HM Magazine

Mondrian Gold Coast unveils its most luxurious rooms yet. Touted as the hotel’s most extraordinary residential offering, Sky House set on level 24 of the Mondrian is one of the most exclusive accommodation offerings on the Gold Coast. Read more: hubs.li/Q048QnCS0

New Zealand-based Sudima Hotels pours investment into Tonga. Read more: hubs.li/Q048yNm80 Hind Management #hotedevelopment Tonga #meetingsandincentives #MICE #toursimtonga #tongainvestment #hotelinvestment #hotelgrowth #pacificislands

Skal International I Brisbane President lands Chief Operating Officer role, OUTRIGGER Hospitality Group picks a new Vice President Operations, Sydney’s private members’ club lands a hospitality executive as GM, more Key appointments: hubs.li/Q048p-bG0

Partnership 2026 Is the year of MCP: What hoteliers need to know - Cendyn. AI is already reshaping the hospitality industry, but for many hotels, the gap between its promise and its practical application remains significant. Read more: hubs.li/Q048p2XX0

Entries are now open for the 2026 Australasia-Pacific Hotel Design Awards, but hurry, submissions close 9 April. Read more: hubs.li/Q048c2700 AHICE Global Hotel Industry Conferences @DesignInn

The Ascend Collection has officially crossed the 500-property mark globally. The expansion, driven by new U.S. locations, highlights the brand’s rapid growth, which includes 83 hotels in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more: hubs.li/Q048bl5_0

Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s Essentials portfolio is continuing solid growth across the Southeastern United States with approximately 4,000 rooms in its executed pipeline. Read more: hubs.li/Q04813H40

A wave of top-tier talent joins JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa, Peppers Marysville, Wild Bush Luxury, Rosewood Kauri Cliffs and a historic MGallery Collection hotel. Key appointments: hubs.li/Q0480FS10

Following a successful merger, Capstone Hotel Management and Marsden Hotel Group will become New Zealand's largest locally owned independent hotel management platform. Read more:

Partnership: 1834 Hotels is strengthening its national growth strategy with the expansion of its development capability in Sydney. Central to this move is the appointment of Shaun Ormsby into a key leadership role, based in Sydney. Read more: hubs.li/Q047RD8F0

Exclusive: accelerating expansion across Asia Pacific with multiple signings in this year’s first quarter alone, Radisson Hotel Group Director of Development, Australasia, Danilo Curcuruto discusses pipeline growth with HM Editor Daisy Melwani Read more: hubs.li/Q047R6rP0

British Airways Airways set for Melbourne return with new daily London flights. Read more: hubs.li/Q047N-T80 #London #airline #flights #melbournelondon

YOTEL becomes the first brand in the newly launched lifestyle segment, Select by Hilton. Read more: hubs.li/Q047DGz70 Hilton Honors #hoteldistribution #hoteltechnology #hotelplatform #hotelgrowth #lifestylehotel

It's a big week of movers and shakers, with a Langham Hospitality Group promotion landing a new Vice President, two executives appointed to lead at Naumi Group and Mandarin Oriental gets a new General Manager. Key appointments: hubs.li/Q047t0V-0

And it's a wrap! Over 600 delegates, and 150 speakers attended the fourth-annual AHICE Global Hotel Industry Conferences South East Asia 2026 in Singapore last week. Read more: hubs.li/Q047stgG0

Exclusive: inside Hilton's strong signing momentum with Vice President APAC, Paul Hutton. HM's Daisy Melwani talks to Hilton’s Paul Hutton, Vice President APAC, Head of Australasia & South Pacific, on the group’s growth trajectory. Read more: hubs.li/Q047gJh_0

The in-room TV is evolving into a more powerful hotel tool. This is the thinking behind Business iQ, Foxtel Group Business’s in-room entertainment and information platform. Read more: hubs.li/Q0470mJy0

AHICE Asia Pacific 2026: networking events expanded, with a can’t miss farewell event added! Read more: hubs.li/Q046RRXx0

Motto by Hilton will launch in 2027 in Sydney’s CBD, marking the arrival of the lifestyle brand in Australia as part of a greater Asia Pacific expansion. Read more: hubs.li/Q046RV_l0 Hilton Hotels & Resorts #hoteldevelopment #invictusdevelopment

The second annual Design Inn Symposium Asia attracted over 300 of the region’s leading designers, suppliers, hoteliers and investors as part of AHICE Global Hotel Industry Conferences South East Asia in Singapore last week. Read more: hubs.li/Q046RVnz0