NEW! Just released 2011-2012 Innkeepers Tasmania Accommodation & Experiences Guide

Unlocking Tasmania's secrets just became a lot easier with the release of Innkeepers Tasmania's NEW 2011/2012 Accommodation and Experiences Guide. Packed with suggested itineraries, food and wine trails, great photos and information on over 40 quality properties all around Tasmania, PLUS a range of amazing visitor experiences including cruises, tree top gliding, adventure tours and more! Special deals including the popular FREE PETROL bonus are back again along with some great new properties including.....Bruny Island Explorers Cottages, Franklin Manor in Strahan, Red Feather Inn, The Lair, Swansea and The Peninsula, Dover - all too much to detail here - visit us online or call our Tasmanian holiday experts on 1300 130 269 (bus. hours)http://innkeeper.com.au/

Taste of Tasmania - ready, set, and starts 28 December

Countdown is well and truly ON....Tasmania's finest food, freshest farm produce, seafood, cool climate wines and boutique beers are all on show on Hobart's waterfront from next Tuesday 28th December. Hobart will be bustling with the opening of The Taste co-inciding with the early arrivals in the Blue water classic Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. A tip for the Taste - be sure to visit Stall 23 Taste Cafe and Catering and pick up the latest best seller - "Picnics in Paradise" - ask Karen for a signed copy - I'm sure she'll oblige along with her famous Game Pies and Paella!!
Wash it down with an Iron House Brew - all whilst watching the yachts arrive!

Web Cam for Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Excitement builds for the 2010 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race epic! Starting Boxing Day in Sydney check out the first arrivals in Hobart due as soon as 28th December by logging onto http://www.innkeeper.com.au/ and click on our webcam located high atop magnificent Lenna of Hobart in Battery Point. Not only will you see the yachts in all their glory but catch a glimpse of the action at this years Taste of Tasmania held on the waterfront.

Industry Celebrates in Style

Tasmania's 2010 Tourism Awards were presented in Hobart last night (Friday 12th November) with many deserving winners.
Innkeepers Tasmania is proud to congratulate the following members on their awards for excellence; The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel (Deluxe Accommodation), Bruny Island Explorer's Cottages (Standard Accommodation) and multi award recipients Bruny Island Cruises as best Tourist Attraction, Ecotourism Award and the Qantas Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Award. Well done to all and deserving recognition for their pursuit of excellence in this increasingly challenging industry.

Diamond Island Resort - up close and personal with penguins!

Diamond Island Resort is now rated 4.5 star for its absolute beachfront 2 storey villas. In addition the property now features guided penguin viewing from 2 heated platforms on the beachfront and are soon to construct a walkway over the Rookery to the beach. All guests have this included in the room tariff.

The Diamond Island Day Spa has been expanded to 3 treatment rooms with an outside, enclosed deck for a massage or facial while relaxing in the perfect sunshine of the East Coast. Facets Restaurant is delighted to announce the return of Chef Mark Oliver who creates the Facets Feast, a seafood extravaganza to suit any connoisseur.

Indulge yourself - visit Diamond Island Resort on Tasmania's east coast

Huon Bush Retreats wins Nyrstar Environment and Sustainability Award

Huon Valley eco-tourism operators, Michael Higgins and Paul Dimmick of the Huon Bush Retreats are the proud recipients of the Nyrstar Environment and Sustainability Award which acknowledges proven passion and dedication to improving the Tasmanian environment.
The award recognises that Huon Bush Retreats works in an ongoing way to overcome the challenges facing our natural world and to overcome the barriers to change that are often encountered in business. Environmental improvements can come in many forms, for example, changing behaviours and patterns of consumption, restoring impacted areas, establishing sustainable business practices, and the protection of threatened species and habitat. Huon Bush Retreats has been recognised as succeeding in all of these areas.

To view Huon Bush Retreats

Hobart accommodation upgrade at Lenna of Hobart

The dust has settled, builders have downed tools and after several weeks the remarkable transformation of Lenna's 15 parkview rooms is complete. Each room was stripped back to four bare walls, new contemporary bathrooms, marble tops, walk in showers, and totally new interior furnishings mean Lenna is ready to welcome discerning visitors looking for quality 4 star accommodation in the Salamanca and Battery Point preccinct of Hobart.

To book these central Hobart rooms click here