Accommodating development

Perth needs more hotels but it seems developers aren't willing to wait for a return on investment, and current operators can't afford to build.

SLOWED regional tourism and pricing that drives leisure tourists out of Perth are two symptoms of stalled hotel development in the city.

THE cost of doing business in the hotel sector is rising, with penalty wage rates among the more contentious issues for operators who claim to face the highest running costs in the world.

WITH construction costs among the factors dissuading developers from building hotels in Perth, the number of boutique projects coming online in existing structures is cause for optimism, according