WA Labor has announced a $217 million tourism package, just hours after the state’s peak tourism body warned that many local tourism businesses were in dire straits.
The fallout from last week’s NSW report into Crown Resorts has spread, with WA’s chief casino officer stepping aside from the role and the company’s chief executive resigning.
The state government has launched a new initiative to boost Perth’s tourism sector in the wake of COVID-19, amid claims as many as one in five WA tourism businesses face closure.
A slew of external hires head up Virgin Australia’s newly minted executive team, with outsiders named to key operational, corporate affairs and finance management roles.
The couple behind a luxury tourism company and former pro surfer Taj Burrow are among the buyers recently snapping up property in the state’s south west.
The state government has announced civil engineering company MGN Civil as the preferred tenderer for major earthworks on the $121 million Spoilbank Marina.
The Parmelia Hilton Perth will reopen next month, following a 10-month refurbishment featuring touchless technology and a new thoroughfare to Brookfield Place.
The state government has hailed the findings of new research from Deloitte Access Economics purporting to show Ningaloo Coast as an economic powerhouse of northern WA.
The 229-room DoubleTree by Hilton Perth Waterfront has welcomed its first guests today, the latest project of several Hilton hotels under way or in the pipeline for Western Australia.
The state government has welcomed Virgin Australia's move to lower regional airfares, which Premier Mark McGowan says will benefit residents in WA making last-minute bookings.
Perth Airport has revealed the full extent of COVID-19’s impact, with plunging revenue and passenger numbers and an expectation it will take up to four years to fully recover.
Perth business owner Alexandra Burt, whose interests include Voyager Estate winery, has lifted her low public profile by joining the board of Tourism Australia.
Tourism Minister Paul Papalia is facing backlash after he said accommodation providers in WA's regions were too full to take in any more from interstate.
