News Articles for The Westin Perth

COMO The Treasury and Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa were among the winners of the Australian Hotels Association Perth Airport WA Accommodation Awards 2023.

Developers appear willing to go all in when it comes to backing regional hotels.

A mix of good fortune and good management meant WA emerged from the recent lockdown in good shape. How likely is it to happen again?

More than $120 million has been spent on hotels and security companies during the past year as part of the state government's strategy for quarantining international travellers.

Wellness group Bodhi J has opened its sixth day spa, following high demand for its facial and massage treatments.

Saracen Properties and Security Capital Australia have announced the development of a $100 million, five-star spa and resort in Margaret River, a boon for the South West region's tourism industry as it pursues a post-pandemic revival.

WA confirms seven new COVID-19 cases and records its fourth death. The Westin Perth hotel will be used to quarantine health care workers. WA gains $5.5 million in PPE equipment. New rules have been announced to help charities.

George and Peter Atzemis' $90 million investment into Accor's latest Art Series hotel on Hay Street reflects a return in confidence for the once flagging hotel market.

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Diversified construction giant BGC Australia is consolidating its homebuilding divisions, with BGC Residential and J-Corp's eleven housing and development brands to be based at a new sprawling headquarters in Osborne Park.

BGC Australia is exploring the divestment of its fibre cement and plasterboard businesses, picking up on a sales process it deferred earlier this year.

Malaysian property investment group YTL Corporation has added to its Perth portfolio, with one of its subsidiaries acquiring The Westin Perth from BGC Australia in a deal understood to be worth around $200 million.

SPECIAL REPORT: Asset sales and M&A action were the highlights of a busy year for WA's wealthiest.

BGC Australia has agreed to sell the Aloft Perth hotel and associated office development in Rivervale to Singapore-based Hiap Hoe Ltd for $100 million, but is still chasing a buyer for a second, larger hotel it developed, The Westin Perth.

BGC Development's Westin Hotel and Hibernian Place development was picked as the top project in Western Australia in this year's Urban Development Institute Australia WA awards.

The city's pipeline of hotel developments is providing immense opportunities for local artists and art dealers.

BGC Australia has kicked off its asset sale program with the listing of the recently completed Westin Perth and Aloft Perth hotels, along with an adjoining commercial office building in Rivervale, a CBD development site and a neighbouring food and beverage precinct.

Marriott International has opened Perth's first Westin Hotel at an official ceremony this morning, anchoring a new dining and leisure precinct set to revamp the area.

It may have only taken about 18 months to build, but Perth's newest hotel – the recently opened Aloft Perth in Rivervale – was a six-year journey for the world's largest hotel operator, and one of Western Australia's biggest home-grown builders.

National builders John Holland and Probuild are embracing new strategies to enhance their standing in the WA construction market.

Perth's tourism sector is expected to receive a boost from the Ritz-Carlton & The Towers proposal at Elizabeth Quay, with national construction contractor Probuild confirming it has been appointed to undertake the project.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA's big construction companies are going through a transition phase, following the end of a major building boom.

Perth's hotel development boom is continuing to gather steam, with plans submitted for a $30 million, 15-storey hotel to be built at 100 James Street in Northbridge.