Sheraton Noosa Resort & Spa has almost completed a multi-million dollar refurbishment of all the accommodation rooms and public areas, including new carpet, a crisp colour scheme and a new restaurant area. Commenced in March this year, all rooms, suites and are penthouses are receiving a total update with new tiled bathrooms, LCD flat screen TV’s, signature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper™ beds, and a series of new artwork. The exterior colour will also be repainted in time for completion in August. The resort has also introduced wireless internet throughout its grounds.

Cato’s Restaurant & Bar has been redesigned to enhance its street frontage and the resort’s conference space has been refreshed with the new colours. The restaurant reopened on May 19 to hotel guests and walk-in diners from Hastings Street, Noosa

	The property has the largest room size in Australia, all at 55 square metres, and for price point, the difference depends on the view. The top floor overlooks the beach, then the other two categories offer canal or pool view.
	The pool area received funky new day beds and lounge furniture.

QT Hotels and Resorts has taken over Victoria’s largest ski resort, Quay West Falls Creek and rebranded it to the QT Falls Creek.

QT Falls Creek Resort sits at the base of the main ski runs, and offers 63 luxury apartments, ranging from one, two, three and four bedrooms. All feature modern interiors, under floor heating, open plan living areas, a European laundry and drying cupboard, and hot tubs on most apartment balconies. All will be given the QT style designer touch.

The redesign will feature QT Hotels & Resorts signature interactive marketplace Bazaar, the cocktail bar Stingray Lounge and ski-inspired spa experiences at spaQ.

QT Falls Creek Resort will officially launch in June 2013.

QT Falls Creek Resort is the fourth property to join the designer hotel fold, currently consisting of QT Resorts in Port Douglas the Gold Coast and QT Hotel Sydney.

Exterior	QT Falls Creek balcony with hot tub

A second Pan Pacific Serviced Suites has opened in Singapore The 180-suite complex is located close to the cultural districts of Haji Lane and Arab Street as well as the Marina Bay Central Business District.

Translating hotel-style hospitality into an extended-stay experience, the S$100 million development comprises four suite categories ranging from the 45-sqm one-bedroom Deluxe Suite to the 66-sqm two-bedroom Premium Suite. Each suite has two LCD televisions, fully-equipped kitchenette and laundry facilities.

As part of its full-service offering, Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road features a team of Personal Assistants (PAs), who are on call 24 hours a day to help connect residents to business and social networks in the city.

Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road has a fitness centre and rooftop swimming pool, and a resident's Living Room with library and gaming corner equipped with an Xbox video game console. On weekdays the Pacific Lounge serves a 'made-to-order' breakfast that includes a buffet spread of Western and local favourites. Business amenities include complimentary wifi access and meeting room facilities. Complimentary shuttle services to various business districts are also available.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will expand its portfolio in North Africa. At the Arabian Travel market in Dubai, the company announced a ‘fortress style resort’ is being developed in Marrakech. The Ritz-Carlton Marrakesh will have 60 hotel suites and 20 villas. Also being developed is Ritz-Carlton’s first property in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

Qamea Resort and Spa, Fiji, has introduced 'Qamea a la Carte', a new rate offering guests the choice of a bed and breakfast rate or the current all meals inclusive rate. There will be no change to the current fully inclusive dining rates that run through to 31 March 2014, the resort has simply introduced an additional option.

Qamea a la Carte rates will include accommodation, Continental breakfast from buffet, tea and French press plunger coffee and juices at breakfast, welcome arrival drink, afternoon tea, daily maid and turndown service, sea canoeing/kayaking, snorkel gear, 3 x weekly scheduled guided snorkel trips, once a week scheduled village tour, Wednesday night Kava Ceremony, Friday night Meke, Sunday church services, Sunday hosted wine tasting, Qamea sports water bottle with free refills of Pure Qamea purified drinking water, and nightly entertainment.

Guests that choose Qamea a la Carte can purchase all meals on consumption from the resort's daily changing menu, or purchase the Meal Plan through their travel agent prior to arrival or on day of arrival. The Meal Plan is offered at USD $99.00 per day per person and includes a full hot breakfast (ordered off menu), three course lunch, three course dinner.

Qamea is located on Fiji's northern island of Taveuni, fronting a private white sand beach of just under a kilometre in length The resort accommodates 34 guests in 17 bures and exclusive Royal Beach Houses with private swimming pools and Jacuzzi Spas all facing the beach and positioned for maximum privacy.

Dubai’s first Oberoi is set to open early June with 252 rooms and suites, three restaurants, eight meeting rooms and a large ballroom. Executive assistant manager Tapan Piplani says about 60% of the clientele is likely to be travelling on business. However, he also sees potential in the leisure sector   << Tapan Piplani at the new Oberoi Duba

Set in developing part of Dubai, known as Business Bay, the hotel is close to Burj Khalifa – Dubai’s number one attraction for tourists. It is also close to the Dubai Mall. Free shuttles will take guests to the malls and to the beach. ‘We call this Burj area as a whole the new downtown,’ says Piplani.

A key feature of The Oberoi Dubai is the live and open cooking stations in the restaurants. The all day dining area 971 (named after the United Arab Emirates phone code) will feature a la carte, served dishes even during breakfast (though there will be a small cereal and fruit buffet area as well). The 971 name has a double meaning – it also stands for nine cuisines, seven days a week in one destination.

The hotel has a wellness floor’ with a spa (offering a mix of Indian and Oriental therapies) and fitness centre, plus a lobby lounge and adjacent bar. A rooftop bar will be open later in the year.

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has opened its fourth hotel in Oman, the Crowne Plaza Duqm. Situated near Duqm’s port and dry dock, the beachfront hotel is set to capture the growing corporate travel market. Featuring décor inspired by Omani architecture, the new Crowne Plaza Duqm has 213 guest rooms, each with uninterrupted views of the Arabian Sea.

Facilities include an adult’s outdoor pool and children’s plunge pool, fully-equipped fitness centre, two tennis courts, a volley ball court, five restaurants and lounges, including Souq, the hotel’s all-day-dining restaurant, Frontier which caters to sports fans,  Splash poolside snack bar, and Al Safi provides a stylish gourmet seafood dining experience.

Crowne Plaza Duqm also caters for events and corporate functions in a 780-square-metre event centre, which includes four meeting rooms, two ballrooms, a boardroom and a business centre.

The new hotel will join the Group’s three existing Crowne Plaza hotels located in Muscat, Sohar, Salalah and InterContinental Muscat.

To hotel is offering a special introductory rate of from NZ$242*per room, per night for stays from now until September 2013.

For more information or to book, visit crowneplaza.com. *Rates are subject to availability. Taxes and terms and conditions apply.

Standard king bedroom with balcony	Meeting room set for a banquet