No boom lasts forever, but over the past week Briefcase has seen evidence that this boom really is something completely different and might, just might, live up to the expectation
The owners of Margaret River's popular Vat 107, Jenny Spencer and Gary Cream, have recruited the services of London chef, Steven Black, to spearhead the development of their sister operation in Bunbury, Vat2.
An interesting aspect of what has been dubbed ‘triple-C-gate', ‘Burkegate', or ‘lobbygate' by different media outlets is the expulsion of Labor high-flyers from cabinet and party ranks.
WA Business News invited some of the state's leading tourism identities to discuss the key challenges facing the industry, and to offer a possible vision for the future of the sector in WA.
The shortage of hospitality workers has hit crisis point, according to several tourism industry leaders, who say increasing the number of immigrants to work in the sector will help businesses grow and prevent service levels falling.
Tourism WA chair and restaurateur, Kate Lamont, believes Western Australia's tourism promotion should be focused on markets that bring in big-spending tourists rather than attracting lots of low-spending ones.
A study looking at Perth's hotel needs for the next 15 years is expected to reveal significant capacity constraints as the sector experiences its biggest growth period in two decades.
Former Perth Airport chief executive Graham Muir has called on current airport management to fast-track the development of an integrated domestic and international airport terminal in line with its now 20-year-old master plan.
The city's taxi industry continues to plague the local tourism sector, with hotel owners and tourism business operators joining in a chorus of outrage over the standard of the service.
Perth's latest large-scale office building boom could spell the end of slim-line office towers, as developers capitalise on the last remaining large lots in the CBD by designing towers which are wider and more efficient than any stock built in the city be
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has announced plans to work with Singapore-based scaffolding company Presco Scaffolding and Services Ltd.
One of Western Australia's oldest but lowest profile property development companies stepped out of the shadows last week to accept a prestigious national award for its Harbour Rise Estate at Hillarys.
It's not Brian Burke's Panama hat that is causing so much trouble in Western Australia these days. It's something far simpler – it's the letter ‘b' itself.
Small businesses are not often targeted by not-for-profit organisations seeking corporate partnerships, yet the smaller end of town has much to offer, according to many in the NFP sector.
Five years after leaving engine technology company Orbital Corporation, Kim Schlunke has reached a major milestone at his new privately-owned venture, Entecho.
Strong attendance figures have delivered record figures for this year's UWA Perth International Arts Festival, which is set to take more than $3.5 million at the box office when its film festival draws to a close next month.
With uncertainty surrounding the future of non-forestry managed investment schemes, promoters are expecting an increase in MIS project sales this year.
The federal government's February 6 announcement that the ATO would cease issuing product rulings for non-forestry managed investment schemes after July 1, thereby removing the 100 per cent up-front tax deduction, sent shockwaves through the industry.
As the sector's dominant player, agribusiness investment manager Great Southern Ltd is used to successfully weathering legislative storms. And the latest ATO tax challenge for non-forestry MIS will be no different, according to executive director and gene
The current decision to end managed investment scheme involvement in any industry bar forestry has significant repercussions for rural Australia, not to mention the legion of city-based corporate types who have lived well off this system.
Watershed Premium Wines managing director Geoff Barrett said his company would turn to foreign investment to continue in its push to plant a total 240 hectares of vineyards.
Managed investment scheme promoter Rewards Group Ltd believes its close alliance with listed investment company, The Ark Fund Ltd, will reduce the adverse impact of recent tax changes on its non-forestry projects.
Western Australian builders' co-operative, Wesbuilders, claims to have doubled its membership this summer as smaller builders find it tough to individually challenge the muscle of large volume project builders when it comes to accessing vital supplies.
