The doors to Pinjarra’s 158-year-old Exchange Hotel will be thrown open this spring for the first time in 16 years in what the local shire hopes will prove a boon for tourism.
Developers of a 35-room motel in the heart of Western Australia’s gourmet food province have been asked to addressing parking concerns before getting council approval.
The state’s environment minister has approved a proposal by Andrew and Nicola Forrest's investment vehicle, Tattarang, for an $85 million redevelopment of the Exmouth Lighthouse Caravan Park.
Western Australian insurer RAC’s $70 million plan to build a resort at Coral Bay is one step closer to fruition after a development panel green lit the proposal.
The surge of new and returning international airline services is set to increase next year with a new route from AirAsia and the return of South African Airways in March.
Rottnest Foundation has appointed UK-based investment banker Sandy Barblett as an ambassador as it ramps up fund-raising for an ambitious project list totalling $13 million.
Kate Holsgrove’s year as acting chief executive of Perth Airport came at a critical juncture for the institution, as it sought to bounce back from the pandemic’s effects.
China Eastern Airlines will trial direct flights between Perth and Shanghai over a four-week block early in 2024, reviving an offering suspended in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic.
Flights operated under a direct service between Perth and Ho Chi Minh City will have an economic benefit to the WA economy of as much as $70 million each year, according to Perth Airport.
A significant uptick in passenger numbers and further increases to the value of a billion-dollar property portfolio have led Perth Airport to a second consecutive financial year profit.
Qantas has quietly grounded bi-weekly flights between Melbourne and Exmouth on the same day it launched another direct interstate flight between northern WA and the east coast.
Technology and innovation festival West Tech Fest has revealed its headline acts for the week-long program in early December, including Aaron Gershenberg who founded one of Silicon Valley’s early venture capital funds.
As first flagged by Business News in February, Qantas has finally announced its nonstop Perth to Paris flights in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer.
Airbnbs are pumping more than $1.1 billion into Western Australia’s economy and creating 7,200 jobs, according to a fresh report dropped as government intervention hangs over the sector’s head.
Karijini National Park’s $16 million worth of upgrades will commence next month with contractor Raubex Construction to break ground on major road upgrades.
Perth Airport and Qantas have denied that a deal has been done in their long-running and complex dispute surrounding the airline’s move to the eastern side of the airport.
The two airlines, among Western Australians’ favourites, are almost back to full strength. Business News spoke to the chief executives about their growth plans.
WA insurer RAC has unveiled its $70 million plan to transform Coral Bay’s Ningaloo Reef Resort in what it describes as one of the most significant tourism projects in the state’s history.
Coral Bay’s beachfront hotel has closed as its owners embark on a $55 million resort redevelopment due to open just in time for the April 2025 school holidays.
The state government is calling for tenders to upgrade visitor amenities at Penguin Island ahead of the run-down discovery centre’s looming demolition.
