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by Mandy Clarke, Industry Reporter
Wily Irish Mammy’s dusting hacks for the craic
Mammy’s favourite saying is: “A little soap and water never killed anybody!” It doesn’t take much effort, time, or expense to make huge improvements to your cleaning routine; [...]
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by Accom Properties
Reducing bills: hospitality is not a 9-to-5 business
In hospitality, energy consumption never takes a break. Guests come-and-go and providers need to power their businesses around the clock. With energy costs continuing to rise: accounting for up-to 20 [...]
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by Graham Vercoe, Resort News Reporter
Time for serious action, not talk
The horror of the Grenfell Tower inferno in London on June 14 jarred the high-rise community in Australia, bringing back memories of the Lacrosse Building conflagration in Melbourne back in 2014. In [...]
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by Accom Properties
Curated for use: custom furniture that relates to guests
There’s a magical thing that happens when the right people share a vision. It takes more than an idea to innovate, more than a demand to design and more than a promise to produce truly essential [...]
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by Accom Properties
It’s getting hot in here so fix the air conditioning
An oh too familiar phone call received by the front desk of any accommodation provider is undoubtedly one that has been provoked by an unruly air conditioning remote. (Or, more likely, a guest’s inability to [...]
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by Suzy Barry, Industry Reporter
Is your TV keeping up with the millennials?
As a well-travelled child, I remember kicking back in my hotel room, gleefully channel-flicking while my parents ate in the restaurant downstairs. At home, there were four channels, and generally only one was [...]
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by Accom Properties
Changing PMS: everything you need to know
With 84.1 percent of Australian accommodation establishments using property management systems as part of their business operation in 2015-6, according to data collected by Australian Bureau of Statistics, many of [...]
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by Suzy Barry, Industry Reporter
Water, water, everywhere: where’s a guest to drink?
Water is a fundamental requirement for life: it feeds our cells, rejuvenates our skin, hair, and cleanses our system. Possibly due to its life-sustaining status, it flies somewhat under-the-radar…unless [...]
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by Mandy Clarke, Industry Reporter
Luxury through the eyes of an executive housekeeper
Highly respected within the accommodation industry, Marian Stratford is the executive housekeeper at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, an elegant and luxurious hotel that is well-known for the exquisite service it [...]
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