Of Port
Saturday December 26, 1998
She wouldn't dare suggest Port Douglas is one-dimensional, but CERENTHA HARRIS could not keep food out of her mind in the far north. LIFE IN Port Douglas is not about flash hotels or the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef; it's all about food. Eavesdrop on locals' conversations and you will find tBeer Market `risks Same Fate As Petrol'
Thursday October 29, 1998
Australia's beer market is in danger of suffering the same fate as the petroleum industry, where producer ownership of retail outlets has effectively strangled competition, Lion Nathan's chief executive, Mr Gordon Cairns, warned yesterday. Mr Cairns, announcing a "watershed" $NZ136.1 miLion Brews Market Storm
Thursday October 29, 1998
Australia's beer market was in danger of suffering the same fate as the petroleum industry, where producer ownership of retail outlets had effectively strangled competition, Lion Nathan's chief executive, Mr Gordon Cairns, warned yesterday. Despite this, and Lion's antipathy to gaming and leisureDci Wins Radisson Franchise For Asia Pacific
Thursday July 23, 1998
The Sydney-based operators of Radisson Hotels in Australia and Asia have been granted an exclusive master franchise for the Asia Pacific region in a deal struck with the US-based Radisson Hotels Worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, the US company will own 45 per cent of the operating company,Founders In Plan To Rescue Casino
Tuesday April 29, 1997
Malaysian group Metroplex has joined the Australian Tourism Group and Touraust Corp to offer a rescue package to Reef Casino Trust, owner of the troubled Reef casino in Cairns, that includes a capital injection of about $40 million and an overhaul of the trust structure. The proposal would see thReef To Announce Its Rescuer Tomorrow
Sunday April 27, 1997
Reef Casino Trust is expected to formally reveal tomorrow the identity of the investor willing to pump $40 million-plus cash into the Cairns casino owner. Stockbroking analysts believe the leading contenders are Melbourne casino owner Crown, Malaysia's Metroplex group and Queensland-based JupiterSydney Harbour No White Knight And Reef Casino Is Still Stranded
Tuesday April 1, 1997
Sydney Harbour Casino has ruled itself out as a prospective investor in Reef Casino Trust as the troubled Cairns casino owner strives to find a white knight to rescue it from its financial woes. Reef Corporate Services, the manager of Reef Casino Trust, and its advisers Grant Samuel & AssociaReef Casino Caned By Punters, Losses
Sunday October 13, 1996
Cairns casino operator Reef Casino Trust has suffered a shock $5.9-million loss in the three months to September because of a significant shortfall in rental revenues and abnormal gaming losses. Reef's directors said in a statement the trust made a loss in the first quarter instead of a budgeted