Difficulty ahead for tech startups: Ignition CEO

It’s going to get harder for tech startups to secure bank funding, CEO of professional services software startup Ignition and angel investor Guy Pearson tells Forbes Australia. Pearson co-founded Ignition more than a decade ago after experiencing first-hand the manual processing problems in the accounting industry. Today, Ignition is claiming to build the “Shopify for […]

Versace fashion house cuts ties with luxury Australian hotel

Gold Coast’s iconic Palazzo Versace hotel has confirmed its agreement with the luxury fashion house will not be renewed, and will expire midway through 2023. Once Gold Coast’s most luxurious hotel, it opened in 2000 after Soheil Abedian, the founder of Australian property development company Sunland Group, visited the House of Versace in 1997 to […]

Bentley launches ‘once in a lifetime’ drive journeys

The luxury carmaker will offer exclusive experiences for those wanting to try out a Bentley for the first time, or for existing fans. The new travel series, called ‘Extraordinary Journeys’ is launching this month, with tours across the UK, New Mexico and Scandinavia to begin with, before rolling out more locations later this year. Each […]